specification: API Commons Rate Limits
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/RateLimits
provider: Vast
providerId: vast-space
created: '2026-06-20'
modified: '2026-06-20'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Space
- Aerospace
- Space Station
- Research
- Rate Limiting
- Quotas
- Informational
description: >-
  Vast does not publish a public developer API, so there are no documented HTTP
  rate limits, quotas, or throttling policies to catalog. The constraining
  "limits" in Vast's domain are physical payload constraints on the Haven-1 Lab
  (up to 10 payloads, each up to 30 kg and 100 W of continuous power) rather
  than API request quotas. This artifact records the absence of API rate limits.
notes: >-
  Placeholder documenting that no public API rate limits exist. Physical payload
  capacity figures are sourced from Vast's Haven-1 Lab materials and are not API
  quotas. Not to be confused with Vast.ai (GPU cloud) or VAST Data (storage).
sources:
- https://www.vastspace.com/haven-1-lab
- https://www.vastspace.com/
responseCodes:
  throttled: not applicable
limits:
- name: Public API Rate Limit
  scope: not applicable
  metric: requests
  limit: no public API documented
  notes: Vast exposes no public developer API, so no HTTP request rate limits apply.
- name: Haven-1 Lab Payload Capacity
  scope: facility
  metric: payloads
  limit: up to 10 payloads
  notes: Physical facility constraint, not an API quota. Each payload up to 30 kg and 100 W continuous power.
policies:
- name: Not Applicable
  description: No API throttling or backoff policy exists because Vast publishes no public API.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com