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: VeriSign
providerId: verisign
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-05'
reconciled: false
tags:
  - DNS
  - Internet Infrastructure
  - Rate Limiting
description: Verisign does not publish a public consumer-facing API rate-limit specification. Registry
  protocols (EPP, RDAP) are accessed by accredited registrars under contract; any rate or query-volume
  limits are governed by those agreements rather than a public developer rate-limit policy.
sources:
  - https://www.verisign.com/en_US/domain-names/online/index.xhtml
notes: No public developer rate-limit documentation. Reconciliation deferred pending discovery of the
  registrar-facing technical reference.
responseCodes: {}
limits:
  - name: Documented Rate Limits
    scope: registrar
    metric: varies
    limit: not publicly documented (governed by registrar contract / ICANN registry agreement)
policies:
  - name: Registrar-Scoped
    description: Registry protocol access (EPP, RDAP) is granted to accredited registrars under contract;
      throttling and connection limits are contract-level, not public.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com
    url: https://apievangelist.com