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: Waste Management
providerId: waste-management
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:
  - Waste Management
  - Environmental Services
  - Rate Limiting
description: Waste Management exposes JWT-authenticated REST APIs but does
  not publish numeric rate-limit thresholds, headers, or response codes.
  Throttling, when applicable, is communicated as part of the customer /
  integration agreement.
sources:
  - https://www.wm.com
notes: No public rate-limit numbers. JWT-authenticated API; limits issued as
  part of integration onboarding.
responseCodes:
  throttled: 429
limits:
  - name: WM Customer / Partner API
    scope: api-key
    metric: varies
    limit: see customer / integration agreement
    notes: Specific thresholds are issued with the JWT credentials; not
      publicly documented.
policies:
  - name: Authenticated-Only Access
    description: API access requires a JWT issued under the customer or
      integration agreement; throttling thresholds are communicated during
      onboarding.
  - name: Backoff and Retry
    description: Standard practice is exponential backoff with jitter on 429.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com
    url: https://apievangelist.com