Rate Limits - Arct Cloud

Limits apply per token; write and paid limits also apply per account, so extra tokens don’t add capacity. Dashboard use doesn’t count.

Limits

Limit	Allowed	Applies to
Read	120 per minute	`GET` endpoints
Write	30 per minute	`POST`, `PATCH`, `DELETE`
Paid	5 per minute, 20 per hour	`POST /servers`, `POST /servers/{server_id}/resize` (also count as writes)

Failed Authentication

More than 20 failed authentications per minute from one IP return 429 rate_limit_exceeded instead of 401. Valid tokens are not affected.

When You Hit a Limit

HTTP/1.1 429 Too Many Requests
Retry-After: 42

{
  "error": {
    "code": "rate_limit_exceeded",
    "message": "Too many requests. Retry in 42 seconds.",
    "details": {"limit": "120 per 1 minute"}
  }
}

Wait Retry-After seconds, then retry. details.limit names the limit; details is null for failed authentications.