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Rate Limiting & Quota

Headers that tell a caller where it stands against a limit. Documented limits give you the ceiling; these tell you your altitude.

9 headers, ordered by how many providers in the catalog declare them.

Retry-After 229 providers regulated 3 spellings

How long to wait. The one back-pressure header with real adoption, and a regulatory dimension most providers never consider.

X-RateLimit-Remaining 96 providers 4 spellings

The X-RateLimit-Remaining HTTP header — rate limiting & quota, declared by 96 providers in the API Evangelist catalog.

X-RateLimit-Limit 95 providers 4 spellings

The de facto rate-limit family, declared by 96 providers against 27 for the RFC-track alternative.

X-RateLimit-Reset 76 providers 4 spellings

The X-RateLimit-Reset HTTP header — rate limiting & quota, declared by 76 providers in the API Evangelist catalog.

RateLimit 33 providers 2 spellings

The RateLimit HTTP header — rate limiting & quota, declared by 33 providers in the API Evangelist catalog.

RateLimit-Policy 27 providers 2 spellings

The RateLimit-Policy HTTP header — rate limiting & quota, declared by 27 providers in the API Evangelist catalog.

RateLimit-Limit 27 providers 3 spellings

The RateLimit-Limit HTTP header — rate limiting & quota, declared by 27 providers in the API Evangelist catalog.

RateLimit-Remaining 26 providers 3 spellings

The RateLimit-Remaining HTTP header — rate limiting & quota, declared by 26 providers in the API Evangelist catalog.

RateLimit-Reset 25 providers 3 spellings

The RateLimit-Reset HTTP header — rate limiting & quota, declared by 25 providers in the API Evangelist catalog.