AT Protocol · Rate Limits

Atproto Rate Limits

AT Protocol enforces rate limits at multiple layers: content write operations use a points-based system per account, general API requests are throttled per IP, and specific sensitive operations (account creation, session creation, handle updates) have their own tighter limits. The Bluesky AppView offers generous limits for read-only access. The Relay (firehose relay) imposes per-second and daily throughput caps on repository stream consumers.

Atproto Rate Limits is the machine-readable rate-limit profile for AT Protocol on the APIs.io network, in the API Commons Rate Limits shape.

It captures 17 rate-limit definitions, measuring requests_per_5_minutes, write_points_per_hour, write_points_per_day, requests_per_day, and bytes_per_upload.

Limit state is signalled in the retryAfter response header, and an exhausted limit returns HTTP 429.

This profile was written by API Evangelist and has not been verified against a page the provider published; treat every limit as unconfirmed until a dated transcription replaces it.

The profile also includes response codes documented for throttled.

Tagged areas include Rate Limiting, XRPC, Bluesky, and AT Protocol.

17 Limits Exhausted: HTTP 429 retryAfter
Method: generated, dated 2026-06-12.
Written by API Evangelist on 2026-06-12 and not verified against a page the provider published. Treat every limit as unconfirmed until a dated transcription replaces it.
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Rate LimitingXRPCBlueskyAT Protocol

Limits

General API Requests (per IP) ip
requests_per_5_minutes · minute
3000
Content Write Points (per account, hourly) user
write_points_per_hour · hour
5000
Content Write Points (per account, daily) user
write_points_per_day · day
35000
Handle Updates (per account) user
requests_per_5_minutes · minute
10
Handle Updates Daily (per account) user
requests_per_day · day
50
Account Creation (per IP) ip
requests_per_5_minutes · minute
100
Session Creation (per account) user
requests_per_5_minutes · minute
30
Session Creation Daily (per account) user
requests_per_day · day
300
Account Deletion (per IP) ip
requests_per_5_minutes · minute
50
Password Reset (per IP) ip
requests_per_5_minutes · minute
50
Blob Upload Max Size user
bytes_per_upload · usage
52428800
Relay Repository Stream Events (per second) org
events_per_second · minute
50
Relay Repository Stream Events (hourly) org
events_per_hour · hour
2600
Relay Repository Stream Events (daily) org
events_per_day · day
21000
Labeler Labels (per second) user
labels_per_second · minute
5
Labeler Labels (hourly) user
labels_per_hour · hour
10000
Labeler Labels (daily) user
labels_per_day · day
100000

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