Backpack · Rate Limits

Backpack Rate Limits

Backpack Exchange enforces per-API-key request limits and a request validity window via X-Window (default 5000ms, max 60000ms). Specific RPM tiers are not publicly published in the OpenAPI; expect conservative defaults and adjust based on observed 429 responses. WebSocket connections are long-lived but subject to subscription-count limits.

Backpack Rate Limits is the machine-readable rate-limit profile for Backpack on the APIs.io network, conforming to the API Commons Rate Limits specification.

It captures 3 rate-limit definitions.

The profile also includes response codes documented for throttled, signatureExpired, and signatureInvalid.

Tagged areas include Crypto, Trading, Rate Limiting, and Web3.

3 Limits Throttle: 429
CryptoTradingRate LimitingWeb3

Limits

REST API
WebSocket
Order placement

Sources

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This rate limit 
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/rate-limits/backpack-rate-limits"
All rate limits 
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/rate-limits?limit=25"

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