Caterpillar · Rate Limits

Caterpillar Rate Limits

The Cat Digital Marketplace gates API access behind a developer-subscription flow on digital.cat.com. Per-second / per-minute limits are not published in the public catalog overview and are surfaced to the subscriber once an API product is added to a developer's account. Limits typically vary per API product and per Cat Connect / VisionLink subscription class.

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

It captures 2 rate-limit definitions, measuring varies.

The profile also includes 3 backoff/retry policies defined and response codes documented for throttled and serviceUnavailable.

Tagged areas include Telematics, Heavy Equipment, and Rate Limiting.

2 Limits Throttle: 429
TelematicsHeavy EquipmentRate Limiting

Limits

Per-API product quota / rate subscription
varies
see Cat Digital portal product page
Cat Connect / VisionLink platform throughput customer-account
varies
see Cat Connect customer subscription terms

Policies

Subscription-scoped limits
Limits are evaluated per Cat Digital subscription. Different API products in the catalog apply different per-product limits.
Backoff
On 429 / 503, retry with exponential backoff and jitter; honor Retry-After when supplied.
Telemetry cadence
VisionLink-derived data is updated on the platform's collection cadence; polling faster than the upstream refresh window wastes quota and adds load without surfacing new data.

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