Clerk · Rate Limits
Clerk Com Rate Limits
Clerk Com Rate Limits is the rate-limit profile for Clerk on the APIs.io network — every limit transcribed verbatim from the provider’s own documentation on 2026-09-20.
It captures 14 rate-limit definitions, including Create SignIn — 5 requests per 10 seconds; Create SignUp — 5 requests per 10 seconds; Attempt SignIn — 3 requests per 10 seconds.
Limit state is signalled in the Retry-After response header, and an exhausted limit returns HTTP 429.
Tagged areas include Authentication, Authorization, B2B SaaS, CIAM, and Identity and Access Management.
14 Limits
Exhausted: HTTP 429
Retry-After
Transcribed from the provider's documentation on 2026-09-20 — clerk.com/docs/guides/how-clerk-works/system-limits.
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AuthenticationAuthorizationB2B SaaSCIAMIdentity and Access ManagementMFAOpenID ConnectOrganizationPasskeysSAMLSecuritySessionsSSOUser ManagementIdentity Federation
Limits
Create SignIn ip
5 requests per 10 seconds
5
Create SignUp ip
5 requests per 10 seconds
5
Attempt SignIn ip
3 requests per 10 seconds
3
Attempt SignUp ip
3 requests per 10 seconds
3
Backend API general limit - Production instances api-keyProduction instances
1000 requests per 10 seconds
1000
Backend API general limit - Development instances api-keyDevelopment instances
100 requests per 10 seconds
100
Get the JWKS of the instance api-key
No rate limit
Create invitation api-key
100 requests per hour
100
Create bulk invitations api-key
25 requests per hour
25
Create Organization invitation api-key
250 requests per hour
250
Create Organization invitations in bulk api-key
50 requests per hour
50
Update a user's data or metadata user
10 requests per 10 seconds per user
10
Update an Organization's data or metadata unclear
10 requests per 10 seconds per Organization
10
Update an Organization membership's data or metadata unclear
10 requests per 10 seconds per Organization membership
10
Sources
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