contentstack · Rate Limits

Contentstack Rate Limits

Contentstack publishes default per-organization rate limits for the Content Management API. Reads and writes are each limited to 10 requests per second per organization, bulk actions to 1 request per second, and stack creation to 1 per minute per organization. Limits are configurable per plan; higher thresholds are negotiated through support. Exceeding the limit returns HTTP 429.

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

It captures 5 rate-limit definitions, measuring requests_per_second and stacks_per_minute.

The profile also includes 4 backoff/retry policies defined and response codes documented for throttled and serviceUnavailable.

Tagged areas include Headless CMS, Content Management, and Rate Limiting.

5 Limits Throttle: 429
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Limits

Content Management API Reads organization
requests_per_second · second
10
Default per-organization read (GET) request rate; configurable per plan.
Content Management API Writes organization
requests_per_second · second
10
Default per-organization write (POST / PUT / DELETE) request rate; configurable per plan.
Bulk Actions organization
requests_per_second · second
1
Bulk-action endpoints are rate-limited more aggressively than standard reads / writes.
Stack Creation organization
stacks_per_minute · minute
1
Limit on how often a new stack can be created within an organization.
Plan-Configurable Override organization
requests_per_second
configurable per plan via Contentstack support
Higher organizations can negotiate elevated limits through support.

Policies

429 Backoff
On 429, clients should back off exponentially with jitter and consult X-RateLimit-Remaining to pace subsequent requests.
Per-Organization Scope
Limits are enforced at the organization level, not per stack or per API key — coordinate across teams sharing an org.
Bulk vs Standard
Use bulk endpoints for large-scale operations; remember that bulk shares its own 1 req/s ceiling separate from the 10 req/s read/write limit.
Plan Negotiation
Organizations needing sustained higher throughput should negotiate elevated limits with Contentstack support as part of plan configuration.

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