Google Cloud Storage · Rate Limits
Gcp Cloud Storage Rate Limits
Gcp Cloud Storage Rate Limits is the rate-limit profile for Google Cloud Storage on the APIs.io network — every limit transcribed verbatim from the provider’s own documentation on 2026-09-20.
It captures 16 rate-limit definitions, including Bucket creation and deletion rate — Approximately one request every two seconds; Bucket restoration rate — Approximately one request every two seconds; Bucket metadata updates — One update per second.
An exhausted limit returns HTTP 429.
Tagged areas include Archival, Backup, Blob Storage, Cloud Storage, and Data.
16 Limits
Exhausted: HTTP 429
Transcribed from the provider's documentation on 2026-09-20 — docs.cloud.google.com/storage/quotas.
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ArchivalBackupBlob StorageCloud StorageDataFile StorageGoogle CloudObject StorageStorage
Limits
Bucket creation and deletion rate account
Approximately one request every two seconds
Bucket restoration rate account
Approximately one request every two seconds
Bucket metadata updates endpoint
One update per second
1
Writes to same object name endpoint
One write per second
1
Object metadata updates endpoint
One update per second
1
Object writes in a bucket endpoint
Buckets initially support roughly 1,000 writes per second and then scale as needed
1000
Object reads in a bucket endpoint
Buckets initially support roughly 5,000 object reads per second and then scale as needed
5000
IAM policy updates per managed folder endpoint
One update per second
1
Batch operations create requests account
1200 requests/min/project
1200
Batch operations read requests account
1200 requests/min/project
1200
Batch operations cancel requests account
1200 requests/min/project
1200
Batch operations delete requests account
1200 requests/min/project
1200
Queued jobs per minute account
A maximum of 600 queued jobs per project
600
Queued jobs per day account
A maximum of 5,000 queued jobs per project
5000
MCP read tools account
600/min/project/region
600
MCP write tools account
300/min/project/region
300
Sources
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