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Graphql Hive Rate Limits

Name: Graphql Hive Rate Limits
Creator: The Guild
Keywords: API Composition, API Gateway, API Observability, Breaking Change Detection, CI/CD, Code Generation, Developer Tools, Execution, Federation, GitHub Actions, GraphQL, JavaScript, Microservices, Middleware, Mocking, Open-Source, Plugins, REST, SDK, Scalars, Schema, Schema Composition, Schema Merging, Schema Registry, Schema Stitching, Schema Transformation, Schema Validation, Server, Subscription, The Guild, Type Merging, Type Safety, TypeScript, gRPC

Rate limiting details for GraphQL Hive APIs. The Console GraphQL API implements query complexity analysis per IBM's GraphQL cost specification. Usage reporting and schema registry have soft limits based on plan tier. Rate limit tuning is ongoing based on organization plan levels.

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

It captures 5 rate-limit definitions.

Tagged areas include API Composition, API Gateway, API Observability, Breaking Change Detection, and CI/CD.

5 Limits

API CompositionAPI GatewayAPI ObservabilityBreaking Change DetectionCI/CDCode GenerationDeveloper ToolsExecutionFederationGitHub ActionsGraphQLJavaScriptMicroservicesMiddlewareMockingOpen-SourcePluginsRESTSDKScalarsSchemaSchema CompositionSchema MergingSchema RegistrySchema StitchingSchema TransformationSchema ValidationServerSubscriptionThe GuildType MergingType SafetyTypeScriptgRPC

Limits

GraphQLAPIComplexity organization

Rate limiting follows IBM GraphQL cost specification. The Hive team is fine-tuning complexity thresholds based on organization plan tier. Queries with high field counts, deep nesting, or large result sets will incur higher complexity costs.

HobbyOperationsQuota organization

ProOperationsBase organization

SchemaChecksAndPublishes organization

Unlimited on all tiers including Hobby.

CDNAccess organization

CDN is designed for high-availability with HA CDN and HA CDN Mirror.

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