Bitbucket Pipelines · Rate Limits

Bitbucket Pipelines Rate Limits

Bitbucket Cloud applies hourly rate limits per app/installation/user and per IP, with a 1-hour sliding window. Pipelines also enforces concurrency caps (parallel-step limits) and a per-step build-time cap. The 1-hour API quota is observable through the X-RateLimit-* response headers and 429 carries a Retry-After hint.

4 Limits Throttle: 429
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Limits

Authenticated requests (per workspace / app installation) workspace_or_app
requests · 1h
60000
Unauthenticated requests ip
requests · 1h
1000
Pipelines step max duration step
minutes
120
Per-step build-time cap.
Concurrent steps workspace
concurrent_steps
tier-dependent
Free/Standard/Premium tiers have differing concurrency budgets.

Policies

Backoff Strategy
Honor Retry-After on 429; use exponential backoff with jitter.
Auth Recommendation
Use OAuth 2.0 / workspace access tokens / app passwords; avoid IP-based unauth calls.

Sources