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Carmax Rate Limits
CarMax does not publish public rate limits for its APIs. Internal-traffic limits are not publicly documented; partner-traffic limits are set in syndication agreements.
1 Limits
Throttle: 429
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Limits
Per-partner contract limit partner
see partnership agreement
Policies
Partner scoping
Rate caps are scoped to partner credentials and configured during syndication onboarding.
Backoff strategy
Implement exponential backoff with jitter on 429 responses; coordinate sustained traffic with the CarMax engineering contact.
Inventory freshness
Vehicle Inventory data is updated frequently; align polling cadence with CarMax-recommended intervals to avoid unnecessary load.