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.
5 Limits
Throttle: 429
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Limits
Content Management API Reads organization
10
Default per-organization read (GET) request rate; configurable per plan.
Content Management API Writes organization
10
Default per-organization write (POST / PUT / DELETE) request rate; configurable per plan.
Bulk Actions organization
1
Bulk-action endpoints are rate-limited more aggressively than standard reads / writes.
Stack Creation organization
1
Limit on how often a new stack can be created within an organization.
Plan-Configurable Override organization
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.