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The quota does reset every 24 hours, but the time seems to wanderseems to wander is custom for every app-instance. Some years ago, I seem to remember it resetting around midnight UTC, but it doesn't anymore.

As you can see, the reset times tend to stay constant for a few days, then jump to a new time, then stay constant again. A "punctuated equilibrium".
We've yet to ascertain any rhyme or reasonWe've yet to ascertain any rhyme or reason to it.
We now know that the time changes correspond with changes to itthe IP/server that the app was running on.

The quota does reset every 24 hours, but the time seems to wander. Some years ago, I seem to remember it resetting around midnight UTC, but it doesn't anymore.

As you can see, the reset times tend to stay constant for a few days, then jump to a new time, then stay constant again. A "punctuated equilibrium".
We've yet to ascertain any rhyme or reason to it.

The quota does reset every 24 hours, but the time seems to wander is custom for every app-instance. Some years ago, I seem to remember it resetting around midnight UTC, but it doesn't anymore.

As you can see, the reset times tend to stay constant for a few days, then jump to a new time, then stay constant again. A "punctuated equilibrium".
We've yet to ascertain any rhyme or reason to it.
We now know that the time changes correspond with changes to the IP/server that the app was running on.

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Update: Evidence now suggests that the API quota rolls over at a unique time for each app. 24 hours after that app-key, plus IP, combination made its first API call.
See this chat message.

The quota does reset every 24 hours, but the time seems to wander. Some years ago, I seem to remember it resetting around midnight UTC, but it doesn't anymore.

The quota does reset every 24 hours, but the time seems to wander. Some years ago, I seem to remember it resetting around midnight UTC, but it doesn't anymore.

Update: Evidence now suggests that the API quota rolls over at a unique time for each app. 24 hours after that app-key, plus IP, combination made its first API call.
See this chat message.

The quota does reset every 24 hours, but the time seems to wander. Some years ago, I seem to remember it resetting around midnight UTC, but it doesn't anymore.

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The quota does reset every 24 hours, but the time seems to wander. Some years ago, I seem to remember it resetting around midnight UTC, but it doesn't anymore.

Recently, the SmokeDetector bot started logging when its quota reset. Here are the logged times so far:

Day and Time (UTC)      Log entry
------------------      --------------
Dec 23  6:04 PM         API quota rolled over with 2001 requests remaining.
Dec 22  6:04 PM         API quota rolled over with 2014 requests remaining.
Dec 21  6:04 PM         API quota rolled over with 2851 requests remaining.
Dec 20  6:04 PM         API quota rolled over with 4665 requests remaining.
Dec 19 11:36 AM         API quota rolled over with 2580 requests remaining.
Dec 18 11:36 AM         API quota rolled over with 2824 requests remaining.
Dec 17  ???             Site + API + Bot glitch.  Rollover not certain.
Dec 16  5:06 PM         API quota rolled over with 1030 requests remaining.
Dec 15  5:05 PM         API quota rolled over with  900 requests remaining.
Dec 14  5:05 PM         API quota rolled over with 1896 requests remaining.
Dec 13  5:05 PM         API quota rolled over with 5506 requests remaining.
Dec 12  5:05 PM         API quota rolled over with 4118 requests remaining.
Dec 11  5:05 PM         API quota rolled over with 2598 requests remaining.
Dec 10  5:05 PM         API quota rolled over with 1640 requests remaining.
Dec  9  5:05 PM         API quota rolled over with 1624 requests remaining.
Dec  8  5:04 PM         API quota rolled over with 1981 requests remaining.
Dec  7  5:04 PM         API quota rolled over with 2866 requests remaining.
Dec  6  5:04 PM         API quota rolled over with 4596 requests remaining.

As you can see, the reset times tend to stay constant for a few days, then jump to a new time, then stay constant again. A "punctuated equilibrium".
We've yet to ascertain any rhyme or reason to it.