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This tag is used for questions regarding the limits of the API, including quotas as well as throttling.

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Need some help verifying 503 throttle issue

We've published guidelines, and believe enforcement is working. See this post for guidelines.
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Can we have maximum length of string in API help pages?

Such a guarantee could create a situation where we might have to release an API revision just to accommodate increased text limits on the trilogy sites, or one - which is equally bad - where the API would … Update: The suggested_buffer_size limits/properties were removed from the version 2.0+ API. They caused way too many headaches for not enough gain. …
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Do calls on the 1.1 API and the 2.0 count against each other's limits?

The ip, and user/app-pair quotas are separate in V1.x and V2.0. The "30 simultaneous requests" throttle is not, as it's a DOS counter measure.
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Would implementing both 1.1 and 2.0 APIs in an app/script to get around the API quotas be co...

Yes, explicitly working around the quota system would be considered abuse. Simply shipping an application that makes requests against both V1.x and V2.0 isn't, though I wouldn't encourage it (outside …
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