From 601f8f555b1f084b82210e452bc754e5a3fb0909 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Patric Stout (CCP Games)" Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:38:30 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] chore: also reference error rate limit and Monolith rate limit --- docs/services/esi/rate-limiting.md | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/services/esi/rate-limiting.md b/docs/services/esi/rate-limiting.md index cc955a3..b16065c 100644 --- a/docs/services/esi/rate-limiting.md +++ b/docs/services/esi/rate-limiting.md @@ -12,6 +12,17 @@ In most cases you should be fine with far less requests than the rate limit allo Rate limiting isn't active on all routes yet. Check the OpenAPI Specs or the HTTP response headers for up-to-date information. +!!! warning + + For routes that do not have this new rate limiting enabled, there is still an older "error rate limit" active. + This allows at most 100 non-2xx/3xx responses per minute. After that, it will return 420s on all ESI routes, even those with the new rate limiting enabled. + +!!! important + + Some routes also have a rate limiter deep in EVE Server code. + This can also cause 429s to be returned, without the rate limiter headers indicating why. + We are working on deprecating these, but in the mean time, be aware this can be the case. + ## Floating Window A floating window is a mathematical approximation where tokens consumed by a request are released back to your bucket after the window size has passed.