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title: Rate Limits
description: How daily request quotas work, what counts against them, and how to check your current usage.
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  label: Rate Limits
  order: 3
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Each developer account has a daily request allowance, reset at midnight UTC.

- **Default quota:** 24,000 requests/day (~1,000/hour) on the free tier. Higher tiers can be granted a higher allowance without any code change on your end.
- **Test keys never count** against your quota — build and test integrations on `ik_test_...` keys freely.
- **Live keys count every successful request**, tracked per-key so you can see which integration is using your quota.

:::note
Quota usage is tracked and visible in your dashboard today. Hard enforcement (returning `429 Too Many Requests` once you exceed your daily allowance) is not yet live — treat your quota as the number you should design around, since enforcement is coming.
:::

## Checking usage

Your dashboard shows:

- Requests made today (UTC)
- Requests this month
- All-time requests
- A per-key breakdown, so you can spot which integration is consuming the most quota

## Designing around your quota

- Use [`cursor`](/docs/reference/news#pagination) pagination rather than re-fetching the same pages repeatedly.
- Cache responses on your side when polling for updates — most news doesn't change minute to minute.
- If your usage is trending toward your daily limit, reach out to upgrade your plan before enforcement lands.