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<span>This page has been moved to [[mw:Wikimedia APIs/Authentication|Wikimedia APIs/Authentication]] on mediawiki.org.</span>
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Lift Wing endpoints are limited to these request rates.
=== Anonymous requests ===
API requests without an access token are limited to 50,000 requests per hour per IP address.
=== Authenticated requests ===
API requests with an access token are limited to 100,000 requests per hour per IP address. This needs a OAuth token set with the same limit, please check [[wikitech:Machine_Learning/LiftWing/Usage#Authentication|the docs on Wikitech]] for more info.
=== Authenticated requests using Wikimedia Enterprise ===
For API tokens used by [https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/ Wikimedia Enterprise], requests with are limited to 200,000 requests per hour per IP address. This needs a OAuth token set with the same limit, please check [[wikitech:Machine_Learning/LiftWing/Usage#Authentication|the docs on Wikitech]] for more info.
== 2026 rate limits ==
Starting in April 2026, new rate limits will apply as part of introducing [[mw:Wikimedia APIs/Rate limits|rate limits]] for all Wikimedia APIs. These new rate limits are the same or higher than the existing rate limits, so they should not cause any change in API behavior.
=== Anonymous requests ===
API requests without an access token are limited to 50,000 requests per hour and 15 requests per second per IP address.
=== Browser requests (new) ===
API requests from a browser are limited to 50,000 requests per hour and 50 requests per second per IP address or per OAuth token.
=== Authenticated requests ===
Authenticated requests are limited to 100,000 requests per hour and 100 requests per second per OAuth token or session cookie.
=== Bots, Wikimedia Cloud Services, and known clients ===
A higher rate limit of 200,000 requests per hour and 200 requests per second is available to requests from:
* clients hosted on [[wikitech:Help:Cloud_Services_introduction|Wikimedia Cloud Services]]
* bots approved by a Wikimedia project
* clients known to the Wikimedia Foundation, including [https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/ Wikimedia Enterprise]
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