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type: api
title: Rate limiting
description: API calls are rate limited in a timing window.
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4268/api/doc/cloud/topic/topic-rate-limiting
resource: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4268/api/doc/cloud/topic/topic-rate-limiting
products:
  - Elastic Cloud Hosted
---

# Rate limiting

API calls are rate limited in a timing window.
The current remaining available calls quota is available through the following header fields, included in each API call response:

- `x-ratelimit-interval` - The time duration for the quota calculation.
- `x-ratelimit-remaining` - The remaining number of API calls available.
- `x-ratelimit-limit` - The total number of calls available in the duration `x-ratelimit-interval`.