GitHub is introducing rate limits for unauthenticated pulls, API calls, and web access
GitHub is introducing rate limits for unauthenticated pulls, API calls, and web access
To provide a secure and dependable experience on GitHub, we’re rolling out updates to rate limits for requests made without authentication. These changes will apply to operations like cloning repositories…
An update from GitHub: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/159123#discussioncomment-13148279
The rates are here: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/using-the-rest-api/rate-limits-for-the-rest-api?apiVersion=2022-11-28
- 60 req/hour for unauthenticated users
- 5000 req/hour for authenticated - personal
- 15000 req/hour for authenticated - enterprise org
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is authenticated like when you use a private key with git clone? stupid question i know
also this might be terrible if you subscribe to filter lists on raw github in ublock or adguard
is authenticated like when you use a private key with git clone
Yes
also this might be terrible if you subscribe to filter lists on raw github in ublock or adguard
Yes exactly why this is actually quite problematic. There's a lot of HTTPS Git pull remotes around and random software that uses raw.githubusercontent.com to fetch data. All of that is now subject to the 60 req/hr limit and not all of it will be easy to fix.