Rate Limiting

The Glider Platform API uses two rate-limit layers. These limits protect service availability.

Rate-limit layers

Layer 1: Global limit for each IP address

Each request from an IP address counts toward one global limit. The route does not change this count. This limit prevents one client from overloading the service.

Layer 2: Tier limit for each IP address

Each route belongs to a tier based on cost and sensitivity. All routes in one tier share a counter for each IP address.

Tier	Description
Tier 1 (critical)	Expensive operations (e.g. strategy performance ranking)
Tier 2 (general)	Standard public endpoints
Tier 3 (burst)	Read-heavy or cached endpoints

A request must pass both layers. If it exceeds one limit, the API returns 429.

Response headers

Each rate-limited route returns these standard headers:

Header	Description
`X-RateLimit-Limit`	Maximum requests allowed in the current window
`X-RateLimit-Remaining`	Requests remaining before the limit is reached
`X-RateLimit-Reset`	Unix timestamp (seconds) when the window resets
`Retry-After`	Seconds to wait before retrying (only on `429` responses)

When both layers apply, the headers show the limit with fewer remaining requests. Use these values to control the request rate.

429 response format

When a request exceeds a limit, the API returns:

{
  "error": "Too Many Requests",
  "message": "Rate limit exceeded. Try again in 42 seconds.",
  "retryAfter": 42,
  "correlationId": "corr_abc123",
  "requestId": "req_xyz789"
}

Field	Description
`error`	Always `"Too Many Requests"`
`message`	Human-readable description including wait time
`retryAfter`	Seconds until the current window resets
`correlationId`	Correlation ID for tracing across systems
`requestId`	Unique request identifier

Include correlationId and requestId when you contact Glider support.

Retry a request

Read the Retry-After header (or retryAfter field) from the 429 response.
Wait at least that many seconds before retrying.
For repeated 429 responses, use exponential backoff with jitter.
Use different retry times for different clients.

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Rate-limit layers

Layer 1: Global limit for each IP address

Layer 2: Tier limit for each IP address

Response headers

429 response format

Retry a request

​Rate-limit layers

​Layer 1: Global limit for each IP address

​Layer 2: Tier limit for each IP address

​Response headers

​429 response format

​Retry a request

Rate-limit layers

Layer 1: Global limit for each IP address

Layer 2: Tier limit for each IP address

Response headers

429 response format

Retry a request