When Does My Rate Limit Reset?

Have you ever wondered when your rate limit will reset back to its maximum value? That information is now available in the new X-RateLimit-Reset response header.

curl -I https://api.github.com/orgs/octokit
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Status: 200 OK
X-RateLimit-Limit: 60
X-RateLimit-Remaining: 42
X-RateLimit-Reset: 1372700873
...

The X-RateLimit-Reset header provides a Unix UTC timestamp, letting you know the exact time that your fresh new rate limit kicks in.

The reset timestamp is also available as part of the /rate_limit resource.

curl https://api.github.com/rate_limit
{
  "rate": {
    "limit": 60,
    "remaining": 42,
    "reset": 1372700873
  }
}

For more information on rate limits, be sure to check out the docs.

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