Rate Limits and Guardrails

Learn the Seam API rate limits and guardrails, how 429 Too Many Requests responses work, and how to retry requests for reliable device load.

In order to provide reliable service for all of our customers and API load predictability for our device partners, we have a number of rate limits and guardrails in place.

Rate Limits

For requests with rate limits, exceeding these limits results in the corresponding API calls failing with a 429 Too Many Requests response. You must then retry your request after the appropriate amount of time.

We enforce the following rate limits on a per-device basis:

Operation	Limit
Create an access code	10 access code creations per minute
Update an access code	10 access code updates per minute
Delete an access code	20 access code deletions per minute
Lock a lock	15 lock requests per minute
Unlock a lock	15 unlock requests per minute