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GitHub is introducing rate limits for unauthenticated pulls, API calls, and web access (github.blog)
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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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[-] plz1@lemmy.world -3 points 21 hours ago

This is specific to the GH REST API I think, not operations like doing a git clone to copy a repo to local machine, etc.

[-] tauren@lemm.ee 13 points 19 hours ago

These changes will apply to operations like cloning repositories over HTTPS, anonymously interacting with our REST APIs, and downloading files from raw.githubusercontent.com.

[-] irelephant@programming.dev 11 points 19 hours ago

downloading files from raw.githubusercontent.com

oh fuck, this is going to break stuff.

[-] Kissaki@programming.dev 8 points 19 hours ago

These changes will apply to operations like cloning repositories over HTTPS, anonymously interacting with our REST APIs, and downloading files from raw.githubusercontent.com.

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