Devops platform GitLab already rate-limits some functionality on its hosted service, but will tighten those-limits for some functions and for some users beginning next month.
The new limits will affect API requests, web requests, and authenticated Git over HTTPS requests. Users on the lowest payment tiers will be the first to be affected, as will those making unauthenticated requests, including those running automations running against a paid account without credentials.
GitLab will give unauthenticated users and users of its free tier a taste of the new restrictions during two “preview” windows between 3pm and 7pm UTC on October 7 and October 14. The changes will definitively take effect for those users from October 19.
Users with higher rate limits — which will include most enterprise users — will not see any changes until January.
The organization is keen to stress that most users will be unaffected by any of these changes, as it recognizes that almost all users are already inside the new limits.
GitLab is not alone in making these changes. Companies including Anthropic and GitHub have introduced similar rate limits.