# Rate limits on GitLab.com are changing

DevFeed: [Rate limits on GitLab.com are changing](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/rate-limits-on-gitlab-com-are-changing-41278.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://about.gitlab.com/blog/rate-limit-change-2026/>)

Author: Sam Wiskow

Published: 2026-09-17T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [GitLab](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/gitlab.md>)

Topics: [GitLab](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gitlab.md>), [Automation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/automation.md>), [Users](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/users.md>), [account](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/account.md>)

Tags: [2026](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/2026.md>), [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [credentials](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/credentials.md>), [gitlab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gitlab.md>), [limits](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/limits.md>), [platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform.md>), [product](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product.md>), [user](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/user.md>), [users](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/users.md>)

## AI overview

GitLab.com will align rate limits with subscription tiers beginning October 19, 2026. Free accounts and unauthenticated requests change first, while Premium and Ultimate limits change in January 2027. Unauthenticated requests are limited to 60 requests per hour per IP address, with preview windows scheduled for October 7 and 14.

## Source excerpt

GitLab.com hosts millions of projects for teams of every size that need a platform they can rely on. Demand is climbing quickly, and we expect platform load to grow several times over this year. Predictable limits are what keep GitLab.com fast for everyone on it, including the automation and agent workloads teams are building on the platform. To hold that as we scale, we're updating how rate limits work. Starting October 19, 2026, rate limits on GitLab.com will align with your subscription tier. Free accounts and unauthenticated requests happen first, on October 19. Premium and Ultimate move in January 2027. What is changing Limits align with your subscription. Free, Premium, and Ultimate subscription plans get their own limits, applied per user and per top-level group. Free takes effect October 19; Premium and Ultimate in January 2027. Signing in gets you the full limit. An authenticated request is governed by your subscription plan below. A request that arrives with no credentials gets 60 requests per hour per IP address. The per-plan limits are published in the rate limits documentation. What happens on October 19 There will be two preview windows for Free and unauthenticated traffic, on October 7 and October 14 from 15:00 to 19:00 UTC. Signed-in Premium and Ultimate requests are not affected, since those limits do not change until January. Unauthenticated requests are capped no matter where they come from, including automation running against a paid account without credentials. A preview window (engineers call these brownouts) is a short, planned window where we switch the new limits on and then switch them back off. Nothing else about the service changes while it runs. The point is to give you a real look at how your own workloads behave under the new limits, weeks before they apply for good. On October 19 the new limits take effect. We set these limits by looking at how GitLab.com is actually used. Almost all users are already inside the new limits and won't n