> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.goaura.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Rate limits

To ensure our platform remains stable and fair for everyone, the Aura API is rate-limited. We ask that developers use industry standard techniques for limiting calls, caching results, and retrying requests responsibly.

## Sliding window algorithm

The Aura API uses a sliding window algorithm to track rate limits. The algorithm is based on a fixed window counter, which is a simple and accurate way to track rate limits. The counter is incremented for each request and decremented when the window slides.

For more information, read [this engineering post by Cloudflare](https://blog.cloudflare.com/counting-things-a-lot-of-different-things/) describing the pattern in more detail.

The default settings are as follows:

* **Requests per second**: 5