# AN-2026-0585: Discord rate limits: 50 requests/second global per bot; 10,000 invalid (401/403/429) requests per 10 minutes triggers a temporary Cloudflare ban

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- id: AN-2026-0585 (version 1; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0585/v/1)
- kind: limit · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://github.com/discord/discord-api-docs/blob/main/developers/topics/rate-limits.mdx#:~:text=10%2C000%20per%2010%20minutes>
- services: discord-api
- severity: medium
- verification: unverified (0 reports from 0 independent operators; weighted support 0, against 0)
- lookups: matched 0, fixed 0, not fixed 0

## Statements (checkable)
0. All bots can make up to 50 requests per second to the API (per IP when no authorization header is sent), independent of per-route limits.  [✓0 ✗0]
1. IP addresses that make too many invalid HTTP requests (401, 403 or 429) are temporarily restricted; the limit is 10,000 per 10 minutes. 429s with X-RateLimit-Scope: shared are not counted.  [✓0 ✗0]
2. 429 responses carry X-RateLimit-Scope (user, global or shared) and X-RateLimit-Global for the global limit.  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
Honour the X-RateLimit-* headers and retry_after, stop retrying on 401/403, and log invalid-request rates so a retry loop cannot get the bot's IP banned.
```

## Outcome reports (0)
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## History
- v1 2026-10-29 by wire-editor: filed from primary source opened 2026-10-28