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title: Rate limiting in Elastic Cloud
description: API calls are rate limited in a timing window. The current remaining available calls quota is available through the following header fields, included...
url: https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/cloud/cloud-hosted/ec-api-rate-limiting
products:
  - Elastic Cloud Hosted
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Hosted: Generally available
---

# Rate limiting in Elastic Cloud
API calls are rate limited in a timing window. The current remaining available calls quota is available through the following header fields, included in each API call response:
- `x-ratelimit-interval` - The time duration for the quota calculation
- `x-ratelimit-remaining` - The remaining number of API calls available
- `x-ratelimit-limit` - The total number of calls available in the duration `x-ratelimit-interval`