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Rate quotas
When you use the Google Cloud CLI
or the Google Cloud console, you're also making
requests to the API, and these requests count towards your rate quota. If you
use service accounts to access the API, that also counts towards your quota.
Quotas are enforced at intervals of every 60 seconds. That means that if you
reach a specific limit anytime within 60 seconds, you need to wait for your
quota bucket to refresh to make more requests.
Per user quotas
Quota group
Detail
Default quota
Read requests
Description: Quota for *.get,
*.describe, and *.list methods.
Allocation quotas are the maximum number of resources you can create of that
resource type. OS Config resources include the following: patch deployments,
OS policy assignments, and guest policies.
The following quotas don't reset over time and instead are released when you
release the resource.
Resource
Detail
Default quota
Patch jobs
Description: Quota for the number of patch jobs
that can be created in a project.
If you want to lower rate quotas, see
Capping usage.
If you need higher rate quotas than the default maximum,
request a quota adjustment.
In your request, add information showing the consumption rate in your environment.
These include VM Manager audit logs
or other error messages stating that the rate limit is exceeded.
It's also useful to include information such as future growth plans, region or zone
spread, and any additional requirements or dependencies.
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