Guidewire Rate Limits

Guidewire Rate Limits

Overview

Understand and manage Guidewire Cloud API rate limits, implement proper throttling, and optimize API usage patterns.

Prerequisites

• Understanding of HTTP rate limiting concepts
• Access to Guidewire Cloud Console for quota monitoring
• Familiarity with exponential backoff patterns

Default Limits (Guidewire Cloud)

Instructions

Step 1: Monitor Rate Limit Headers

Parse X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, and X-RateLimit-Reset headers from every response. Warn when remaining drops below 10% of the limit.

Step 2: Implement Exponential Backoff

On 429 responses, use exponential backoff with jitter. Respect the Retry-After header when present. Start at 1s delay, max 60s, with 10% jitter.

Step 3: Implement Request Queue

Use a queue (e.g., p-queue) to throttle requests to 80% of the per-second limit. Batch related items and add delays between batches.

Step 4: Optimize API Patterns

• Use ?include= to fetch related entities in one call instead of multiple
• Use server-side ?filter= instead of client-side filtering
• Use pagination with pageSize=100 for bulk retrieval

Step 5: Implement Circuit Breaker

Open the circuit after 5 consecutive 429 errors. Wait 60s before half-open probe. Close after 3 successful requests.

For detailed implementation code (TypeScript and Gosu), load the reference guide: Read(${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/references/implementation-guide.md)

Output

• Rate limit tracking and monitoring
• Exponential backoff implementation
• Request queue with throttling
• Circuit breaker protection

Error Handling

Resources

• Guidewire Cloud API Limits
• Rate Limiting Best Practices

Next Steps

For security implementation, see guidewire-security-basics.

Examples

Basic usage: Apply guidewire rate limits to a standard project setup with default configuration options.

Advanced scenario: Customize guidewire rate limits for production environments with multiple constraints and team-specific requirements.