# Rate Limits and Guardrails In order to provide reliable service for all of our customers and API load predictability for our device partners, we have a number of rate limits and guardrails in place. ## Rate Limits For requests with rate limits, exceeding these limits results in the corresponding API calls failing with a `429 Too Many Requests` response. You must then retry your request after the appropriate amount of time. We enforce the following rate limits on a per-device basis:
OperationLimit
Create an access code10 access code creations per minute
Update an access code10 access code updates per minute
Delete an access code20 access code deletions per minute
Lock a lock15 lock requests per minute
Unlock a lock15 unlock requests per minute
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