# Discourse API Generating 429

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-api-generating-429/259749
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 28, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-api-generating-429/259749 "2023-03-28T18:40:29Z")
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### Author: ![ckdev](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ckdev/32/299996_2.png) [@ckdev](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ckdev)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2023, 6:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-api-generating-429/259749/5 "2023-03-28T18:52:24Z")

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Sure, I can take a gander at web-hooks.

Do you know how to disable the response rate-limits? I believe we’ve changed a few in the app.yml already, anything that pertained to API from this link:

> [@Available settings for global rate limits and throttling](https://meta.discourse.org/t/available-settings-for-global-rate-limits-and-throttling/78612):
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> Discourse ships with 3 different global rate limits that can be configured by site admins. Global per-ip rate limits These limits apply to every unique IP address that hits the Discourse application. (files that are served directly from the filesystem or the CDN are excluded) By default this rate limit is enabled, you may disable it or set it to a reporting mode. DISCOURSE\_MAX\_REQS\_PER\_IP\_MODE : default block, this rate limit applies out of the box. (other options are warn, warn+block, and n…

Is this something specific in Nginx we need to explore?

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