# "Invites are rate limited." What does this mean? **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [2017年六月27日 15:53 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invites-are-rate-limited-what-does-this-mean/65202 "2017-06-27T15:53:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ernie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Ernie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ernie)\ **Post date:** [2017年六月27日 15:53 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invites-are-rate-limited-what-does-this-mean/65202/1 "2017-06-27T15:53:30Z")
Help? New Discourse user here. Was experimenting with re-sending an invitation from a post to a few people I’d already invited but did not respond. The original invite list was uploaded. The re-invite is being done from the [Invite] link at the bottom of the specific post. That’s when the “Sorry,” error below is raised. Is this not allowed? Or, am I going about this the wrong way? Is there some other method/practice to accomplish what I’m after? I just want to send a person I invited a reminder. Thanks in advance for your assist here. ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/f/3/f364c8654854ec35a75bc78a3e09662612f98fef.png) ---
**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Post date:** [2017年六月27日 15:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invites-are-rate-limited-what-does-this-mean/65202/2 "2017-06-27T15:58:49Z")
> [@Ernie](#): > > Was experimenting with re-sending an invitation from a post to a few people I’d already invited but did not respond. To avoid looking like spam, Discourse limits how many times you can annoy someone inviting them to join the community. ---
**Author:** ![Ernie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Ernie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ernie)\ **Post date:** [2017年六月27日 16:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invites-are-rate-limited-what-does-this-mean/65202/3 "2017-06-27T16:01:49Z")
Thanks, Jay. Do you know where I would find out what are Discourse’s parameters? Because I’ve only ever invited most of the folks on my list once. ---
**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Post date:** [2017年六月27日 16:06 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invites-are-rate-limited-what-does-this-mean/65202/4 "2017-06-27T16:06:00Z")
> [@Ernie](#): > > I’ve only ever invited most of the folks on my list once. Yes, but > [@Ernie](#): > > Was experimenting with re-sending an invitation from a post to a few people You can see your invites at `/my/invited/pending`. I think you can see others with the [data explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) plugin. ---
**Author:** ![Ernie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Ernie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ernie)\ **Post date:** [2017年六月27日 16:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invites-are-rate-limited-what-does-this-mean/65202/5 "2017-06-27T16:35:30Z")
Aha, now I see. Thanks. To re-invite, I must do it from the list of _Pending_ invites, not from the topic’s invite link. Thanks for your help. ---
**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Post date:** [2017年六月27日 16:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invites-are-rate-limited-what-does-this-mean/65202/6 "2017-06-27T16:51:39Z")
I don’t really know how it works, but I’m pretty sure that you shouldn’t be able to re-send those links until some time period is up either, though. ---
**Author:** ![Ernie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Ernie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ernie)\ **Post date:** [2017年六月27日 19:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invites-are-rate-limited-what-does-this-mean/65202/7 "2017-06-27T19:22:14Z")
> [@pfaffman](#): > > you shouldn’t be able to re-send those links until some time period is up either Understood. Actually however, it worked when I just tried using the re-invite control on the pending page, and the particular test email address was only initially invited four days ago. Will keep an eye on it. I wasn’t able to find much on the subject when searching the forum, so hope this is helpful to someone else. ---
**Author:** ![HAWK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hawk/32/86627_2.png) [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)\ **Post date:** [2017年九月13日 04:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invites-are-rate-limited-what-does-this-mean/65202/8 "2017-09-13T04:49:22Z")
Bumping this because I’ve come across the same issue as above, but I’m not sure this makes sense. Invites to topics are rate limited (I’m trying to invite a group to a topic) but they don’t show up in the `my/invited/pending` list, which I assume is because that is for invitations to join the forum, not for existing members that you are simply inviting to the topic. Is that correct? Is there currently a way to get around rate limiting when inviting a group to a topic? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Waltrip1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/john_waltrip1/32/98972_2.png) [@John\_Waltrip1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/John_Waltrip1)\ **Post date:** [2018年七月18日 04:53 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invites-are-rate-limited-what-does-this-mean/65202/9 "2018-07-18T04:53:17Z")
I’m running into this now, was there ever a resolution? ---
**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Post date:** [2018年七月18日 04:59 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invites-are-rate-limited-what-does-this-mean/65202/10 "2018-07-18T04:59:50Z")
> [@John\_Waltrip1](#): > > I’m running into this now, was there ever a resolution? Only resolution is waiting afaik or impersonating a different account and sending invites from there. Low priority @Osama can you add to your list improving the text in the OP so it explains what the actual rate limit is. “Invites are rate limited, you may only invite a user every N minutes” something like that. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Waltrip1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/john_waltrip1/32/98972_2.png) [@John\_Waltrip1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/John_Waltrip1)\ **Post date:** [2018年七月18日 05:03 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invites-are-rate-limited-what-does-this-mean/65202/11 "2018-07-18T05:03:32Z")
I was trying to invite a user group to a topic for discussion. It was the first time I’ve used this feature, so no notifications had previously gone out. I can workaround by upping the max users per group mention and @mention the group in the message, though group invite would be cleaner. ---
**Author:** ![HAWK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hawk/32/86627_2.png) [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)\ **Post date:** [2018年七月18日 05:06 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invites-are-rate-limited-what-does-this-mean/65202/12 "2018-07-18T05:06:30Z")
Rate limiting actually has nothing to do with this. The error is a red herring. Inviting groups doesn’t work (and never did). I thought that @techAPJ was going to remove groups from the invite drop-down to remove the ambiguity. Note: I would still dearly love this to work. I frequently have the need to use it and it seems fairly fundamental. ---
**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Post date:** [2018年七月18日 05:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invites-are-rate-limited-what-does-this-mean/65202/13 "2018-07-18T05:10:35Z")
Oh, ouch … yeah @Osama for now just remove the groups from there so you can not attempt to invite a group to a topic. ---
**Author:** ![Osama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/osama/32/98013_2.png) [@Osama](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Osama)\ **Post date:** [2018年七月18日 09:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invites-are-rate-limited-what-does-this-mean/65202/14 "2018-07-18T09:55:08Z")
Ok, we’ll no longer suggest groups in autocomplete dropdown when inviting to a topic: [https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/6105](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/6105) ---
**Author:** ![Jean-Michel25](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jean-Michel25](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jean-Michel25)\ **Post date:** [2019年九月20日 09:26 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invites-are-rate-limited-what-does-this-mean/65202/15 "2019-09-20T09:26:19Z")
你好 同样的问题。 我们需要了解限制是指： - 邀请之间的时间间隔 - 单个用户的邀请数量 - 全局邀请总数 - 待处理的邀请数量 - 邮件已被邀请过 感谢您的帮助 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [2023年五月7日 00:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invites-are-rate-limited-what-does-this-mean/65202/16 "2023-05-07T00:47:34Z")
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**Author:** ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)\ **Post date:** [2023年六月8日 06:19 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invites-are-rate-limited-what-does-this-mean/65202/17 "2023-06-08T06:19:08Z")