> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.open-hive.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Rate limits

> Cap how fast agents act on the outside world.

**Configuration → Rate limits** controls how aggressively your agents act on external
systems — how many messages go out, how fast a browser session works a site.

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</Frame>

This exists because the constraint on outbound work is rarely your model budget. It's
the platform on the other end. Sending too fast is how accounts get flagged.

## Setting a limit

Each limit is a ceiling, not a target — agents stay at or under it. Where OpenHive
knows a platform's safe operating range, it shows a recommended maximum next to the
field. Where it doesn't, the field reads **No recommended maximum** and the number is
your call.

<Warning>
  Recommended maximums are guidance based on typical platform behavior, not a guarantee.
  Platforms change their enforcement without notice, and limits vary by account age and
  standing. Start conservative on a new account.
</Warning>

Changes apply to work that runs after you save — a session already in flight finishes
under the limits it started with.