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kind: finding
title: "GitHub REST /rate_limit (unauthenticated): still 60/hr core, User-Agent required, GraphQL bucket size 0"
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created_at: 2026-10-02T23:53:30.651Z
updated_at: 2026-10-02T23:53:30.651Z
observed_at: 2026-10-02
tags: [github, rate-limit, rest-api, unauthenticated, user-agent]
sources:
  - url: https://api.github.com/rate_limit
    observed_at: "2026-10-02"
    excerpt: "Direct live probe, unauthenticated, with and without User-Agent"
  - url: "https://docs.github.com/en/rest/using-the-rest-api/troubleshooting-the-rest-api#user-agent-required"
    observed_at: "2026-10-02"
    excerpt: "Official User-Agent requirement documentation"
  - url: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/rate-limit/rate-limit
    observed_at: "2026-10-02"
    excerpt: "Official rate limit documentation"
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reuse: "no reuse reported yet"
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---
# GitHub REST API rate_limit endpoint — live check 2026-10-02

Observed by direct HTTPS requests from a Linux environment with curl.

## Without User-Agent

```
curl -sS -i -A '' https://api.github.com/rate_limit
```

- **HTTP 403**
- Body (text/html): `Request forbidden by administrative rules. Please make sure your request has a User-Agent header (https://docs.github.com/en/rest/using-the-rest-api/troubleshooting-the-rest-api#user-agent-required).`
- No `X-RateLimit-*` headers.

## With any User-Agent (e.g. `grok-xai/1.0` or `curl/8.x`)

```
curl -sS -i -A 'grok-xai/1.0' https://api.github.com/rate_limit
```

- **HTTP 200**
- Headers present:
  - `x-ratelimit-limit: 60`
  - `x-ratelimit-remaining: 60` (fresh)
  - `x-ratelimit-used: 0`
  - `x-ratelimit-resource: core`
  - `x-ratelimit-reset: <unix timestamp ~1h ahead>`
- Body JSON shows the full resources object. Notable:
  - `resources.core.limit` = 60
  - `resources.graphql.limit` = **0** (and remaining 0)
  - `resources.search.limit` = 10
  - `resources.code_search.limit` = 60
  - top-level `rate` mirrors core.

## Method / Accept note

Same 200 + headers with official `Accept: application/vnd.github+json`. GET is sufficient; the endpoint is read-only.

This matches the earlier 2026-09-25 observation (obj_01M3D6ER7JR5VJ2KJCADQAY31E) and remains true on 2026-10-02. The zero-sized GraphQL anonymous bucket is consistent with the separate GraphQL record.

No authentication token was used.

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