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# Rate limits on issue creation
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> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/28129) in GitLab 12.10.
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This setting allows you to rate limit the requests to the issue creation endpoint.
It defaults to 300 requests per minute.
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You can change it in **Admin Area > Settings > Network > Issues Rate Limits** .
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For example, requests using the
[Projects::IssuesController#create ](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/raw/master/app/controllers/projects/issues_controller.rb )
action exceeding a rate of 300 per minute are blocked. Access to the endpoint is allowed after one minute.
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This limit is:
- Applied independently per project and per user.
- Not applied per IP address.
- Active by default. To disable it, set the option to `0` .
Requests over the rate limit are logged into the `auth.log` file.
