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# Monitor inbound REST API rate limit counts and violations

# Monitor inbound REST API rate limit counts and violations {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Xanadu
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* Updated August 1, 2024
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To determine if you have set a rate limit rule appropriately, monitor the counts and
violations for inbound REST API requests that are restricted by the rule.

## Before you begin

Role required: rate_limit_admin

## Procedure

1. Navigate to AllSystem Web ServicesRESTRate Limits.
2. Select the rate limit rule for which you want to monitor rate limit counts and violations.
3. View the information in the following related lists:
   * In the Rate Limit Counts related list, view the count of inbound REST API requests limited by the rule. This list is cleared daily.
   * In the Rate Limit Violations related list, view the number of inbound REST API requests that exceeded the Request limit per hour value for the rule. This list is cleared biweekly.
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