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Rate limits, status codes, and errors

Refer to our list of status codes, error responses, rate limits, and ingestion limits for troubleshooting help.

Rate limits

Rate limits for specific endpoints can be found in the API reference for each endpoint.

All new API endpoints are rate limited on a per-account basis, and used a fixed-window rate limiting algorithm with two distinct windows: burst (1-second window) and steady (1-minute window). All API traffic will be subject to these rate limits, and will receive HTTP 429 errors in the event either a burst or steady rate limit is reached.

Unless otherwise documented, all API endpoints use one of the following rate limits:

  • S: 3/s burst; 60/m steady
  • M: 10/s burst; 150/m steady
  • L: 75/s burst; 700/m steady
  • XL: 350/s burst; 3500/m steady

All non-rate-limited (i.e. non 429) responses will contain the following HTTP response headers that indicate the state of the steady rate limit window to the client:

  • RateLimit–Limit: The number of requests allowed per time period
  • RateLimit-Remaining: The approximate number of requests remaining within a window
  • RateLimit-Reset: Number of seconds remaining before current window resets

Ingestion limits

Klaviyo's event tracking endpoints use ingestion limits to prevent processing delays and service interruptions to the event ingestion pipeline. If you are using a Klaviyo webhook, custom integration, or API implementation, it is important to be aware of the limits on the events you send into Klaviyo. The table below provides guidance on the maximum sizes for your payload and its fields.

Endpoints with ingestion limits:

  • /api/events
  • /client/events
  • legacy /api/track
CategoryLimit
Max payload size5 MB decompressed
Max number of event properties per data packet300
Max size of any field100 kB
Max number of items in arrays4000
Max levels of nested objects10
Timestamp of eventsBetween 2000 and “now”+1 year

Response status codes

Our API uses conventional HTTP response status codes to indicate success or failure of an API request. Response status codes typically fall into the following three ranges:

  • 2xx - Success
  • 4xx - Error as a result of information provided as part of the request, such as a requested object that doesn't exist, an invalid setting, etc.
  • 5xx - Error due to Klaviyo

See the table below for a list of error codes and their corresponding descriptions:

CodeSummaryDescription
200OKThe request completed successfully.
201CreatedThe request succeeded, and a new resource was created as a result.
202AcceptedThe request has been received but not yet acted upon. We return this status code for requests that were accepted but are processed asynchronously.
204No ContentThe request succeeded, but the API doesn’t provide a response body.
400Bad RequestRequest is missing a required parameter or has an invalid parameter.
401Not AuthorizedRequest is lacking required authentication information.

Please follow [the guidance here] (https://developers.klaviyo.com/en/reference/api_overview#authentication) for more details on authenticating your API requests.
403ForbiddenThe request contains valid authentication information, but does not have permissions to perform the specified action.

See API key scopes for more information.
404Not FoundThe requested resource doesn't exist.
405Method not AllowedThe requested resource doesn't support the provided HTTP method, e.g. DELETE.
409ConflictThe request conflicts with the current state of the server.
410GoneThe requested content has been permanently deleted from Klaviyo’s server. This status code will occur for requested endpoints that no longer exist in our API.
415Unsupported Media TypeThe Content-Type or Content-Encoding header is set incorrectly.
429Rate LimitYou hit the rate limit for this endpoint (different endpoints have different rate limits).
500Server ErrorSomething is wrong on Klaviyo's end.
503Service UnavailableSomething is wrong on Klaviyo’s end leading to service unavailability.

Check Klaviyo’s Status for updates.

Errors

When a request is unsuccessful, the response will include a list of errors, nested under an errors field in the response. Within the error object, the title field includes developer-facing information about why the request failed.

Here is an example of an error response returned for an invalid request to GET /api/events?fields[profile]=email&include=profiless with an invalid include query parameter provided. There’s a typo there! It should be include=profiles not include=profiless.

{
   "errors": [
       {
           "id": "2c76424d-b1ff-4afd-a2a1-728d85dac775",
           "status": 400,
           "code": "invalid",
           "title": "Invalid input.",
           "detail": "'profiless' is not an allowed include parameter for this resource.",
           "source": {
               "parameter": "include"
           },
           "meta": {}
       }
   ]
}