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Amazon Cognito enables self-service API rate limit adjustments

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Amazon Cognito now offers a self-service mechanism for adjusting provisioned API rate limits on demand via the console or a new API. This allows developers to quickly adapt rate limits to fluctuating traffic, eliminating the previous manual review process via Service Quotas. These self-service limits are available for adjustable API categories in all Cognito-supported AWS Regions and take effect immediately.

  • Self-service API rate limit adjustments
  • Immediate effect for rate limit changes
  • Availability and pricing
Features (1)
  • Self-service API rate limit adjustments

    Amazon Cognito now allows users to increase or decrease provisioned API rate limits on demand through the console or new API operations, replacing the previous manual request process.

Enhancements (1)
  • Immediate effect for rate limit changes

    Changes to self-service provisioned rate limits now take effect immediately, allowing for rapid adaptation to traffic patterns.

Notes (1)
  • Availability and pricing

    Self-service provisioned limits are available for adjustable API categories in all AWS Regions where Amazon Cognito is offered. Pricing details are available on the Amazon Cognito pricing page.

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https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/07/cognito-provisioned-limits