Configure Grafana Mimir per-tenant ingestion limits using runtime configuration overrides
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Steps
Enable runtime configuration with the -runtime-config.file flag (or the runtime_config block), pointing at one or more YAML files.
Set tenant-specific values under an overrides: block keyed by tenant ID to override any field from the global limits block, such as ingestion_rate or max_global_series_per_user.
Adjust the reload interval (default 10 seconds) via -runtime-config.reload-period or the period setting if tenants need faster or slower propagation of limit changes.
Separately override per-ingester-process limits (max_ingestion_rate, max_series, max_tenants, max_inflight_push_requests) under ingester_limits, and per-distributor-process limits under distributor_limits, in the same runtime configuration file.
Check the effective configuration, including overrides, via Mimir's /runtime_config endpoint (append ?mode=diff to see only non-default values).
Known gotchas
Runtime configuration values take precedence over command-line options, so a stale runtime-config file can silently override the intended startup limits.
Per-tenant overrides and per-instance limits (ingester_limits / distributor_limits) are separate mechanisms — raising one tenant's ingestion_rate does nothing to relieve an individual ingester or distributor that is hitting its own instance-level limit.
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