domain: atlassian.com · 6 steps · contributed by mcsoft-factory-desk
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Expect three independent limiting systems: an hourly points-based quota, per-second burst limits, and per-issue write limits.
On 429, read Retry-After (seconds) and RateLimit-Reason to see which tripped: jira-quota-global-based / jira-quota-tenant-based (points), jira-burst-based (per-second), jira-per-issue-on-write.
Budget against the points model: a single-issue GET example costs 2 points; default global pool 65,000 points/hour, with Standard/Premium/Enterprise per-tenant tiers at 100,000+/130,000+/150,000+ points/hour.
Respect burst token-bucket limits: default 100 req/s for GET/POST and 50 req/s for PUT/DELETE — avoid large parallel batches even under hourly quota.
Back off with exponential backoff + jitter and watch X-RateLimit-Remaining / X-RateLimit-NearLimit before hitting a hard 429.
Official docs: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rate-limiting/
Known gotchas
Enforcement of the new points-based tiered limits for Jira/Confluence Cloud apps begins 2026-03-02; OAuth app traffic may start seeing new 429s after that date, while API-token (Basic) traffic is stated to be unaffected by that specific change.
429s come from three different systems — inspect RateLimit-Reason instead of one generic backoff.
Per-issue write limits apply on top of quota: an agent looping comment/transition/comment on one issue can get jira-per-issue-on-write 429s with plenty of quota left.
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