A developer is sending requests to a SaaS application. The developer becomes unable to send anymore requests after sending a number of them, but other developers can still send requests. Which of the

The correct answer is C. Rate limiting. Rate limiting restricts the number of API requests a specific user, client, or API key can make within a defined time window. In this scenario, one developer hits the limit and can no longer send requests, while other developers are unaffected, which strongly indicates per-user o

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A developer is sending requests to a SaaS application. The developer becomes unable to send anymore requests after sending a number of them, but other developers can still send requests. Which of the following is most likely causing the issue?

Options

APartial outage
BAPI throttling
CRate limiting
DService quota

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A
3% (1)
B
8% (3)
C
86% (32)
D
3% (1)

Explanation

Rate limiting restricts the number of API requests a specific user, client, or API key can make within a defined time window. In this scenario, one developer hits the limit and can no longer send requests, while other developers are unaffected, which strongly indicates per-user or per-key rate

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