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Limits, errors & status codes

Request limits

Context Limit
Synchronous: /v1/in-depth ≤ 25 peril-event combinations per request
Asynchronous: batch upload 1–100,000 rows per CSV; larger schedules split across uploads
Rate limits Per-key; a 429 means you have exceeded your tier; contact us to raise it
Batch download URLs Expire one week after job completion

Typical response times

Placeholder: engineering to publish measured figures

The figures below are the intended shape of this table, marked [TBC] until engineering supplies measured numbers from production monitoring.

Request Typical response
Synchronous, single peril-event combination [TBC] seconds
Synchronous, full 25-combination request [TBC] seconds
Batch, 1,000-row schedule [TBC] minutes end to end
Batch, 10,000-row schedule [TBC] minutes end to end
Batch, 100,000-row schedule (the upload maximum) [TBC] end to end

HTTP status codes

Code Meaning What to do
200 Success –
207 Multi-Status: partial success with itemised failures Read failed_items; retry or fix the failed rows only
400 Bad request: validation error in payload or parameter format Check parameter names, types and date formats (YYYY-MM-DD)
401 Missing or invalid API key Confirm the X-API-Key header; check key expiry
403 Key not authorised for this endpoint Your licence does not include this endpoint; contact us
404 Endpoint not found Check the path against these docs
405 Method not allowed GET used where POST is required, or vice versa
422 Unprocessable entity: missing required information or unparseable payload The response body itemises the failing fields
429 Too many requests: rate limit exceeded Back off and retry; consider the batch endpoint for volume
500 Internal server error Retry with back-off; if persistent, check /health and contact support