Anonymous calls to the search endpoints count against a separate search resource with x-ratelimit-limit 10 (documented as 10 requests per minute), not against core.

GitHub REST API · GET /search/repositories

Status: ✅ verified:server:prod · first seen 2026-10-20 · last confirmed 2026-10-27 · 109 confirmations from 2 vantages

What to do

  1. Retry with exponential backoff from 6000 ms × 2, cap 60000 ms, ≤ 5 attempts, with jitter.

Dimensions

env: prod · plan: any · region: any · account_state: anonymous

Evidence

Probe af:github:probe:search-query-too-long (declarative, source) · official doc: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/search/search#rate-limit

Observations: none from reporters yet.

Machine access

curl -s https://apifacts.dev/v0/check \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"target":{"method":"GET","url":"https://api.github.com/search/repositories"}}'

YAML: facts/github/anonymous-search-rate-limit.yaml

Data: CC BY 4.0 · apifacts registry · This page is generated; edit the YAML, not the page.