For anonymous callers GET /rate_limit reports a graphql resource limit of 0, so the GraphQL API has no anonymous quota, while REST core allows 60 requests per hour.

GitHub REST API · GET /rate_limit

Status: ✅ verified:server:prod · first seen 2026-10-20 · last confirmed 2026-10-27 · 224 confirmations from 2 vantages

What to do

  1. Request OAuth scope public_repo.

Dimensions

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

Evidence

Probe af:github:probe:rate-limit (declarative, source) · official doc: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/rate-limit/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/rate_limit"}}'

YAML: facts/github/graphql-anonymous-limit-zero.yaml

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