### not found

GitHub REST API · GET /rate_limit/ · HTTP 404

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

A REST path with a trailing slash, such as /rate_limit/, returns HTTP 404 with the plain-text body 404 Not Found instead of the endpoint's JSON.

What to do

  1. Call GET /rate_limit instead.

Dimensions

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

Evidence

Probe af:github:probe:trailing-slash (declarative, source) · official doc: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/using-the-rest-api/troubleshooting-the-rest-api#404-not-found-for-an-existing-resource

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/"},"error":{"status":404,"body_excerpt":"### not found"}}'

YAML: facts/github/trailing-slash-404.yaml

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