Read and write requests are each limited to 300 per minute per project and 60 per minute per user per project, refilled every minute; going over returns HTTP 429.

Google Sheets API · GET /v4/spreadsheets/{spreadsheet_id}/values/{range} · HTTP 429

Status: 🔵 official · first seen 2026-10-24

What to do

  1. Retry with exponential backoff from 1000 ms × 2, cap 64000 ms, ≤ 5 attempts, with jitter.

Dimensions

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

Evidence

official doc: https://developers.google.com/workspace/sheets/api/limits

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://sheets.googleapis.com/v4/spreadsheets/{spreadsheet_id}/values/{range}"},"error":{"status":429}}'

YAML: facts/google-sheets/quota-per-project-and-user.yaml

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