@@ -414,6 +414,39 @@ If you're using conditional requests and still exceeding your rate
414414limit, please[ contact us] [ support ] to request a
415415higher rate limit for your OAuth application.
416416
417+ ###Abuse Rate Limits
418+
419+ To prevent abuse, additional rate limits apply to some endpoints that
420+ create content. This rate limit applies to the creation of new content
421+ over a period of time. These rate limits do not apply to private repositories
422+ or GitHub Enterprise installations.
423+
424+ It is not intended for this rate limit to interfere with any legimate use of
425+ the API. Your normal[ rate limits] ( /v3/#rate-limiting ) should be the only
426+ limit you target. Please[ contact support] [ abuse-support ] if your use is affected by
427+ this rate limit.
428+
429+ If your application triggers this rate limit, you'll receive an informative
430+ response:
431+
432+ <pre class =" terminal " >
433+ HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden
434+ Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
435+ Connection: close
436+
437+ {
438+ "errors": [
439+ {
440+ "resource": "IssueComment",
441+ "code": "abuse",
442+ "field": "base"
443+ }
444+ ],
445+ "message": "Rate Limit Exceeded",
446+ "documentation_url": "https://developer.github.com/v3#abuse-rate-limits"
447+ }
448+ </pre >
449+
417450##User Agent Required
418451
419452All API requests MUST include a valid` User-Agent ` header. Requests with no` User-Agent `
@@ -619,4 +652,5 @@ If the steps above don't result in any information, we use UTC as the timezone
619652to create the git commit.
620653
621654[ support ] :https://github.com/contact?form[subject]=APIv3
655+ [ abuse-support ] :https://github.com/contact?form[subject]=API+Abuse+Rate+Limits
622656[ pagination-guide ] :/guides/traversing-with-pagination
