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Octokit plugin for GitHub's recommended request throttling
Last release 2 months ago
01 Aug 2026
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8 years old
82 releases · first in 2018
deps: update dependency @octokit/types to v17
One column per quarter.
deps: update dependency @octokit/types to v16
deps: update dependency @octokit/types to v15
deps: update octokit monorepo (major)
stop testing against NodeJS v18
new org campaign endpoints, remove deprecated Copilot usage endpoints
don't deadlock on 10+ concurrent requests needing auth
new /orgs/{org}/issue-types, /orgs/{org}/issue-types/{issue_type_id} enpoints
new /enterprises/{enterprise}/actions/hosted-runners, /orgs/{org}/actions/hosted-runners, /orgs/{org}/settings/network-configurations, /orgs/{org}/rul
new action runner groups endpoints, new code scanning alerts autofix endpoints, new sub-issues endpoints, new private registries enpoints, new code se
deps: bump Octokit deps to fix Deno compat
handle 429 status code when being throttled
## 9.3.1 (2024-07-14) ### Bug Fixes * only import Octokit as type
# 9.3.0 (2024-04-29) ### Features * Copilot usage endpoints
pkg: add a default fallback export
routes changed from repository_id to nwo and enterprise groups now includes the enterprise in route
# 9.1.0 (2024-04-03) ### Features * security: Add provenance
deps: update dependency @octokit/types to v13
## 9.0.3 (2024-03-01) ### Bug Fixes * pkg: add main field
README: update examples for ESM
add missing file extension on bottleneck import
# 9.0.0 (2024-02-25) ### Features * package is now ESM (#675) (4986fb0) ### BREAKING CHANGES * package is now ESM
# 8.2.0 (2024-02-22) ### Features * new endpoints
types: improvements to internal types and options parameter
graphql: GraphQL queries can exceed the rate limit even with x-ratelimit-remaining !== 0.
retry: Retry requests after the x-ratelimit-reset time, not exactly at it.
# 8.1.0 (2023-10-24) ### Features * add repo rulesets
types: export ThrottlingOptions
new GitHub advisories endpoints, new GitHub classroom endpoints, new Copilot endpoints, remove required workflow endpoints
deps: update octokit monorepo (major)
# 6.1.0 (2023-06-09) ### Features * new generate-jit endpoints
build: switch to esbuild and tsc instead of pika
remove deprecated options.throttle.minimalSecondaryRateRetryAfter
bump minimal retry in case of secondary rate limiting to 60s
types: don't require any properties if enabled is false
types: move OctokitOptions augmentation to the index file (#590) - thanks @andarist
new routes in generated/endpoints.json
build: add script to fix package.json from build step (#584) (e7f99d0), closes #583
# 5.1.0 (2023-04-20) ### Features * many new endpoints
correct docs link in src/index.ts:86
many new endpoints, and some renamed
retry-count: don't leak retryCount between requests: updated
deps: bump @octokit/types to v8
add support for new ssh_signing_keys endpoints and /orgs/{org}/{security_product}/{enablement}
add support for 10 new APIs and drop references to now-defunkt OAuth Authorizations APIs
deps: update dependency @octokit/types to v7
add support for new GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/codespaces/new API (which doesn't need to be throttled)
bump @octokit/core peerDep to v4
stop testing against NodeJS v10, v12
POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/dependency-graph/snapshots
types: improve types for ThrottlingOctokitOptions
log: use 'octokit.log.warn' instead of 'console.warn'
secondary-limit: replace 'abuse-limit' logic with 'secondary-limit'
adapt to GitHub's rename of abuse limit to secondary rate limit
handle full URLs for GraphQL and Search request
# 3.5.0 (2021-06-12) ### Features * error.response
typescript: return {} instead of void
## 3.4.2 (2021-06-02) ### Bug Fixes * package.json description
## 3.4.1 (2021-01-25) ### Bug Fixes * deps: lock file maintenance
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