[GH-ISSUE #258] Quota limits while adding team members to projects #192

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opened 2026-02-25 23:41:31 +03:00 by kerem · 3 comments

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2026-02-25 23:41:31 +03:00

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Originally created by @prgTW on GitHub (Jun 3, 2019).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/healthchecks/healthchecks/issues/258

I experience rate limits while adding team members to project. I want to add 8 people to 5 projects but I'm unable to do so due to rate limits on, I believe, POST requests. Giving that I have to add them on a per-project basis (do the same thing 5 times) this problem is quite annoying :(

Originally created by @prgTW on GitHub (Jun 3, 2019). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/healthchecks/healthchecks/issues/258 I experience rate limits while adding team members to project. I want to add 8 people to 5 projects but I'm unable to do so due to rate limits on, I believe, POST requests. Giving that I have to add them on a per-project basis (do the same thing 5 times) this problem is quite annoying :( ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/203249/58794171-de081a00-85f7-11e9-96ec-6578f60712ef.png)

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kerem commented

2026-02-25 23:41:32 +03:00

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@cuu508 commented on GitHub (Jun 3, 2019):

Hi @prgTW, sorry about that! Yes, the "Invite" function has a rate limit. The limit is currently 20 invites per user per 24 hours.

The reason to have the rate limit in the first place is a specific abuse pattern I had observed: somebody was inviting an email address, then removing them from the project. The had automated this and were doing it in a loop, over thousands of email addresses. This causes thousands of useless & unwanted invite emails to be sent, which is not good.

This is the first instance I know of a legitimate user hitting this rate limit. As a quick "fix", I just manually reset the rate limit for you so you should be able to invite 20 more members. If this gets reported again, I will look into either adjusting the rate limit, or using different rate limits for the free and the paid user accounts.

@cuu508 commented on GitHub (Jun 3, 2019): Hi @prgTW, sorry about that! Yes, the "Invite" function has a rate limit. The limit is currently 20 invites per user per 24 hours. The reason to have the rate limit in the first place is a specific abuse pattern I had observed: somebody was inviting an email address, then removing them from the project. The had automated this and were doing it in a loop, over thousands of email addresses. This causes thousands of useless & unwanted invite emails to be sent, which is not good. This is the first instance I know of a legitimate user hitting this rate limit. As a quick "fix", I just manually reset the rate limit for you so you should be able to invite 20 more members. If this gets reported again, I will look into either adjusting the rate limit, or using different rate limits for the free and the paid user accounts.

kerem commented

2026-02-25 23:41:32 +03:00

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@prgTW commented on GitHub (Jun 3, 2019):

Hi @cuu508 and thanks for the reply!

I'm currently inviting 8 team members to 6 projects so even boosted quota didn't fit for me :(.

Looking into the future I see two options for now:

to not send any emails because not every invite requires an email to be sent - I just can talk to guys sitting next to me and tell them I've granted them access
having team members defined per account and only select to which projects they have access to and send 1 email per user that summarises their access (a matrix panel with many checkboxes would be great although ugly :D)

Currently adding the same team members to few projects is clicking, clicking and again clicking :(

Cheers!

@prgTW commented on GitHub (Jun 3, 2019): Hi @cuu508 and thanks for the reply! I'm currently inviting 8 team members to 6 projects so even boosted quota didn't fit for me :(. Looking into the future I see two options for now: - to not send any emails because not every invite requires an email to be sent - I just can talk to guys sitting next to me and tell them I've granted them access - having team members defined per account and only select to which projects they have access to and send 1 email per user that summarises their access (a matrix panel with many checkboxes would be great although ugly :D) Currently adding the same team members to few projects is clicking, clicking and again clicking :( Cheers!

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2026-02-25 23:41:32 +03:00

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@cuu508 commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2020):

Just made a couple improvements in this area:

In the "Team Access" section, list existing users from account's other teams, and a one-click "Add to Team" action:

Adding an existing user to a team does not count towards to the "invites / day" rate limit.

If you need to set up 6 projects of identical 8-member teams, there would still be a fair bit of clicking, but less than before. And you will not hit the rate limit.

@cuu508 commented on GitHub (Feb 14, 2020): Just made a couple improvements in this area: * In the "Team Access" section, list existing users from account's other teams, and a one-click "Add to Team" action: ![Screenshot from 2020-02-14 13-08-20](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/661859/74525993-1b64cb80-4f2b-11ea-87a2-c1397d5dc2fa.png) * Adding an existing user to a team does not count towards to the "invites / day" rate limit. If you need to set up 6 projects of identical 8-member teams, there would still be a fair bit of clicking, but less than before. And you will not hit the rate limit.