SAP's API Policy and the SuccessFactors Rate Limits
SAP's API Policy 4/2026 restricts you to published APIs, introduces fair use throttling and routes agentic AI through SAP's own door. SuccessFactors now carries soft and hard rate limits with dates attached. What the policy changes contractually, where the throttling bites first, and the terms to secure before the next renewal.
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SAP's API Policy and the SuccessFactors 429: Read the Headers Before January
SAP's API Policy 4/2026 restricts you to published APIs, introduces fair use throttling and routes agentic AI through SAP's own pathways. SuccessFactors put numbers on it: 600 requests a minute per tenant, soft limits live since August 17, hard 429s from November 13 and January 1, 2027. What breaks under hard mode, the commercial proposal that follows, and how to keep the policy out of SAP's quarter end.
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