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Throttle period

Throttling limits how many Inngest function runs can start in a time period. Extra runs wait in a FIFO queue and start when capacity is available.

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Syntax

throttle: { limit: number, period: string, burst?: number, key?: string }

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Source: Throttling | Limit Function Throughput. Checked 2026-11-03.