# Quota Policy

> The declared limits on how many requests a caller may make within a time window.

Record: `lexicon:quota-policy`
Kind: constraint
Layer: [Performance Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/performance-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-quota-policy

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Partition Strategy](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/partition-strategy.md) and before [Repeatable Test Environment](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/repeatable-test-environment.md).

## Category

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/scalability-performance-optimization.md)

## Required by

- [Rate Limiting](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/rate-limiting.md)

## Linked from

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-scalability-performance-optimization.md)