<a id="global-vault_rate_limit" />

**`VAULT_RATE_LIMIT (string : unset)`**

The number of operations per second, in `rate[:burst]` format, used to throttle
requests between the CLI and the server. The `burst` value is optional and
defaults to `rate` when not specified.

Leaving `VAULT_RATE_LIMIT` unset disables request limiting.

**Example**: `export VAULT_RATE_LIMIT="10:30"`

<Tip>

  The rate limit is not global and applies individually to each invocation of
  the CLI. As a result, the `VAULT_RATE_LIMIT` variable is most useful when
  using the Go SDK for Vault.

</Tip>

