1--- 2type: reference 3stage: Plan 4group: Project Management 5info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments 6--- 7 8# Rate limits on issue creation **(FREE SELF)** 9 10> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/28129) in GitLab 12.10. 11 12This setting allows you to rate limit the requests to the issue and epic creation endpoints. 13To can change its value: 14 151. On the top bar, select **Menu > Admin**. 161. On the left sidebar, select **Settings > Network**. 171. Expand **Issues Rate Limits**. 181. Under **Max requests per minute per user**, enter the new value. 191. Select **Save changes**. 20 21For example, if you set a limit of 300, requests using the 22[Projects::IssuesController#create](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/blob/master/app/controllers/projects/issues_controller.rb) 23action exceeding a rate of 300 per minute are blocked. Access to the endpoint is allowed after one minute. 24 25When using [epics](../../group/epics/index.md), epic creation will share this rate limit with issues. 26 27![Rate limits on issues creation](img/rate_limit_on_issues_creation_v14_2.png) 28 29This limit is: 30 31- Applied independently per project and per user. 32- Not applied per IP address. 33- Disabled by default. To enable it, set the option to any value other than `0`. 34 35Requests over the rate limit are logged into the `auth.log` file. 36