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# Reducing GitHub & GitLab API rate limits impact

## GitHub rate limits

If you encounter issues or wish to adjust your organization’s limits, you can do so—instructions on how to overcome these limits are available on the [official **GitHub** website](https://docs.github.com/en/rest?apiVersion=2022-11-28). If your **OAuth** app needs to make unauthenticated calls with a higher rate limit, you can provide your app’s client ID and secret before the endpoint route.

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## GitLab rate limits

If you encounter issues or wish to adjust your organization’s limits, you can do so—step-by-step instructions for increasing these limits are available on the [official **GitLab** website](https://docs.github.com/en/rest?apiVersion=2022-11-28).