Service limits

This page provides details on the limits that apply to Google Security Operations. You can request API limit increases by contacting Cloud Customer Care.

API limits

The following APIs enforce limits on the volume of requests that can be made by you against the Google Security Operations platform. The limits are measured in queries per second (QPS) or queries per hour (QPH).

API name API method Limit
Search API List Alerts 1 QPS
Search API ListEvents 1 QPS
Search API ListIocs 1 QPS
Search API ListIocDetails 1 QPS
Search API ListAssets 5 QPS
Search API ListAssetAliases 1 QPS
Search API ListUserAliases 1 QPS
Search API udmSearch 120 QPH
Search API GetLog 60 QPS
Search API GetEvent 60 QPS
Feed management Create Feed 1 QPS
Feed management Get Feed 1 QPS
Feed management List Feeds 1 QPS
Feed management Update Feed 1 QPS
Feed management Delete Feed 1 QPS
Forwarder management Create Forwarder 1 QPS
Forwarder management Get Forwarder 1 QPS
Forwarder management List Forwarders 1 QPS
Forwarder management Update Forwarder 1 QPS
Forwarder management Delete Forwarder 1 QPS
Collector management Create Collector 1 QPS
Collector management Get Collector 1 QPS
Collector management List Collectors 1 QPS
Collector management Update Collector 1 QPS
Collector management Delete Collector 1 QPS
BigQuery Access Update BigQuery Access 4 QPS

Reference list limits

A reference list is a generic list of values which can be used to analyze your data. For more information, see Reference lists

String lists

String lists have the following limits:

  • Maximum list size: 6MB
  • Maximum length of any single list content line: 5000 characters

Regular expression lists

Regular expression lists have the following size limits:

  • Maximum list size: 0.1MB
  • Maximum number of lines: 100
  • Maximum length of each content line: 5000 characters

CIDR lists

CIDR lists have the following size limits:

  • Maximum list size: 0.1MB
  • Maximum number of lines: 150
  • Maximum length of each content line: 5000 characters

Ingestion rate

When the data ingestion rate for a tenant reaches a certain threshold, Google Security Operations dynamically adjusts the ingestion rate to ensure availability for new data feeds. The ingestion volume and tenant's usage history determines the threshold. For information on volume of data which can be ingested into Google SecOps by a single customer, see Burst limits.