# Cognito Rate Limits, Now Yours to Raise and Lower On Demand!

Hey there, it's me, Shiichan! Today I've got a small-but-handy Amazon Cognito update that operators are going to like.

## What was announced?

According to AWS's What's New, Amazon Cognito now lets you increase or decrease your provisioned API rate limits on demand. Numbers that used to require a support review can now be adjusted by you directly.

## The story so far

Until now, if you wanted to raise a Cognito rate limit, you had to file a request through Service Quotas and wait for a manual review. That meant you had to plan ahead with plenty of headroom to survive a sudden traffic spike, which could get a little nerve-wracking.

## What changes

From now on you can adjust your rate limits directly from the Amazon Cognito console or through new provisioning API operations. The best part: changes take effect **immediately**. You can bump limits up before a campaign and dial them back down afterward, reacting to your traffic in real time.

## Dive Deep

Self-service adjustment applies to the adjustable [API categories](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cognito/latest/developerguide/quotas.html#category_operations). The list of covered categories and how the limits work is documented in the [developer guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cognito/latest/developerguide/quotas.html).

This is available in **all AWS Regions** where Amazon Cognito is offered. For the pricing details, check the [pricing page](https://aws.amazon.com/cognito/pricing/).

## Wrap-up

- Amazon Cognito provisioned API rate limits can now be raised or lowered self-service
- No more waiting on Service Quotas manual review, and changes apply immediately
- Adjust them from the console or the new provisioning API operations
- Available in every AWS Region where Cognito is available

If you run a service where sign-in load is hard to predict, this quietly useful update is for you!