# Soft Purge Rate Limits

**URL:** <https://community.fastly.com/t/soft-purge-rate-limits/2843>\
**Category:** Network Services\
**Tags:** rate-limiting, cdn\
**Created:** [July 30, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://community.fastly.com/t/soft-purge-rate-limits/2843 "2024-07-30T21:53:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ObsidianSnoo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.fastly.com/obsidiansnoo/32/629_2.png) [@ObsidianSnoo](https://community.fastly.com/u/ObsidianSnoo)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://community.fastly.com/t/soft-purge-rate-limits/2843/1 "2024-07-30T21:53:31Z")

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I found the documentation that states there is a rate limit of 100,000 purge requests per hour, separate from the standard API rate limits, but I was curious if that’s only for hard purge requests or if it also includes soft purge requests? If not, is there a separate rate limit for soft purge requests to be aware of?

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**Author:** ![aspires](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.fastly.com/aspires/32/464_2.png) [@aspires](https://community.fastly.com/u/aspires)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.fastly.com/t/soft-purge-rate-limits/2843/2 "2024-07-31T15:27:36Z")

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hey @ObsidianSnoo, that rate limit encompasses both hard and soft purges in total (there’s not a separate counter for hard vs. soft). If that limit is something you’re getting close to, it may make sense to look into Surrogate Key purges – that feature supports soft purges as well as hard purges. [Working with surrogate keys](https://docs.fastly.com/en/guides/working-with-surrogate-keys)