# Increased Backend Rate Limits

We’ve increased the [Backend API rate limits](https://clerk.com/docs/backend-requests/resources/rate-limits.md#backend-api-requests) for production instances to better support your growing workloads! 🚀

Production instances now support **1000 requests per 10 seconds**, a 10x increase from before.
This change applies across all endpoints, including `Create User`.

If you're running high-traffic workloads in production, this gives you more headroom without hitting throttling errors.

We're also working on a smarter, more flexible rate limiting system that scales with your app. More on that soon!

_Note: Development instances remain at 100 requests per 10 seconds._