Daily Spending Cap for API Usage

📌 Context

To help you maintain better control over your costs and protect against unexpected spending spikes, we've introduced a daily spending cap for all API (programmatic) usage on Dust.

This safeguard automatically monitors your API consumption and prevents runaway costs from accidental loops, misconfigured scripts, or unexpected usage patterns.

🔄 Impact on Dust

We've implemented real-time tracking that:

• Monitors your API spending throughout the day

• Automatically resets at midnight UTC each day

• Uses a fail-safe approach: if our tracking system encounters any issues, API calls are temporarily blocked to ensure you're never surprised by unexpected charges

👤 Impact for you

Default limits:

• Standard workspaces: $1,000 per day

• Pay-as-you-go workspaces: The greater of $1,000 or 20% of your monthly spending cap, per day

What this means:

• For most customers, daily API usage will continue without any interruption

• If you approach your daily cap, API calls will be blocked until the next day (midnight UTC)

• You'll have full visibility into your spending and won't encounter surprise bills from runaway usage

Need a different limit?

If your typical API usage requires a higher daily cap, you can request a custom limit between $100 and $10,000 through your account settings or by contacting your Customer Success Manager.

✅ Actions required

No immediate action required for most customers. Your existing API integrations will continue to work within the default daily limits.

Optional: If you regularly use the API extensively, we recommend:

1. Reviewing your typical daily API spending patterns

2. Contacting us if you need to adjust your daily cap to match your usage

3. Implementing monitoring in your applications to track daily usage

This change is live for all workspaces starting today.