# Limits

Every limit here reports itself rather than failing silently. These are the numbers to plan around.

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## Every limit

| **Limit**                                    | **Value**                              | **What happens**                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| -------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Branches                                     | only the first 100 are ever fetched    | /repos/{repo}/branches?per\_page=100 with no Link-header pagination follow.                                                                                                                                |
| Directory listings are not paginated         | \-                                     | /repos/{repo}/contents/{path} is a single unpaginated call, so very large folders may be listed incompletely.                                                                                              |
| Repository listing                           | 100 per page                           | GET /user/repos with per\_page=100.                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Public repository search                     | first page only                        | Search runs only when a query is typed and page === 1\. Paging past page 1 shows only the person's own repositories.                                                                                       |
| Auto-convert                                 | maximum 10 path segments after the ref | The matcher list covers a ref plus 1 to 10 further segments. Deeper file paths do not auto-convert.                                                                                                        |
| Image rendering capped at 800px tall         | \-                                     | \-                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Code viewer capped at 600px tall             | \-                                     | \-                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Markdown switches to virtualised rendering a | \-                                     | \-                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Connect polling gives up after 30 seconds    | \-                                     | \-                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| No rate-limit handling anywhere              | \-                                     | There is no retry, no backoff and no Retry-After handling in the capability. A GitHub 403 caused by rate limiting is classified as an access error and reported to the reader as though nobody has access. |
| File content passes through the server as a  | \-                                     | Large files can therefore be slow or fail.                                                                                                                                                                 |

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## A few things worth knowing

* A limit that is reached is reported in the interface, not in a log you have to find.
* Limits are per site or per tenant depending on the limit. The table says which.
* Edition can change some of these.

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## Related

[What is not availableThe other constraints.](https://help.gocapable.com/git/what-is-not-available.html)

[AdministrationThe settings.](https://help.gocapable.com/git/administration.html)

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