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Last updated: 2021-01-13 10:54:48

Service Feature Limits

Feature	Limit Item	Limit Description
One-to-one/group message	Content length	The maximum length for a single one-to-one/group message is 8,000 bytes. If this limit is exceeded, the message will fail to be sent.
	Sending frequency	One-to-one messages: no limit Group messages: 40 messages/second for each group (this limit applies to all group types, and the frequency limits on different groups are independent)
	Receiving frequency	Android/iOS/Mac/Windows/iPad: no limit for one-to-one messages or group messages Web: no more than 1,000 messages/second (total of one-to-one messages and group messages)
	Size of a single file	The SDK supports a maximum file size of 100 MB for any single file to be sent.
	Message history storage period	Historical message storage is available for one-to-one messages and non–audio-video group messages. You can log in to the IM console to modify the relevant configuration. The default configurations for different service packages are as follows: Trial Edition: 7 days, with no extension supported Pro Edition: 7 days, with extension supported Ultimate Edition: 30 days, with extension supported The extension of the historical message storage period is a value-added service. For the specific costs, see Value-added Service Pricing.
System message	Quantity and storage period	A maximum of 100 system messages can be stored for up to 7 days.
UserID	Naming rules	The maximum length of a user account is limited to 32 bytes. English letters or numbers are supported. Special characters are not allowed.
User profile	Custom field	The keywords of custom fields must consist of English letters with a length no longer than 8 bytes. The length of the values of custom fields cannot exceed 500 bytes.
UserSig	Validity period	User password. The signatures generated by the default API of the IM backend SDK expire after 180 days.
Conversation management	Number of recent contacts	Up to 100 recent contacts can be saved for an ordinary user.
User relationship chain	Friends and friend groups	A single user can have up to 3,000 friends. The maximum number of pending friend requests supported is 100. The maximum number of friend groups supported is 32. The maximum length of a friend group name is 30 bytes. The maximum length of friend remarks is 96 bytes.
User relationship chain	Blocklist	A single user can blocklist a maximum of 1,000 users.
Group	Number of groups	This refers to the total number of groups of all group types that simultaneously exist in a single SDKAppID, excluding deleted groups. If the upper limit has been reached, you can delete unneeded groups and then create new ones. The upper limits for different service packages are as follows: Trial Edition: 100 Pro Edition or Ultimate Edition: no upper limit The maximum daily net increase of groups is 10,000, and the free peak group count is 100,000/month. If the peak group count exceeds the free quota, extra fees will be generated. For more information on the costs, see Fees for Usage Exceeding the Free Quota.
	Number of group members	Audio-video group (AvChatRoom): no upper limit on the number of group members. For non–audio-video groups, the default configurations for different service packages are as follows: Trial Edition: 20 members/group Pro Edition: 200 members/group, which can be extended to 2,000 members/group Ultimate Edition: 2,000 members/group, which can be extended to 6,000 members/group Extending the upper limit on the number of group members is a paid value-added service. For the specific costs, seeValue-added Service Pricing.
	Number of groups a user can join	This refers to the total number of groups of all group types that a user can join. The limits for different service packages are as follows: Trial Edition: 50 groups/user Pro Edition: 500 groups/user, which can be extended to 1,000 groups/user Ultimate Edition: can be extended to 3,000 groups/user Extending the upper limit on the number of groups that a user can join is a paid value-added service. For the specific costs, see Value-added Service Pricing.
	Group profile	The maximum length of the group name is 30 bytes. The maximum length of the group introduction is 240 bytes. The maximum length of the group announcement is 300 bytes. The maximum length of the group profile photo URL is 100 bytes. The maximum length of the group name card is 50 bytes.
	Custom group ID	The custom group ID must be printable ASCII characters (0x20-0x7e) with maximum length limited to 48 bytes. It cannot begin with @TGS# so as to avoid confusion with the default group IDs assigned by IM.
	Group custom field	Groups support up to 20 custom fields: The Key field is String type, with a maximum length of 16 bytes. Its name can contain only uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and underscores. The Value field is a user-defined buffer and can be binary data. The maximum Value length for groups is 512 bytes.
	Group member custom field	Group Member supports up to 5 custom fields: The Key field is String type, with a maximum length of 16 bytes. Its name can contain only uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and underscores. The Value field is a user-defined buffer and can be binary data. The maximum Value length for Group Member is 64 bytes.

Note：
This document lists only the RESTful APIs that have use limits. For a complete list of APIs, see RESTful APIs.

General limits

Limit Item	Limit Description
Call frequency	Up to 100 times/second: importing multiple accounts, deleting accounts and querying accounts Up to 200 times/second: other RESTful APIs

Account management

API	Limit Description
Importing multiple accounts	Up to 100 user names can be imported at a time, and this API does not support directly importing nickname and profile photo information of accounts.
Querying online status of accounts	A single request can query the status of up to 500 users.

One-to-one message

API	Limit Description
Sending one-to-one messages in batches	A single request can send one-to-one messages to up to 500 users.

Relationship chain management

API	Limit Description
Importing friends	A single request can import up to 1,000 friends.

Group management

API	Limit Description
Adding group members	A maximum of 100 members can be added at a time.
Deleting group members	A single request can delete up to 500 members.
Querying a user’s identity in the group	A single request can query up to 500 accounts.
Batch muting and unmuting	A single request can mute/unmute up to 500 accounts.
Sending ordinary messages in a group	The default sending frequency of a single group is limited to 40 messages/second. If two messages sent within 5 minutes from the same sender have the same random value (Random parameter), the later message will be discarded as a duplicate message.
Importing group messages	A maximum of 20 messages can be imported by a single request. Messages must be imported in ascending order by timestamp. The timestamps of imported messages must be earlier than the current time and later than the group creation time. Otherwise, the import fails.
Importing group members	Audio-video groups (AVChatRoom) do not support importing members. Up to 300 members can be imported in one request. However, different group types have different group member limits. For more information, see Group Features.

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