--- title: "Google updates Indexing API quota docs, drops request form" url: https://seomadman.com/news/google-indexing-api-quota-docs-update section: news language: en published: 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z modified: 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z author: Adam Hafez topics: ["Indexing", "Technical SEO"] --- # Google updates Indexing API quota docs, drops request form ## The short answer Google updated its Indexing API quota documentation on 16 October 2026, saying the page now reflects current quota limits and process. Search Engine Roundtable reports three pages lost their default-quota details and the approval-form language, and the JobPosting and BroadcastEvent restriction appears to remain. Developers report conflicting results. ## Key takeaways - Google's documentation changelog says it updated the Indexing API quota page to reflect the current quota limits and process. - Search Engine Roundtable reports that three Indexing API pages lost their default-quota details, including the language about requesting more quota through an approval form. - The same report says a section recommending the Indexing API over sitemaps for short-lived pages was removed from the quickstart. - The restriction to JobPosting or BroadcastEvent markup appears to remain in place. - Developers report conflicting behavior, so the documentation and the live API may be out of sync. Google's Search documentation changelog records that the Indexing API quota page was updated on 16 October 2026 to reflect current quota limits and process. Search Engine Roundtable's Barry Schwartz compared the pages and found the edit reached more than the one page Google named. Here are Google's [changelog entry](https://developers.google.com/search/updates#updating-the-indexing-api-quota-page) and [Schwartz's comparison](https://www.seroundtable.com/google-updates-indexing-api-quota-information-42316.html). ## What did Google change? Google's changelog entry names only the quota page, and says it now reflects the current quota limits and process. The entry gives no further detail, and Google has not said why the wording changed. ## Which pages were edited? Per Schwartz, three Indexing API v3 pages changed. The quota and pricing page lost its default quota details, including the language about requesting more quota through an approval form. The quickstart lost a section that recommended the API over sitemaps for short-lived pages, and its mention of a default 200 quota for onboarding and testing. The using-the-API page lost its references to a default testing quota. ## Does the API still have limits? The [quota and pricing page](https://developers.google.com/search/apis/indexing-api/v3/quota-pricing) we read listed 200 publish requests per day for a project, 180 metadata requests per minute and 380 requests per minute across endpoints, with new quota taking up to 24 hours to apply. It described no process for raising quota and said the API is free. That conflicts with Schwartz's report that default details were removed, so the cached or live page may differ from what we saw. Check your own project in the Google API Console. ## Who can still use it? The restriction to pages with JobPosting or BroadcastEvent markup appears to remain, per Schwartz. Developers he cites report mixed results: one says new service accounts still get a default quota of 200, another saw a 404 from a metadata request despite a 200 on submission. He suggests the documentation and the code may be out of sync. ## What should you do? Nothing urgent follows from the change itself. If you rely on the API for job or livestream pages, confirm your project's quota in the console rather than from the docs, and keep a sitemap for the rest of the site. Our [indexing](/topics/indexing) and [technical SEO](/topics/technical-seo) hubs cover how Google discovers pages, and the [IndexNow story](/news/indexnow-adoption-google-holdout) covers the alternative that Google does not use. ## Frequently asked questions ### What did Google change in the Indexing API docs? Google's changelog says it updated the quota page to reflect the current quota limits and process. Search Engine Roundtable reports that three pages also lost default-quota details. ### Can I still request more Indexing API quota? Search Engine Roundtable reports the approval-form language was removed from the quota page. The page we read describes no process for raising quota, only viewing it in the Google API Console. ### Who can use the Indexing API? Per the same report, the restriction to pages with JobPosting or BroadcastEvent markup appears to remain. It is not a general tool for submitting any page. ### What is the default quota? The quota page we read listed 200 publish requests per day for a project, but Search Engine Roundtable reports the default details were removed, so check your own project in the Google API Console. ## Sources 1. [Search Central documentation updates: Indexing API quota page](https://developers.google.com/search/updates#updating-the-indexing-api-quota-page) - Google Search Central (primary) 2. [Indexing API quota and pricing](https://developers.google.com/search/apis/indexing-api/v3/quota-pricing) - Google Search Central 3. [Google Updated Indexing API Quota Details & More](https://www.seroundtable.com/google-updates-indexing-api-quota-information-42316.html) - Search Engine Roundtable