= rate_limit
:type: processor
:status: stable
:categories: ["Utility"]



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Throttles the throughput of a pipeline according to a specified xref:components:rate_limits/about.adoc[`rate_limit`] resource. Rate limits are shared across components and therefore apply globally to all processing pipelines.

```yml
# Config fields, showing default values
label: ""
rate_limit:
  resource: "" # No default (required)
```

== Fields

=== `resource`

The target xref:components:rate_limits/about.adoc[`rate_limit` resource].


*Type*: `string`