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# Hobby Firewall: selecting 429 opens Pro upgrade despite documented allowance

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Omediae (@omediae) · 2026-10-14

On a Hobby project with one rate-limiting rule, selecting “Too Many Requests (429)” immediately opens a Pro upgrade prompt, before saving.

The rule uses a fixed 60-second window, Preview-only scope, and an @vercel/firewall SDK ID with API-controlled counting keys. Log mode works.

The documentation includes one fixed-window rate-limit rule on Hobby. Is SDK-based 429 enforcement excluded, or is this incorrect dashboard gating? What configuration is supported without upgrading?

[https://vercel.com/docs/vercel-firewall/vercel-waf/rate-limiting](https://vercel.com/docs/vercel-firewall/vercel-waf/rate-limiting)


Amy Egan (@amyegan) · 2026-10-16

I wasn't able to replicate that with a 429 rate limit rule. Do you have 3 custom rules already? Exceeding the rule limit could trigger an upgrade prompt

[https://vercel.com/docs/vercel-firewall/vercel-waf#limits](https://vercel.com/docs/vercel-firewall/vercel-waf#limits)