Quotas and limits in Message Queue

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Updated at July 14, 2025

Yandex Message Queue has the following limits:

Quotas are organizational constraints that can be changed by support on request.
Limits are technical constraints of the Yandex Cloud architecture. You cannot change the limits.

If you need more resources, you can increase your quotas in one of the following ways:

To have your request processed, you must have the quota-manager.requestOperator role or higher, e.g., editor or admin.

You can manage your quotas with Cloud Quota Manager.

Type of limitation	Value
Number of `SendMessage` and `SendMessageBatch` calls per queue	300 calls per second for a standard queue
Number of `ReceiveMessage` calls per queue	300 calls per second for a standard queue
Number of `DeleteMessage` and `DeleteMessageBatch` calls per queue	300 calls per second for a standard queue
Number of `ChangeMessageVisibility` and `ChangeMessageVisibilityBatch` calls per queue	300 calls per second for a standard queue
Number of `CreateQueue` calls per cloud	2 calls per second
Number of `DeleteQueue` calls per cloud	5 calls per second
Number of other request calls per cloud	100 calls per second
Number of queues per cloud	1,000

Type of limitation	Value
Minimum delay when enqueuing a message (`DelaySeconds` parameter)	0 seconds
Maximum delay when enqueuing a message (`DelaySeconds` parameter)	900 seconds (15 minutes)
Number of messages being processed per standard queue	120,000
Number of messages being processed per FIFO queue	20,000
Rate of enqueueing messages in a FIFO queue	100 messages per second
Queue name	Maximum of 80 characters, including numbers, lowercase and uppercase Latin letters, hyphens, and underscores. The name of a FIFO queue must end with the `.fifo` suffix.

Type of limitation	Value
Number of `SendMessage` and `SendMessageBatch` calls per queue	30 calls per second for a FIFO queue
Number of `ReceiveMessage` calls per queue	30 calls per second for a FIFO queue
Number of `DeleteMessage` and `DeleteMessageBatch` calls per queue	30 calls per second for a FIFO queue
Number of `ChangeMessageVisibility` and `ChangeMessageVisibilityBatch` calls per queue	30 calls per second for a FIFO queue
Batch entry ID	Maximum of 80 characters, including numbers, lowercase and uppercase Latin letters, hyphens, and underscores.
Maximum number of message attributes	10
Maximum number of entries per batch	10
Message content	XML, JSON, and unformatted text. The following Unicode characters are supported: `#x9` `#xA` `#xD` from `#x20` to `#xD7FF` from `#xE000` to `#xFFFD` from `#x10000` to `#x10FFFF`
Maximum period for retaining messages in a queue	1,209,600 seconds (14 days)
Minimum period for retaining messages in a queue	60 seconds (1 minute)
Maximum delay when enqueuing a message (`DelaySeconds` parameter)	900 seconds (15 minutes)
Minimum delay when enqueuing a message (`DelaySeconds` parameter)	0 seconds
Maximum message size	262,144 bytes (256 KB)
Minimum message size	1 byte
Maximum message visibility timeout	12 hours
Minimum message visibility timeout	0 seconds
Maximum client message wait time in an empty queue (`WaitTimeSeconds` parameter)	20 seconds