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When an identity’s integration is newly connected, Edges does not give it full capacity immediately. Capacity ramps up gradually over the first few days, then settles at the quotas listed in LinkedIn Smart Limits.
Ramp-up is not per-action. It applies across the per-action quotas tied to that identity — connection requests, profile visits, messages, searches, enrichments — rather than to one action or one category. If you are hitting a limit sooner than the quota table suggests on a recently connected identity, ramp-up is the first thing to check.It does not change the identity-wide throughput caps (per second, per minute, per 15 minutes, and so on) listed in Smart Limits — those apply in full from the start.

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How capacity is calculated

Full capacity is reached after 5 days. Each day, an additional fifth is unlocked: The ramped value is rounded up, and it is never lower than 1 — so even on day 1, every limit allows at least one call.
The ramp is measured from the identity’s first sync, not from your first API call. An identity connected and left idle still finishes its ramp-up on schedule.
Ramp-up scales the window quota — the 24-hour allowance. The shorter caps on the same limit (per minute, per 15 minutes, per 4 hours) apply at full strength from day one, so a ramping identity can still be stopped by a burst.

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Checking where an identity currently sits

Ramp-up is already reflected in the Get Identity Limits endpoint. That endpoint is the only place that returns the effective limit for a specific identity right now — the quota tables in the documentation show full capacity, which a ramping identity has not reached yet.
If a limit you hit doesn’t match the quota table, check this endpoint before anything else — it accounts for ramp-up and for any custom limit configured on the integration, so it will tell you the number that actually applied.

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Overriding ramp-up

Limits are resolved in a fixed order of precedence:
1

Custom limits on the integration

If a custom limit is configured for the identity’s integration, it is used as-is.
2

Ramp-up limits

Otherwise, if the integration account is still inside its ramp-up window, the ramped value applies.
3

Default limits

Otherwise, the standard quota for the account level applies.
Because custom limits are evaluated before ramp-up, setting a custom limit on an integration effectively skips the ramp-up period for that identity. This is the supported way to bring a known-warm account up to full capacity immediately. Ramp-up is on by default for every identity, as a protective measure. If it doesn’t fit your use case, contact us and we can lift it for your workspace.
Skipping ramp-up on an account that genuinely has little recent LinkedIn activity is the single riskiest thing you can do to it. Ramp-up exists because sudden jumps from near-zero to full volume are the pattern LinkedIn’s automated protections weight most heavily. Only override it for accounts with an established history of normal use — see Live Mode: Safe Practices.

LinkedIn Smart Limits

The full capacity an identity ramps toward.

Get Identity Limits

Effective limits for one identity, ramp-up included.

How Limits Work

The five systems, and which ones apply to you.