# Google drops quota-increase form from Indexing API docs

Published: 2026-10-16T20:19:13.591Z · Source: Google Search Central documentation updates (https://developers.google.com/search/updates)
Source date: 2026-10-16
Flags: spotted via documentation change
Entities: google

Google updated its Indexing API documentation on October 16 (spotted via a changelog diff, date approximate) to remove the form publishers used to request a quota increase, along with language describing the approval process for exceeding the default limit — per Search Engine Roundtable, which compared the before-and-after text. A developer quoted in that piece tested a new service account afterward and still got the standard 200-publish-requests-per-day default, suggesting the change trims documentation rather than the quota system itself.

The cleanup comes after months of publisher complaints that the approval pathway wasn't working: Search Engine Journal reported in September that SEO consultants tracking job board applications — the API's primary intended users, alongside broadcast-event pages — had seen none approved since October 2025, with some operators describing six-to-nine-month waits with no response at all. Google's own changelog entry does not mention that backlog.

Why it matters: Google trimming the quota-increase pathway from its own docs, without addressing the backlog of unanswered requests publishers have reported for months, suggests the approval process itself — not just the paperwork describing it — may be winding down.

## What this answers

**What is the default quota for Google's Indexing API?**

200 publish requests per project per day, covering both URL_UPDATED and URL_DELETED submissions — a developer cited by Search Engine Roundtable confirmed new service accounts still get this default after the October 16 documentation update.

**Did Google stop approving Indexing API quota increase requests?**

Google has not said so, but Search Engine Journal reported in September 2026 that job board operators and SEO consultants had applications pending without approval, rejection, or acknowledgment for as long as a year.


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