---
title: "ConnectionLimits"
description: "the bounds on one connection: request deadline, body size, idle timeout of a WebSocket, and connections per client address"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/connectionlimits
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# ConnectionLimits

the bounds on one connection: request deadline, body size, idle timeout of a WebSocket, and connections per client address

[figure: ConnectionLimits is a parameter at platform scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | parameter |
| scope | platform |
| key | the listener |
| store | postgres |
| family | network |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `request_deadline` | `duration` | yes |  |
| `max_body_bytes` | `bytes` | yes |  |
| `websocket_idle_timeout` | `duration` | yes |  |
| `max_connections_per_client` | `count` | yes |  |



## Routes that use it
No route takes or returns ConnectionLimits directly. The record holds it, and the objects that point at it reach it.