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EventBridge:Limits

Last Updated:Mar 10, 2026

EventBridge is subject to the following quotas and constraints. To prevent program exceptions, do not exceed these limits when you use EventBridge.

Note

Note: The limits on the number of event buses, event rules, and event streams apply per region.

Event buses

ItemLimit
Default event buses per region1
Custom event buses per region50
Event rules per event bus50
Throughput on the default event bus10,000 events per second
Throughput on a custom event bus3,000 events per second per bus

Event bus naming rules

  • Maximum length: 127 characters.

  • Must start with a letter or digit. Can contain letters, digits, and hyphens (-).

  • The keyword default is reserved and cannot be used as an event bus name.

  • Names cannot start with eventbridge-reserved-.

Event rules

ItemLimit
Event targets per event rule5
Expressions per field in stringExpression mode5 (map structure)

Event target constraints

  • Event targets must be in the same region as EventBridge.

  • Event targets must be service instances owned by your Alibaba Cloud account.

  • Each event target ID must be unique.

Event rule naming rules

  • Maximum length: 127 characters.

  • Must start with a letter or digit. Can contain letters, digits, and hyphens (-).

  • Names cannot start with eventbridge-reserved-.

Event content transform

ItemLimit
Template size10,240 characters
Value size10,240 characters

Events

Event message size

ItemLimit
Single event message256 KB
Messages per batch16
Total batch size1 MB

Event field constraints

FieldMaximum lengthFormat
id128 charactersMust start with a letter or digit. Can contain letters, digits, and hyphens (-).
source128 characters--
subject512 characters--
type64 characters--

Schemas

ItemLimit
Schema versions1,000

Schema naming rules

  • Maximum length: 128 characters. Names that exceed this limit are automatically truncated.

  • Can contain letters, digits, hyphens (-), underscores (_), and periods (.).

Event streams

ItemLimit
Event streams per region50. You can request a quota increase in the range of [51, 10000] in Quota Center. For details, see Submit an application to increase a quota.
Expressions per field in stringExpression mode5 (map structure)

Event stream content transform

ItemLimit
Template size10,240 characters
Value size10,240 characters

Event stream naming rules

  • Maximum length: 127 characters. Names that exceed this limit are automatically truncated.

  • Must start with a letter or digit. Can contain letters, digits, and hyphens (-).

Event sources

Event source naming rules

  • Maximum length: 127 characters. Names that exceed this limit are automatically truncated.

  • Can contain letters, digits, hyphens (-), and periods (.).

Event store

Data catalogs

ItemLimit
Data catalogs per region50
Namespaces per data catalog50
Query concurrency per data catalog (shared edition)5 concurrent queries
  • Data catalog names must be unique within the same region.

  • Namespace names must be unique within the same data catalog.

Naming rules for event store resources

The following naming rules apply to data catalogs, namespaces, and event tables:

  • Maximum length: 127 characters.

  • Must start with a letter or digit. Can contain letters, digits, and hyphens (-).

Luma

ItemLimit
Agents per region50
Query concurrency per region5 concurrent queries. You can request an increase in Quota Center.
  • Agent names must be unique within the same region.