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Quota Center:Request a quota increase

Last Updated:Sep 15, 2026

Request increases for adjustable cloud service quotas: general quotas, API rate limits, and privileges.

Prerequisites

RAM users must have the AliyunQuotasFullAccess permission for Quota Center. For more information, see Authorize a RAM user.

Supported services

For supported services and their service codes, see Alibaba Cloud services that support Quota Center.

General quotas

  1. Log on to the Quota Center Console

  2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Products > General Quotas.

  3. On the Products with General Quotas page, click the target cloud service, for example, ECS.

  4. On the General Quotas page, select the region.

  5. On the General Quotas page, find the target quota and click Apply in the Actions column.

  6. In the Apply for Quotas dialog box, set Applied Quotas and Reason for application, and leave Notify Result at its default value.

    Note
    • Each cloud service's technical support team reviews requests. To improve your approval chances, provide a reasonable quota value and a detailed reason.

    • Results are sent by text message and email.

  7. Click OK.

  8. In the left-side navigation pane, click Application Records to check the status of your request.

    If the application status is Approved, the increase was successful.

API rate limits

  1. Log on to the Quota Center Console.

  2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Products > API Rate Limits.

  3. On the Products with API Rate Limits page, click the target cloud service, for example, ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL.

  4. On the API Rate Limits page, select the region.

  5. On the API Rate Limits page, find the target rate limit and click Apply in the Actions column.

  6. In the Apply for API Rate Limit dialog box, set Applied Quotas and Reason for application, and leave Notify Result at its default value.

    Note
    • Each cloud service's technical support team reviews requests. To improve your approval chances, provide a reasonable quota value and a detailed reason.

    • Results are sent by text message and email.

  7. Click OK.

  8. Check the application status.

    1. In the left-side navigation pane, click Application Records.

    2. On the Application Records page, select API Rate Limits for Quota Type.

      If your application status is Approved, the increase was successful.

Privileges

  1. Log on to the Quota Center Console.

  2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Products.

  3. On the Products with Privileges page, click the target cloud service, for example, VPC.

  4. On the Privileges page, find the target privilege and click Apply in the Actions column.

  5. In the Apply for Privileges dialog box, configure the required parameters.

    1. When you set Applied Quotas to Effective, set its Valid From and Valid Until, enter a Reason for application, and leave Notify Result at its default value.

      Note
      • Default start time: submission time. Default end time: 99 years after the start time. The end time must be later than the start time.

      • Each cloud service's technical support team reviews requests. To improve your approval chances, provide a reasonable quota value and a detailed reason.

      • Results are sent by text message and email.

    2. When you set Applied Quotas to Invalid, enter the Reason for application, and leave Notify Result at its default value.

  6. Click OK.

  7. Check the application status.

    1. In the left-side navigation pane, click Application Records.

    2. On the Application Records page, select Privileges for Quota Type.

      If the request status is Approved, the increase was successful.