> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/merge_requests/30829) in GitLab 12.2.
This setting allows you to rate limit the requests to raw endpoints, defaults to `300` requests per minute.
It can be modified in **Admin Area > Network > Performance Optimization**.
It can be modified in **Admin Area > Settings > Network > Performance Optimization**.
For example, requests over `300` per minute to `https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/raw/master/app/controllers/application_controller.rb` will be blocked. Access to the raw file will be released after 1 minute.