Capacity throttling

Capacity throttling can prevent the creation of a new session or the upgrade of an existing session. Existing sessions continue to work.

When capacity usage reaches its limit, users might see a capacity usage limit error when they open a plan item or perform an action that requires a higher session type.

Understand capacity throttling scenarios#

The following scenarios describe what happens when capacity is throttled.

Start a new Viewer session

When a user who doesn't have an existing session opens a plan item while the capacity is throttled, the new Viewer session fails. The user can't view the plan item and sees a capacity usage limit error.

Understand session upgrade failures#

When a user has an active session and performs an action that requires a higher session type, the session upgrade fails if the capacity is throttled. The following scenarios describe the session upgrade failures.

Upgrade a Viewer session to a Stakeholder session

When a user has an active Viewer session and performs an action that requires a Stakeholder session, the session upgrade fails if the capacity is throttled. The user sees a capacity usage limit error.

Upgrade a Stakeholder session to a Planner session

When a user has an active Stakeholder session and performs an action that requires a Planner session, the session upgrade fails if the capacity is throttled. The user sees a capacity usage limit error.

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