Google removed the Indexing API approval form and steps from its docs. Default quotas are listed, but the pages don't say how to request more.

Google removed the Indexing API approval form from its documentation on Oct. 16, along with the instructions telling developers to ask for approval.

In September, I reported that job board operators had waited months for responses to their approval requests. Google’s changelog says it updated the quota page “to reflect the current quota limits and process” and to “remove an outdated form.” It doesn’t say whether the approval requirement itself has changed.

Before the Oct. 16 update, the quota page said the API “provides initial default quota for testing, and it requires additional approval for usage and resource provisioning.” A section titled “Request quota and approval” linked to the form and said “the quota may increase or decrease based on the document quality.” Both are gone.

The quickstart is no longer listing “Request approval and quota” as an initial set-up action. The usage page dropped three identical notes stating the API has a default quota “for testing,” in addition to instructions on how to request approval and quota. While both are dated Oct. 16 (the same), the changelog only mentions the quota page.

Google had clarified the testing language in September 2024, when its changelog said the aim was “to better explain that the default quota is for initial setup and testing.”

The quota page still lists the default limits. Each project gets 200 publish requests per day, counting both updates and removals.

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