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API Multi-Tenancy Basics

Isolate tenants safely

Designing multi-tenant APIs involves tenant-aware auth, strict data partitioning, per-tenant rate/usage limits, and logging/metrics by tenant to ensure isolation and fairness.

Authenticate Tenants

Include tenant IDs in tokens/claims and validate on every request.

Isolate Data

Partition data per tenant; avoid cross-tenant queries; test access controls.

Meter and Observe

Apply per-tenant limits and emit metrics/logs with tenant context.

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