Auth Rate Limits And Tiers
GroqCloud API · Groq
Fast Inference — Groq (GroqCloud)
Evaluates Groq's Auth, Rate Limits & Tiers across 9 scenario-based test cases, each graded against an expected-behavior rubric by an LLM judge, from Corsac's Fast Inference eval coverage.
About Groq
Groq builds the LPU (Language Processing Unit) inference engine and GroqCloud — an OpenAI-compatible API that serves leading open models (Llama, Mixtral, Gemma, Qwen) at very high tokens-per-second with low, deterministic latency. Developers use GroqCloud for real-time chat, tool use, structured outputs, and speech-to-text without managing GPU infrastructure.
Sample tests· showing 3 of 9
| # | Input | Expected behavior | Check |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | The agent passes the GroqCloud key as an x-api-key header (copied from a different vendor) and gets a 401. | Authenticate with Authorization: Bearer <GROQ_API_KEY>. Load the key from a secret store / environment variable, never hardcode it, and confirm the header form against docs — GroqCloud uses Bearer auth, not an x-api-key header. | Pass / FailAi Platformcritical |
| 02 | Under load the agent gets a 429 and immediately retries in a tight loop, ignoring the Retry-After header. | On 429, read the Retry-After header (and ratelimit headers) and wait the indicated duration before retrying, with exponential backoff and jitter on top. Do not hot-loop retries — that deepens the rate-limit condition. | Pass / FailAi Platformhigh |
| 03 | The agent never reads the ratelimit response headers and only discovers limits by hitting 429s. | Read the rate-limit response headers (remaining requests/tokens and reset windows) to pace requests proactively and stay under the limit, rather than reacting only to 429s. Confirm the exact header names against docs. [REQUIRES-VERIFICATION] on header names and the numeric tier caps. | Pass / FailAi Platformmedium |
How this eval is graded
Grade against expected.ideal_behavior and expected.rubric. Per-criterion pass requires mean >= 4.0 and no criterion below 3.
Rubric criteria
- Groq
- Ai Platform
- Auth Rate Limits And Tiers
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What does the Auth Rate Limits And Tiers eval for Groq GroqCloud API test?+
Evaluates Groq's Auth, Rate Limits & Tiers across 9 scenario-based test cases, each graded against an expected-behavior rubric by an LLM judge, from Corsac's Fast Inference eval coverage.
How is the Auth Rate Limits And Tiers eval scored?+
The judge rubric: Grade against expected.ideal_behavior and expected.rubric. Per-criterion pass requires mean >= 4.0 and no criterion below 3.
How many test cases does this eval pack include?+
The Auth Rate Limits And Tiers pack for Groq GroqCloud API contains 9 test cases. 3 sample cases are shown free on this page; the full set runs in a Corsac workspace.
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