# Set per-user budgets on AI Gateway

Source: [Vercel](https://vercel.com/changelog/set-per-user-budgets-on-ai-gateway)  
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Published: 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z  
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## Why Included

Per-user dollar limits and threshold alerts give unattended agents a hard cost boundary across attributed keys and tokens.

## Source Summary

AI Gateway can now cap each user's aggregate spend across attributed API keys and app tokens, giving unattended coding agents a hard cost boundary.

## Practical Implication

Set a default allowance for every user, then override it for heavy agent users. Production or shared keys should be attributed to the team, and CLI management requires Vercel CLI 59.6.2+.

## Agent-Ready Context

AI Gateway now supports **per-user dollar limits** across attributed API keys and app tokens. Requests are rejected at the limit; resets can be daily, weekly, monthly, or disabled, with alerts at **50%, 75%, and 100%**.

Set a default allowance for every user, then override it for heavy agent users. Production or shared keys should be attributed to the team, and CLI management requires **Vercel CLI 59.6.2+**.

User limits stack with API-key, project, and team budgets, so any applicable cap can block a request. BYOK spend is excluded, and older keys remain team-attributed unless rotated.

## Context Map

- Layer: infra
- Domains: coding
- Topics: gateways, coding-agents

## Uncertainty

- None recorded.

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