Getting GCM registration response "User Registration Limit Exceeded" for some requests

Question

We have an Android app that registers with GCM using Instance ID API.

Unfortunately, the GCM statistics in the Google Play Developer Console show that some registration attempts are apparently answered with the response code "HTTP 200 - User Registration Limit Exceeded".

It is just 0.01%, but we would still like to know, why and when this happens and what we can do about it.

I didn't find any information about a "User Registration Limit". There seem to be or there seem to was a limit for sending notifications, but what about registrations?

Is there any quota on GCM registrations using Instance ID API?

The registration is implemented according to the official documentation, so we are basically calling [instanceID.getToken](https://developers.google.com/android/reference/com/google/android/gms/iid/InstanceID.html#getToken(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, android.os.Bundle)) on each app start like this:

InstanceID instanceID = InstanceID.getInstance(this);
String token = instanceID.getToken(getString(R.string.gcm_defaultSenderId),
        GoogleCloudMessaging.INSTANCE_ID_SCOPE, null);

i don't think there is a limit on registrations, could this not be that the user is some how registering in quick succession which then causes the error and they get blocked for a certain time. I had instances where by you could completely close the app and reopen and if you did it multiple times the GCM would block the reg for a while. just a thought — Rob85, Dec 10 '15 at 17:13
Good point, @Rob85. Maybe the app is crashing in some rare cases and affected users are restarting the app over and over again then, which leads to that response... I guess we can just try to repoduce it this way and see if we get that response code. — Baris Akar, Dec 10 '15 at 17:23
Yes for sure , it makes more sense otherwise if you had reached some sort of limit then everyone who registered after that limit is reached would have the same response. I only had this same sort of thing yesterday when i was testing so i will see if i can reproduce and grab the error :-) — Rob85, Dec 10 '15 at 17:25
It's been too long. Is there a chance you found the reason for this error message? — Vinay W, Apr 12 '17 at 11:18

Getting GCM registration response "User Registration Limit Exceeded" for some requests

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