Scan Intensity

Account-wide simultaneous hosts and requests-per-host, plus optional per-asset override profiles.

Scan Intensity

Scan Intensity replaces the old standalone "Rate Limiting" card. It controls how aggressively Guard probes assets: a default for the tenant, and optional override profiles for specific assets.

Settings Scanning tab (dark mode)

Default intensity

Edit Scan Intensity dialog (dark mode)

Two independent knobs:

Control

Custom range

System default

Simultaneous hosts

30–500

up to 1,500

Requests per host

25–250 per second

up to 300 rq/s

System default is not unlimited. The backend still caps at 1,500 hosts and 300 rq/s.

Suggested slider ends: Slow (30 / 25), Reduced (midpoints 265 / 137), Full rate (500 / 250).

These limits apply to automatic scanning for the account. Changes take effect on the next scan cycle.

Override profiles

If any overrides exist, Edit opens a list: the default plus named profiles. Each override can set hosts and/or rate, or inherit the default, and is assigned to specific assets.

If there are no overrides, Edit opens the default form directly. Add Profile creates an override.

Who can edit

Anyone with manage settings (Admin). This is not super-admin-only (unlike Scan Level and Scan Schedule). If the tab is read-only, the Edit button is hidden.

What this is not

It does not pause scanning (Scan Status). It does not set how often scans start (Scan Schedule). It does not set Nuclei vs passive discovery (Scan Level).