Sending large amount of Traffic to Cloudflare Public DNS 1.1.1.1

Are there any limitations to be aware off when sending large amounts of traffic to Cloudflare’s public DNS 1.1.1.1?

Are there rate-limiting numbers to be aware of?

Is there a possibility that sending too much traffic (legitimate user traffic) could trigger Cloudflare’s recursive servers to rate-limit or block DNS traffic for a period of time?

Note : This is specifically for rate limiting on recursive DNS, not on Authoritative DNS

While Cloudflare doesn’t mind organizations using 1.1.1.1, it’s always good to contact them for your particular use case: resolver(at)Cloudflare(dot)com

I sent an email and got a response from the Cloudflare email you provided. Thank you!

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