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https://developers.strava.com/docs/webhooks/#signature-verificationWhat is Strava using for the shared signing secret ?I had assumed my client secret, but I can’t get the hashes to match for love nor money.I am getting t and v1, no worries (well at least v1 looks right)!Here’s my PHP (gasp!) <?php$timestamp = 1777657039;$rawBody = '{"aspect_type":"update","event_time":1777657039,"object_id":123123123,"object_type":"activity","owner_id":123123123,"subscription_id":123123,"updates":{"title":"Please work"}}';$clientSecret = 'myDirtyLittleSecret';$providedSignature = 'theV1HashProvided';$signedPayload = $timestamp . '.' . $rawBody;$expectedSignature = hash_hmac('sha256', $signedPayload, $clientSecret);var_dump(hash_equals($e

It looks like a huge percentage of posts over the past few weeks and months on here are about Strava’s utter silence regarding the Connected Athlete / Rate Limit increases that are going unresolved, and the non-response from developers@strava.com . Perhaps it could be helpful if everyone in this same boat (I’ve been waiting 7 weeks, with no response) to all post here, and we can coordinate a list of all Client IDs and what they’re wanting (Athlete Limit increase, Daily Rate Limit Increase, etc), and provide that to Strava to streamline for their developers (best case), or take it somewhere more visible online to draw attention to this situation (worst case, if things are still up in the air for a while). It’s not the waiting that’s necessarily the issue (although we all want to be able to move forward with our applications) - it’s the complete silence, and not knowing whether it’ll be anot

Hi everyone!I built a small app for my running club called Club Runners (club-runners.vercel.app) — it shows personalized stats, training insights, a world map of runs, club events, and an AI assistant that answers questions about your running history, all powered by Strava.I submitted the API access request to allow my club members to log in, followed up multiple times via email, but haven't heard back from the Strava developer team.Has anyone gone through this process and found a way to get a response? Any tips would be greatly appreciated!Thanks in advance

Hey everyone,Quick question - I submitted an API quota increase request for my app Nice to Beat You around 2–3 weeks ago, and I haven’t heard anything back yetI know these things probably take some time, so no pressure - I’m just wondering how this usually works.For anyone who’s been through this before:did you just wait until someone got back to you? is there any good way to follow up? should I add more context somewhere, or would that just create noise?The app is still in development/testing, but the current quota is starting to be a bit limiting, so I’d love to understand what the normal process looks like.And hey, if anyone from the API team happens to see this - any hint on the best way to follow up would be super helpful :)

I have an IPhone 13, not sure if that’s the issue but i was able to login perfectly fine on my grandmas phone. But on my phone nothing would work, the app would take longer than expected to load and when i got a code sent to my email and i copied said code, nothing would happen. i couldn’t login or anything. 

Currently the maximum age group is 75 or older.I am now 81 soon to be 82 and I find myself competing with 75 year-olds - no fair!Please create a new / additional permanent age group of 80 and older.The current 75 and older group should become 75 to 79.Thank you!

Everyone here carefully asking what’s going on when they had their API requests waiting for weeks if not months (me included). This is ridiculous to be honest, there is no other way to put this. Not only the absurd waiting times but also the no communication at all. Like if I went quiet in my job for weeks what do you think would happen? Would I get a promotion, a cautionary “what is going on I hope you are ok” from my boss, or be fired? This is unacceptable 🤔

Hi all,Posting here per Q11 of the FAQ, after going through the relevant community resources first — the API FAQ, Denzel-Warren's November 2024 policy posts on AI and data display, and several recent threads from developers in similar situations (the Athlete Limit Increase megathread, ProPace, AthletIQ AI, Rule9, and the Kukiman0/dlandre thread on AI inference). Status below, AI specifics framed against the November 20 clarification, and a clear ask at the end.— Submission status- Client ID: 225209 (Zenith)- Submitted: 16 April 2026 (31 days ago)- Follow-ups to developers@strava.com: 4, 5, and 10 May — no reply on any- App page updated today (17 May): Terms of Service URL added, website moved to HTTPS, description rewritten to detail the AI use case— Use casePersonalized coaching for serious amateur endurance athletes (running, cycling, triathlon). Athletes record short voice notes after each session capturing how the workout felt

​@Emily_A Is there any kind of paid subscription or paid tier for Strava’s API?I’ve been waiting for my API limit to be increased, but it never seems to happen. I know you do a great job answering questions and helping people find solutions here, so I just wanted to ask directly whether there is any paid option available that would allow me to increase the limit. 

I put in a request to up my api access from 1 so I can have users beta test my new app. This was 3 weeks ago. How long does it usually take to get a response and the increase?

Joining the thread as we are facing the exact same endless radio silence. It has been over 2 weeks since we requested an athlete limit increase, and not even a single automated acknowledgment has been received.Because of this complete lack of response from the Strava team, our active users are suddenly getting blocked from syncing their runs, which is directly destroying our app's user experience and triggering negative reviews.Can anyone from the Strava Dev Team actually look into this thread and escalate live production apps? This is severely hurting small developers. Client ID: 229659

Hi All, I’d like to use the /activities/{activity id} endpoint to update my users’ activity descriptions with emoji and a link.  Other posts indicate that UTF8 is supported, so that’s good for emoji.  How should links be formatted?  Just standard “<a href=’https://example.com’>My Site</a>”?  Is there any additional documentation about what is allowed and/or supported in these descriptions?  The link below simply indicates the description should be a string. Thanks

I did an outdoor walk with peloton app and then a workout on my peloton bike and both workouts did not share to strava.  They have always worked before today.  What can I do to fix this?

Hi Strava developer community,I've built a running coaching app called VITE that uses the Strava API to automatically sync users' activities and match them to their training plan sessions.My app is fully set up: ✅ Public website with valid URL ✅ Public Privacy Policy page ✅ App icon uploaded ✅ Authorization Callback Domain correctly set to my production domain ✅ Scope: activity:read_all ✅ OAuth flow working correctly (web + mobile via deep link) The issue is that my app is stuck at a limit of 1 authorized athlete. I've submitted the access extension request multiple times over the past weeks but have received no response and the limit hasn't been updated.I currently have 1 athlete connected (myself) and cannot onboard any other user — which completely blocks my ability to beta test with real user

Idk if this has anything to do with the fact I barely have any storage left on my phone, but whenever I run and record it on my phone, the stats won’t show on the locked screen when I tap it. Don’t really know when this started, but before it was there and now I have to actually unlock the phone while running and view everything in the app itself. Is there a solution for this?

After the last map planner update (a week or two ago) it becomes a total mess:Heatmap is barely visible now (global and personal lines are too thin) The biggest issue is, elevation contour lines basically disappeared with 3D shading as well. The map has become unclear and resembles a dumb blind map. Another issue is that 3rd party plugin Map Switcher is not longer working.Any ideas which map planner should I use after these horrible updates? Thank you.

Hey everyone,I'm a developer planning to build a cycling and running training app integrated with the Strava API, and before I start I'm trying to get clarity on the AI restrictions introduced in the November 2024 API Agreement update.I understand that using Strava data to train or fine-tune AI models is clearly prohibited. What I'm less sure about is whether the restriction also covers inference-only use cases, specifically:1. Sending a user's own Strava data as context in a single prompt to an external LLM API (Claude, GPT-4, Gemini etc.) to generate a personalized training plan or coaching feedback — no model training, data used only for that one request, result shown only to that user2. Running a self-hosted local model on my own infrastructure (e.g. LLaMA, Mistral), where Strava data never leaves my server and zero training on Strava data occursHas anyone dealt with this and got a clear answer from Strava — either via the review process or by

So, that means even if two months pass, we won't get back to you.

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Hi Strava team,                                                                           I'd like to request an athlete limit      increase for my application.                                                              Application name: 100dola sport  Client ID: 237730                            Linked club: Open Miles Clinic             (https://www.strava.com/clubs/2070600)       Website: https://www.100dola.com           Owner: Jan Piecha (piecha.jan@gmail.com)  Company: FUTUNATU s.r.o.      Use case:                                 Our public website 100dola.com displays the   cycling community's upcoming                group rides and recently completed rides on   the /community page. The app                reads activity and group event data from   our community organizers' Strava             accounts (typically 5–10 organizers per  

Bit Run is a Wellness app (Client ID 213257) that rewards runners with Satoshi (fraction of Bitcoin) lightning network payments for verified Strava activities. We're starting a closed beta and need to connect ~999 athletes initially, scaling toward a few thousands. Requesting an increase to the connected-athlete limit accordingly.url: bitrun.vercel.appfeel free to email me at hwikyeongkim@gmail.com if you have questions  

Hello! I’m a Strava subscriber who organizes a local cycling club. I’ve created a club for it within Strava, but I want to push each week’s ride activity into Strava via the API. Is it possible to add write methods to the club activities API so each week I can have another system push that data to Strava? Thanks!

Hi Strava team,I've been trying to get our connected athletes quota increased for over 3 weeks now, with no response via email (developers@strava.com and support).App: ErgManiac (ergmaniac.com)Client ID: 77641Use case: Concept2 indoor rowing tracker with AI coaching. Users connect Strava to push their erg workouts as rowing activities.We've hit the connected athletes limit and new users are now getting 403 errors when trying to authorize. We have users actively complaining that they can't connect their accounts or sync workouts.We sent our initial request on April 29th, followed up on May 10th and May 18th - all with no reply.Could someone please review our quota increase request or let us know if there's anything else needed from our side?Thanks,Dominik

API Access Extension for App ID 221739 (RunCoach) I'm the developer of RunCoach (https://runcoach-app.vercel.app), a personalized running coaching platform. Athletes connect their Strava account to automatically sync running activities with their training plans.I've reached the sandbox athlete limit (Error 403) and need production access. App ID: 221739. Please let me know what information is needed to proceed.

Been working on a project for a while that I think might be interesting to people here from a technical standpoint.The core idea is simple. Strava's relative effort metric is a really underused data point. Most apps just display it. I wanted to use it as the input for something more actionable, specifically adjusting daily nutrition targets based on what you actually did rather than a static guess.So I built Velorific. It connects to Strava via the API, pulls the relative effort score after each activity, buckets the session into easy, moderate, hard or very hard using thresholds calibrated against real ride data, then sets macro targets accordingly. Carbohydrate targets follow the Burke et al ranges from the Journal of Sports Science. Protein sits at 1.6 to 1.8g per kg. The day after a very hard session the deficit gets waived entirely based on the IOC RED-S consensus guidelines.From a technical perspective the most interesting challenge was calibrating the rel