Developers & API

Hello Strava Team,Besides submitting a Connected Athletes quota increase request through the standard application form, are there any commercial or paid options available to obtain a higher athlete quota?If so, could you please let us know the process or the appropriate contact? If not, please confirm whether the quota request form is the only available method.Thank you!

My api application suddenly allows the number of connected sports talents to be changed from 9999 to 1, and the number of currently connected sports talents to 1. What is the situation?

I made a post earlier asking for a feature to possibly be added. I received a canned response that I’m sure this post will also received and then my post was closed. I followed the link in the response and nowhere does it explain where the correct place would be to give this feedback going forward? Can someone show me if I’m missing where in this info I would submit a feature request or at least confirm that you've decided to remove this ability from users?  

Hi! Before when using training log in the app Strava remembered what I'd chose to see the last time I'd opened the training log. Now, everytime I open the training log in the app, it's always "time" and "all sports" chosen. I change to distance and my prefered sports. When I close it and reopen the training log it's set to time and all sports again. It's annoying to have to change this all the time. I would like it to be as before, that it remembers the last used settings. This means you get your own "default". Can you fix this?

Hi Strava Developer Team,Our app currently has an athlete capacity limit of 999 connected users. We reached this limit much faster than expected—around 202 new users connected in just the last 10 days, and new users is growing fast and they may not able to connect their Strava accounts. when I go above 999I have a few questions about the athlete capacity increase process:When is the right time to request an increase from 999 to 10,000 connected athletes? Should I submit the request as soon as I reach the limit, or is there a recommended threshold? like 300/400 What information does the Strava team typically require to approve the increase? How long does the review and approval process usually take? Is there anything I can do to help speed up the approval process?I’d appreciate any guidance from the Strava team or developers who have gone through this process.

Hello, I recently re-subscribed in order to relaunch an API integration.clientID : 21001 But my quota is stuck to -1which results to 429 http code error, Could you review my account in order to enjoy the API capability when you are member with a subscription?

 Our app currently computes and stores a long-term running total per user (e.g. cumulative mileage since a bike component was last serviced), derived by summing Strava activity distances over time. Section 5.5 of the API Policy prohibits storing "Strava Data, or any data derived from Strava Data, in any Persistent Index," and Section 6.2 limits caching of Strava Data to 7 days. Does this restrict indefinite storage of a computed running total like this, or does it apply only to cached copies of raw API responses (activities/gear payloads)? We want to make sure our data model is compliant before scaling past our current single-user use.

HelloClient ID: 269049 We are the team behind Welltrainer (welltrainer.com.br), and we would like to request an increase in our connection limit to at least 999 users. We currently have a base of approximately 10,000 active users, and we are beginning to roll out our Strava integration. We've already reached the current limit of 10 connections, and our users are actively requesting access to this feature. Welltrainer is a personal training platform that helps personal trainers manage and coach their clients. Through our app, athletes can share their running activities and other training data from Strava with their personal trainers, allowing them to monitor progress and provide more effective coaching. Could you please review our application and let us know if it's possible to increase our connection limit?Thank you for your time and support. We look forward to hearing from you. 

Hi everyone,I’m the developer of an independent running coaching platform called Runora.The app uses Strava activity data to help personalise training plans and provide coaching insights. Strava is one source of activity data and the aim is to complement the Strava experience, not replace it.I’ve reviewed the API Agreement and API Policy carefully and have updated the application to improve compliance, including clearer attribution, privacy information and user disclosures.I’ve now applied twice for an athlete capacity increase, but both applications have been declined with the standard generic response.My development application has reached the 10-athlete limit, so new users can no longer connect their Strava accounts to test the platform. This makes it very difficult to continue beta testing or gather feedback.I’m not asking anyone to review my application here, but I’d really appreciate any advice from Strava staff or other developers on:Common reasons genuinely complementary apps a

Hello,I'm the developer of Cara, a habit and accountability app currently in closed beta. Before building a Strava integration I'd like to check one point in the API Agreement rather than assume my reading is right.What we'd like to build. A user connects their Strava account. When they upload an activity, we mark the matching routine complete in Cara, so a morning run they've already logged with you doesn't need ticking off twice. We'd use activity:read, a webhook subscription for activity events, and we'd implement the deauthorisation webhook.Why I'm asking. Cara's core function is that a user can nominate one partner who sees whether their routines were completed that day. So I want to be precise about what that partner would and would not see.The partner would see: the routine name the user wrote themselves (for example "Morning run"), and whether it is complete today. That is the same thing they see now when the user taps the checkbox manually.The partner would not see any Strava 

Hi all,  I'm building a personal strength-training logger that uploads a logged session to Strava. I’m uploading the sessions via POST /uploads with data_type=json and sport_type=WeightTraining, using the per-set {exercise_type, repetitions, weight, start_time} structure.But about 50% of my exercises show up as ‘Unknown’. I thought the list was the FIT enum, but for example CABLE_LATERAL_RAISE works correctly, but it’s not in the FIT exercise_name enum at all, while DUMBBELL_BULGARIAN_SPLIT_SQUATS (plural) works, and the singular doesn’t. Basic ones like PULL_UP, PLANK, LEG_CURL, SQUAT, LUNGE, SIT_UP and PUSH_UP all show as Unknown, even though each is selectable in the app's "correct exercise" picker. So 3 main questions:     1. Is there a published or shareable list of the exercise_type values the uploads API accepts?    2. If not, is upper-snake-casing the exercise name shown in the app the intended way to derive them?    3. Is there a known reason why some app-listed exercises (Pul

Hi Strava team,Since the May strength update, exercises, sets, reps and weight can be logged in the app, but there doesn't appear to be any way to read that data back out. I've documented what I tested in case it's useful.What I tried:- GET /activities/{id} with activity:read_all. DetailedActivity returns description, laps, heart rate, calories, suffer_score. No exercises, sets, reps, total volume or muscle map.- The MCP connector (list_activities, get_activity_performance, get_activity_streams). Same result — nothing exercise-level.Request: could exercise-level data be exposed on read — either as fields on DetailedActivity or a dedicated endpoint such as /activities/{id}/sets? Even a summary (total volume, set count, muscle groups) would be useful for anyone building training analysis on top of Strava.Is this on the roadmap, or is there an existing route I've missed?Thanks.

Hi everyone,My current Athlete Limit is capped at 10. I have submitted a request to increase this limit to 1,000 athletes three times now, but each time I receive the same automated rejection email (pasted below).I would appreciate any advice on how to proceed. Has anyone else experienced this and successfully resolved it? Since they don't provide individual feedback, I'm unsure what exactly I need to change.Here is the standard email I received:Thank you for submitting your application for increased rate limits and/or athlete capacity. After careful review, we are unable to approve your request at this time.Common reasons submissions are not approved include:The app does not offer a complementary experience for Strava users API usage is not optimized for the requests being made There are security or privacy concerns with the app The app is not compliant with our API Agreement or API PolicyDue to the volume of submissions we receive, we're unable to provide individual feedback. We enco

Standard 級別：適用於個人開發者、業餘愛好者或用戶數在 10 人以下的小型專案。 收費門檻：存取 API 的開發者必須具備付費的 Strava 訂閱。 Extended Access 級別：供擁有 10,000 名以上用戶、經 Strava 官方審核通過的較大應用程式使用，此級別無需支付 Strava 訂閱費用，享有更高的傳輸限制。 人數已有 51,559 

I'm building Aevo, an endurance coaching app. An athlete connects Strava, and we use their activity data to coach that same athlete. Part of the coaching is generated with an LLM (OpenAI API), used for inference only.I want to stay on the right side of the API Agreement, and I could not resolve this from the Agreement text or existing threads.The Agreement is clear on two points: data obtained through the API may not be used to train AI or ML models, and a user's Strava data may only be displayed or disclosed to that same user. What it does not address is inference.My question: is AI inference on an athlete's own data, used solely to generate guidance for that same athlete, permitted? To be specific about my setup:No model training, fine-tuning, or improvement on Strava data, ever. A user's data is only ever shown to that user, never to others, never aggregated. Zero data retention can be enabled on the OpenAI account so inputs are not stored. Only derived metrics (pace, distance, HR s

Hi Strava team and fellow developers, I run RunMirror (Client ID 8313), a small personal app on Standard Tier. It shows a runner their own running history back to themselves — lifetime miles, milestones, and a mile-by-mile view of their own past races. Direct OAuth integration. Each athlete sees only their own data. Nothing shared between athletes, no public feed, no leaderboard. All insights are computed by my own rule-based logic — no AI/LLM anywhere in the product. I organically filled all 10 Standard Tier slots with runners from my own circle, and I'd like a Standard Tier growth review to raise the athlete cap to 100 so a few more people can connect. I've submitted twice and both times received a response citing API Policy Section 5.16 (abstraction layers / intermediaries). I've reviewed my setup carefully against that section: - It's a direct integration — no third-party intermediary platform routing Strava data.- No re-exposure of Strava data to third parties; each athlete only e

Hi Strava Developer Support Team,I am writing to request a manual review for our API rate limit increase application, as we recently received an automated rejection email. We strongly believe our application fully complies with all Strava API Agreements and Policies.Here are our application details:• Application Name: Pi Runners• Client ID: 263175• Developer Email: ngoxuanluon@gmail.comOur application is a strictly private, non-commercial platform built exclusively for our internal corporate running club (around 60 members) to host internal monthly challenges.We have already hit the initial 10-user limit, and our remaining members are currently blocked, receiving the 403 "Maximum number of athletes exceeded" error when trying to connect.To address the common rejection reasons mentioned in the automated email:1. Complementary Experience: Our app provides a custom internal club leaderboard for employee engagement, which is a specific, closed-group experience complementary to Strava.2. Op

Hello,I am the developer of a running club website Our Strava application has reached the athlete connection limit. We are a small running club (~15–20 members) who use Strava OAuth to display their weekly activity stats (km, elevation, activity count) on our club roster page. Data is read-only and never stored or shared with third parties.Could you please ihelp me to ncrease our athlete quota to allow all club members to connect?Thank you.

Hello Strava Developer Team,We are requesting an athlete capacity increase beyond the 10-athlete Standard tier for our application United Runners Kostanay.- Application Name: United Runners Kostanay- Client ID: 205180- Category: Running Club & Athlete Community- Requested Athlete Capacity: Unlimited (Production Access)App Details:United Runners is a mobile and web application for running club members in Kazakhstan to sync their running activities via Strava API, participate in club leaderboards, and track training goals.We comply with all Strava API terms and brand guidelines. Please review and approve our application for production rate limits.Thank you!Bakhtiyar Kuzhantayev

Hi Strava team,Flagging this as urgent as it's directly blocking our plan to submit an Extended Access request in the next few days, and we'd like to resolve it before public launch.App: GOER (Client ID 228506). Currently on Standard Tier (10 athletes), in TestFlight with real users ahead of a public launch. We expect to need Extended Access shortly after, to support hundreds and then thousands of users.THE QUESTIONOur Feed screen currently shows duration, average heart rate, and max heart rate - sourced from Strava - on a user's post, visible to other users browsing the Feed, not just the person who posted it. Screenshots of the current Feed and related screens are attached.Given Section 2.3 of the API Agreement (Strava Data belonging to one user may not be displayed or disclosed to other users, even where that data is publicly viewable on the Strava Platform), does this design need to change before we scale beyond our current 10 athletes?We have a fallback design ready if needed: oth

Hello Strava developer community,I am requesting an athlete capacity increase for my application DDPEAKS (Client ID: 111268), currently on Standard Tier (10 athletes, 6 connected).**About the app**DDPEAKS is an AI-powered cycling training platform offering features complementary to Strava — not available on the Strava platform itself:- Automated FTP estimation from power streams- Performance Management Chart (CTL / ATL / TSB) with daily readiness scoring- AI Coach (Azure OpenAI GPT-4o) generating periodised training plans- Adaptive training calendar (BASE / BUILD / PEAK / TAPER)The app reads Strava activity data for the authenticated user only. It never writes to Strava, never exposes data to other users.**Compliance**- OAuth CSRF validation (SHA-256 nonce, 15-min expiry)- Strava deauthorize called on disconnect and account deletion- All imported activities deleted on disconnect (webhook delete handled within seconds)- Webhook events trigger single-activity upsert — no bulk resyncs- AE

Got this error below when calling https://www.strava.com/api/v3/activities I haven’t tried any other APIs yet. What does this error mean?{    "message": "Forbidden",    "errors": [        {            "resource": "Application",            "field": "Status",            "code": "Inactive"        }    ]}

Hi Strava community! 👋 Excited to be building on the Strava API — big fans of what the platform enables for athletes.We've built an integration at Timeless (gotimeless.ai), a digital health company in Mexico, that syncs our patients' Strava activity data into their personalized health reports. It's fully built and we've reached the 10-athlete limit on the Standard tier — patients are actively asking us to connect their accounts, but we can't onboard anyone new until our capacity is increased.We submitted the formal request through the Developer Program form (following Strava's process) and are waiting on a review. Sharing here for visibility in case anyone from the Strava team can take a look, and to hear from other developers: if you've gone through the expanded-access review recently, how long did it take, and any tips on what helped?App details (in case someone from the Strava team can locate it):- Company: Timeless (gotimeless.ai)- Strava Client ID: 244398- Developer tier: Standar

Hello Strava Developer Community,We are looking for guidance regarding athlete capacity expansion for an approved production application.Our app is already live in production and has now completely reached the athlete connection limit.Current Status:- Athlete limit: 999- Currently connected: 999- New users are now unable to connect their Strava accountsApplication Details:- App Name: Dare2Gear- Client ID: 159933- Category: PerformanceWe have already submitted multiple athlete capacity increase requests through official support channels and replied with production details, screenshots, and compliance information. However, we are currently only receiving generic/template responses directing us back to the documentation and request forms.To clarify:- Our application is already approved and active in production- We use OAuth-authenticated access only- We do not scrape, resell, or redistribute athlete data- The app is being used by real users/athletes- The limitation is now actively blockin

Hello,I'm building a cycling application called Riding.I understand that activity data obtained through the Strava API may no longer be displayed to other users.However, I'd like to clarify a different use case.A user connects their Strava account and sees only their own routes.The user then explicitly selects one of their own routes and chooses "Share this route with the Riding community."The route becomes a community route that other Riding users can discover and download.The sharing is entirely initiated by the route owner and can be revoked at any time.Would this workflow be permitted under the current API Agreement?If not, would the same workflow be permitted if the user manually exports a GPX file from Strava and uploads it into Riding instead of using the API?Thank you!