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“You’ve reached the weekly LinkedIn invitation limit”: What it means and what to do.

If you’re using Botdog to automate your LinkedIn prospecting and suddenly see invites slowing down or stopping, there’s a good chance you’ve hit LinkedIn’s weekly invitation limit.

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Written by Robin Choy
Updated today

This is one of the most common reasons users notice a temporary pause in Botdog’s activity and the good news is, it’s perfectly normal.

What does “You’ve reached the weekly invitation limit” mean?

LinkedIn gives every account a weekly allowance of connection requests. Once you reach that cap, LinkedIn shows this alert:

“You’ve reached the weekly invitation limit.”

When that message appears, LinkedIn temporarily stops you from sending new

invitations.
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In Botdog, you might see a sudden drop of invitations during a few days, then back to normal, like here on 04 Oct and 05 Oct:

The counter resets automatically. This isn’t a penalty or a warning, it’s just how LinkedIn keeps invitation activity under control.

How to confirm if that’s the reason invites have slowed down

It’s easy to check whether you’ve reached your limit:

  1. Log into your LinkedIn account.

  2. Try to manually send a connection request to someone new.

  3. If you see the message “You’ve reached your weekly invitation limit”, that’s it, you’ve hit your cap.

Once you see that message, there’s no need to worry or take any manual action. Botdog automatically detects it and adapts accordingly.

Why does this happen?

LinkedIn doesn’t publish official limits, but based on Botdog’s data:

  • Free accounts can send around 50 invitations per week.

  • Premium / Sales Navigator accounts can send 150–200 invitations per week.

Your personal limit can vary depending on:

  • Account age and activity

  • Acceptance rate of past invites

  • Social Selling Index score (SSI, see more on LinkedIn's website)

  • Pending connection requests (if you have 500+ pending, limits may kick in earlier)

  • Daily sending patterns that look automated or spammy

How Botdog handles this automatically

When Botdog detects that your account has hit the weekly invitation limit, here’s what happens behind the scenes:

  1. Botdog pauses sending invitations for 24 hours.
    This gives LinkedIn time to reset your counter naturally.

  2. After 24 hours, Botdog automatically retries.
    If the limit is lifted, Botdog resumes sending invitations normally.

  3. If the limit persists, we wait a bit before trying again.
    Each retry adds a longer delay, just like a human would, to keep your account safe and avoid triggering LinkedIn’s anti-spam systems.

You don’t need to restart campaigns or change settings. Botdog manages this automatically and resumes as soon as it’s safe to do so.

How to avoid hitting the limit too often

Here are a few best practices we recommend:

  • Withdraw old pending invites (over 30 days old). Keeping your pending list under 500 helps maintain good “account health.” Botdog does this by default (see next bullet point).

  • Use Botdog’s Auto-Withdraw feature. It automatically removes unaccepted invites after 14, 30, or 60 days, freeing up room for new ones.

  • Keep your acceptance rate high. Target people who are likely to know or engage with you.

  • Spread your invites evenly. Avoid sending all 150+ invitations in a single day.

Need to check your own status?

You can always verify your account status manually:

  • Log in to LinkedIn

  • Try sending a connection request

  • If you see the “You’ve reached your weekly invitation limit” message — you’re at your weekly cap.

Once your limit resets, Botdog will automatically resume sending invitations on your behalf.

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