{"rewrite":{"id":"r_82516737909dab779f5a96ff","clusterId":"c_78cf88a03f487b1b515da7c8","slug":"riot-reverses-league-of-legends-replay-ban-to-a-10-per-hour-cap","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Riot Reverses League of Legends Replay Ban to a 10-Per-Hour Cap","summary":"Riot Games shipped League of Legends patch 26.21 on October 21. The patch caps replay downloads at 10 per hour, replacing an earlier plan that would have blocked other players' replays entirely. Riot had announced that block in the October 7 update and said at the time it was for security. Criticism from players and pro teams, who study other squads' replays, followed, and the change was postponed to this patch.","whyItMatters":"Riot's security rationale could not survive the pro-scouting culture it would have ended, so the company settled on a rate limit instead of a wall.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe cap arrives after Riot pulled back from a stronger version of the same idea. Before patch 26.21, replays could be downloaded without limit, including those of other players, so viewers could follow a high-ranked player\u0026#39;s movement and item purchases.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRiot now frames the limit as a way to stop malicious actors from using apps made with vibe coding to pull thousands or tens of thousands of replays at once. The company says it will keep watching download conditions, and the number may change. Coaches and content creators got the accommodation Riot promised when the block was postponed.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Riot Games framed the original League of Legends block as a security measure on October 7, then replaced it with a 10-per-hour cap in patch 26.21. A limit that mild leaves the security rationale unaddressed.","twitterPost":"Riot Games sold the League of Legends block as security, then shipped a 10-per-hour cap. The stated threat did not change.","threadsPost":"Riot Games announced the League of Legends replay block on October 7 and called it a security measure. Patch 26.21 replaces it with a 10-per-hour cap. A cap that loose leaves the security rationale unaddressed, which is the part of the reversal Riot has not explained.","newsletterBlurb":"Riot Games has kept other players' replays downloadable in League of Legends, but only 10 per hour under patch 26.21. The change replaces a planned block on those replays that drew criticism after the October 7 update. Riot says the limit targets malicious apps that collect replays in bulk, and that the number may be adjusted.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Automaton\",\"url\":\"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/league-of-legends-20261022-474890/\",\"title\":\"League of Legends' criticized \\\"ban on downloading other players' replays\\\" reversed to \\\"up to 10 per hour\\\"-surprisingly lenient\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4484,"outputTokens":582,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792650148,"createdAt":"2026-10-22T06:18:39.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-22T06:21:12.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-22T06:21:12.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_78cf88a03f487b1b515da7c8","canonicalTitle":"『League of Legends』批判浴びた“他人のリプレイDL禁止方針”、一転して「1時間に10件までOK」に。意外とゆるい","representativeArticleId":"a_de74ae3dcd75bd53627bd949","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"League of Legends\"],\"studios\":[\"Riot Games\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-22T03:19:55.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-22T03:19:55.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-22T06:21:08.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Automaton","url":"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/league-of-legends-20261022-474890/","title":"『League of Legends』批判浴びた“他人のリプレイDL禁止方針”、一転して「1時間に10件までOK」に。意外とゆるい"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["League of Legends"],"studios":["Riot Games"],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}