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title: "Max Number of Streams allowed"
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**What is the maximum number of stream allowed to be created for the Streaming API**

Validic allows up to 5 streams per access group. For each stream, up to 3 connections can be established. However, for replay streams, 5 replay streams may be created but each stream can only have up to 5 connections established.

In order to create a new stream when the limit is reached, an existing stream needs to first be deleted before creating a new one - [https://helpdocs.validic.com/docs/delete-a-stream](https://helpdocs.validic.com/docs/delete-a-stream). There must be no current established connections for the stream when it is being deleted, otherwise this will return an error.