diff --git a/constants/limit.go b/constants/limit.go
index 046b6c19b..8b492ec3e 100644
--- a/constants/limit.go
+++ b/constants/limit.go
@@ -3,6 +3,45 @@ package constants
 
 // Limits and constraints.
 const (
+	// BuildLimitMin defines the minimum value for repo concurrent build limit.
+	BuildLimitMin = 1
+
+	// BuildLimitMax defines the maximum value for repo concurrent build limit.
+	BuildLimitMax = 30
+
+	// BuildLimitDefault defines the default value for repo concurrent build limit.
+	BuildLimitDefault = 10
+
+	// BuildTimeoutMin defines the minimum value in minutes for repo build timeout.
+	BuildTimeoutMin = 1
+
+	// BuildTimeoutMax defines the maximum value in minutes for repo build timeout.
+	BuildTimeoutMax = 90
+
+	// BuildTimeoutDefault defines the default value in minutes for repo build timeout.
+	BuildTimeoutDefault = 30
+
+	// FavoritesMaxSize defines the maximum size in characters for user favorites.
+	FavoritesMaxSize = 5000
+
+	// RunningBuildIDsMaxSize defines the maximum size in characters for worker RunningBuildIDs.
+	RunningBuildIDsMaxSize = 500
+
+	// TopicsMaxSize defines the maximum size in characters for repo topics. Ex: GitHub has a 20-topic, 50-char limit.
+	TopicsMaxSize = 1020
+
+	// DeployBuildsMaxSize defines the maximum size in characters for deployment builds.
+	DeployBuildsMaxSize = 500
+
+	// ReportStepStatusLimit defines the maximum number of steps in a pipeline that may report their status to the SCM.
+	ReportStepStatusLimit = 10
+
+	// DashboardRepoLimit defines the maximum number of repos that can be assigned to a dashboard.
+	DashboardRepoLimit = 10
+
+	// UserDashboardLimit defines the maximum number of dashboards that can be assigned to a user.
+	UserDashboardLimit = 10
+
 	// DashboardAdminMaxSize defines the maximum size in characters for dashboard admins.
 	DashboardAdminMaxSize = 5000
 )
diff --git a/database/types/dashboard.go b/database/types/dashboard.go
index ba3b58efb..0d6023058 100644
--- a/database/types/dashboard.go
+++ b/database/types/dashboard.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 
 	api "github.com/go-vela/server/api/types"
+	"github.com/go-vela/server/constants"
 	"github.com/go-vela/server/util"
 )
 
@@ -142,6 +143,11 @@ func (d *Dashboard) Validate() error {
 		return ErrEmptyDashName
 	}
 
+	// verify the number of repos
+	if len(d.Repos) > constants.DashboardRepoLimit {
+		return fmt.Errorf("exceeded repos limit of %d", constants.DashboardRepoLimit)
+	}
+
 	// ensure that all Dashboard string fields
 	// that can be returned as JSON are sanitized
 	// to avoid unsafe HTML content
diff --git a/database/types/dashboard_test.go b/database/types/dashboard_test.go
index f163e8b9c..60ca2cfa0 100644
--- a/database/types/dashboard_test.go
+++ b/database/types/dashboard_test.go
@@ -90,6 +90,17 @@ func TestTypes_Dashboard_ToAPI(t *testing.T) {
 func TestTypes_Dashboard_Validate(t *testing.T) {
 	uuid, _ := uuid.Parse("c8da1302-07d6-11ea-882f-4893bca275b8")
 
+	dashRepo := new(api.DashboardRepo)
+	dashRepo.SetName("dashboard-repo")
+
+	dashRepos := []*api.DashboardRepo{}
+	for i := 0; i < 11; i++ {
+		dashRepos = append(dashRepos, dashRepo)
+	}
+
+	exceededReposDashboard := testDashboard()
+	exceededReposDashboard.Repos = DashReposJSON(dashRepos)
+
 	// setup tests
 	tests := []struct {
 		failure   bool
@@ -105,6 +116,10 @@ func TestTypes_Dashboard_Validate(t *testing.T) {
 				ID: uuid,
 			},
 		},
+		{ // hit repo limit
+			failure:   true,
+			dashboard: exceededReposDashboard,
+		},
 	}
 
 	// run tests
diff --git a/database/types/user.go b/database/types/user.go
index 0bfd13e2a..bde757a6b 100644
--- a/database/types/user.go
+++ b/database/types/user.go
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/lib/pq"
 
 	api "github.com/go-vela/server/api/types"
+	"github.com/go-vela/server/constants"
 	"github.com/go-vela/server/util"
-	"github.com/go-vela/types/constants"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -216,16 +216,8 @@ func (u *User) Validate() error {
 		return ErrExceededFavoritesLimit
 	}
 
-	// calculate totalDashboards size of dashboards
-	totalDashboards := 0
-	for _, d := range u.Dashboards {
-		totalDashboards += len(d)
-	}
-
-	// verify the Dashboards field is within the database constraints
-	// len is to factor in number of comma separators included in the database field,
-	// removing 1 due to the last item not having an appended comma
-	if (totalDashboards + len(u.Dashboards) - 1) > constants.FavoritesMaxSize {
+	// validate number of dashboards
+	if len(u.Dashboards) > constants.UserDashboardLimit {
 		return ErrExceededDashboardsLimit
 	}
 
diff --git a/database/types/user_test.go b/database/types/user_test.go
index 9edf57abf..3d02427e8 100644
--- a/database/types/user_test.go
+++ b/database/types/user_test.go
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ func TestTypes_User_Validate(t *testing.T) {
 				ID:        sql.NullInt64{Int64: 1, Valid: true},
 				Name:      sql.NullString{String: "octocat", Valid: true},
 				Token:     sql.NullString{String: "superSecretToken", Valid: true},
-				Favorites: exceededField(),
+				Favorites: exceededField(500),
 			},
 		},
 		{ // invalid dashboards set for user
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ func TestTypes_User_Validate(t *testing.T) {
 				ID:         sql.NullInt64{Int64: 1, Valid: true},
 				Name:       sql.NullString{String: "octocat", Valid: true},
 				Token:      sql.NullString{String: "superSecretToken", Valid: true},
-				Dashboards: exceededField(),
+				Dashboards: exceededField(11),
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -275,12 +275,12 @@ func testUser() *User {
 }
 
 // exceededField returns a list of strings that exceed the maximum size of a field.
-func exceededField() []string {
+func exceededField(indexes int) []string {
 	// initialize empty favorites
 	values := []string{}
 
 	// add enough strings to exceed the character limit
-	for i := 0; i < 500; i++ {
+	for i := 0; i < indexes; i++ {
 		// construct field
 		// use i to adhere to unique favorites
 		field := "github/octocat-" + strconv.Itoa(i)