rate limit
Limit how often a caller can perform an operation.
Use this when A costly endpoint can be overwhelmed by repeated requests.
without the term
“Someone is hammering our AI endpoint and it's costing a fortune. Can you limit how many requests each user can make per minute, and make it work across all our servers?”
with the term · How do you ask a model for rate limit?
Rate-limit this endpoint by its intended caller identity. Test the limit, reset behavior, and consistent enforcement across instances.
What is rate limit?
Each caller, such as a user, API key, or IP address, gets a budget of requests per time window. The counter must be shared across all server instances or each instance allows the full rate.
Why does rate limit matter when vibe coding?
A process-local counter may multiply the allowed rate when more instances start.
How do you do rate limit?
Choose the caller identity and limit policy; test bursts and multiple instances.
What goes wrong with rate limit?
One global bucket lets a noisy caller block everyone else.
Sources for this entry
- RFC 6585: 429 Too Many Requests
HTTP 429 signals too many requests; Retry-After can communicate when to retry.
- Microsoft: Rate limiting pattern
Rate policies and distributed coordination must match the scope of the resource or caller being limited.
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