Module: Rate Limiting & Abuse Protection

[memplethee-lab]

Feature Request

Problem Statement

Clients and partners frequently hit the service with abusive traffic or accidental spikes, causing degraded experience for paid users.

Proposed Solution

Implement a distributed, configurable Rate Limiting & Abuse Protection module supporting per-key, per-IP, and per-endpoint limits, with pluggable storage (Redis) and quota plans for tiers.

Alternatives Considered

Relying solely on API gateway limits is inflexible for per-tenant or per-feature controls.

Additional Context

Demonstrate quota plan enforcement, metrics, and a simple dashboard for Grant reviewers to inspect usage and impact.

Implementation Ideas (Optional)

• Token bucket/sliding window strategies with Redis backing
• Expose metrics (Prometheus) and Retry-After headers

Would you be willing to contribute?

• Yes, I'd like to submit a PR for this feature
• I can help with testing
• I can help with documentation

[Dijjy7]

can i work on this.

[grantfox-oss]

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Next steps:

1. Open a Pull Request referencing this issue (e.g., Closes #132)
2. Your PR will be reviewed by the SourceXXL maintainers

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[grantfox-oss]

🎉 This issue has been marked as completed on GrantFox as part of the Third Campaign campaign!

@Dijjy7's PR #148 was approved and merged by @memplethee-lab.

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