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The e2e suite runs as one account and spends the 600/min request budget several times over, so a random handful of tests failed every run with 429s.

  • Bitween:RateLimits:SignInPerMinute / RequestsPerMinute override the limits. Defaults are unchanged (10 and 600) — verified the 11th sign-in still gets a 429 when unset.
  • Two specs fixed that failed for reasons unrelated to what they test: the Raw test raced the mapper, and the panel-list test opened whichever information type was listed first.

Full e2e suite: 155/155 locally with the limits raised in the Local profile.

Bitween:RateLimits overrides the sign-in and per-account limits; defaults stay 10 and 600. Lets the local profile run the e2e suite, which spends the per-account budget several times over.
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  • What changed: Bitween:RateLimits:SignInPerMinute and Bitween:RateLimits:RequestsPerMinute now configure the per-IP sign-in limit and the general per-account or anonymous per-IP request limit. Defaults remain 10 and 600 requests per minute. Two e2e specs now select the intended document stage and an information type with subscriptions.
  • Risk: risk:low.
  • Security-sensitive areas: Rate limiting protects sign-in and API endpoints. Operators can change the limits, so overly high values reduce protection. The change retains the existing defaults when settings are absent.
  • Test coverage impact: Two e2e tests were made less dependent on mapping timing and local data ordering. The author reports 155/155 e2e tests passed locally with higher limits in the Local profile; this result was not independently verified.
  • Operational concerns: No migration is indicated. Configure overrides per environment only when required. No rollback-specific concerns are indicated; removing the overrides restores the defaults.

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The changes update two E2E tests and make sign-in and general request rate limits configurable through application settings.

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Readable document test

Layer / File(s) Summary
Open the input document
SW.Bitween.Web/ClientApp/e2e/readable-documents.spec.ts
The test opens the exchange drawer by clicking “Show the Input document” before checking the preview. Its comments note that the drawer opens on the furthest stage with a document and that mapping status can vary.

Table layout test

Layer / File(s) Summary
Select a row with subscriptions
SW.Bitween.Web/ClientApp/e2e/table-layout.spec.ts
The test selects a row with a subscription link or “Show all” button before checking paging and filtering.

Rate-limit configuration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Read and apply configured limits
SW.Bitween.Web/Startup.cs
AddRateLimiting reads SignInPerMinute and RequestsPerMinute from Bitween:RateLimits, using defaults of 10 and 600. The configured values set the sign-in and general request partition permit limits.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Feature

Suggested labels: security, risk:high

Suggested reviewers: mmalkhatib

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to ddb5b

The defaults remain safe, but a non-positive override makes requests in the affected group fail. The PR can merge with the defaults; deployments should reject non-positive values or define explicit disable behavior.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely identifies the main change: configurable request rate limits.
Description check ✅ Passed The description explains the configurable limits, preserved defaults, rate-limit issue, e2e test fixes, and test results. It is directly related to the changeset.
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 1 functions across 3 files.
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In `@SW.Bitween.Web/Startup.cs`:
- Around line 597-598: Validate signInLimit and requestLimit immediately after
reading them and before registering the limiter, rejecting any value less than
or equal to zero so invalid PermitLimit values fail during startup; keep
SignInPerMinute scoped to sign-in requests and RequestsPerMinute to all other
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Comment thread SW.Bitween.Web/Startup.cs
Comment on lines +597 to +598
var signInLimit = limits.GetValue("SignInPerMinute", 10);
var requestLimit = limits.GetValue("RequestsPerMinute", 600);

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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git diff --unified=12 5ca8374478fa7e4310da5e1d7a87d81177843f7d ddb5b274d26a339ab38641db3a4b97957c6fe7b9 -- SW.Bitween.Web/Startup.cs
sed -n '560,635p' SW.Bitween.Web/Startup.cs
rg -n "RateLimits|AddRateLimiting|GetFixedWindowLimiter|FixedWindowRateLimiter" SW.Bitween.Web
rg -n "TargetFramework|Microsoft.AspNetCore.RateLimiting" SW.Bitween.Web

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#!/bin/bash
set -u
printf '%s\n' '--- project and configuration references ---'
cat -n SW.Bitween.Web/SW.Bitween.Web.csproj
rg -n -C 3 'Bitween(:|__)?RateLimits|SignInPerMinute|RequestsPerMinute|PermitLimit|AddRateLimiter|UseRateLimiter|RateLimitPartition' --glob '!bin/**' --glob '!obj/**' .
printf '%s\n' '--- Startup call and relevant pipeline ---'
sed -n '340,390p' SW.Bitween.Web/Startup.cs
sed -n '590,630p' SW.Bitween.Web/Startup.cs
rg -n -C 5 'UseRateLimiter|UseRouting|MapControllers|MapFallback|UseAuthentication|UseAuthorization' SW.Bitween.Web/Startup.cs
printf '%s\n' '--- available framework/package source hints ---'
find /usr/share/dotnet /root/.nuget/packages -type f \( -iname '*RateLimit*' -o -iname 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.RateLimiting.xml' \) 2>/dev/null | head -40

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Reject non-positive rate-limit overrides.

PermitLimit must be greater than zero. A zero or negative value reaches partition creation on the first matching request, not during startup, and throws. SignInPerMinute affects sign-in requests. RequestsPerMinute affects all other requests.

Validate both values before registering the limiter, or define explicit behavior for disabling a limit.

Proposed validation
 var requestLimit = limits.GetValue("RequestsPerMinute", 600);
+if (signInLimit <= 0 || requestLimit <= 0)
+    throw new InvalidOperationException("Rate limits must be greater than zero.");
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var signInLimit = limits.GetValue("SignInPerMinute", 10);
var requestLimit = limits.GetValue("RequestsPerMinute", 600);
var signInLimit = limits.GetValue("SignInPerMinute", 10);
var requestLimit = limits.GetValue("RequestsPerMinute", 600);
if (signInLimit <= 0 || requestLimit <= 0)
throw new InvalidOperationException("Rate limits must be greater than zero.");
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In `@SW.Bitween.Web/Startup.cs` around lines 597 - 598, Validate signInLimit and
requestLimit immediately after reading them and before registering the limiter,
rejecting any value less than or equal to zero so invalid PermitLimit values
fail during startup; keep SignInPerMinute scoped to sign-in requests and
RequestsPerMinute to all other requests.

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AhmadRAbuhussein merged commit f14c2af into releases/r10.0 Sep 24, 2026
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