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fix: make the request rate limits configurable #323

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fix: make the request rate limits configurable
hamzahalq Sep 24, 2026
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test: stop two e2e specs racing or leaning on local data
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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions SW.Bitween.Web/ClientApp/e2e/readable-documents.spec.ts
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Expand Up @@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ test("Raw shows the bytes as they arrived, uncoloured", async ({ page }) => {
const row = page.getByRole("row").nth(1);
await expect(row).toBeVisible({ timeout: 15000 });
await row.locator("td").last().click();
// The drawer opens on the furthest stage with a document, and whether mapping has
// finished by now is a race. Raw is a promise about what arrived, so ask for that.
await page.getByTitle("Show the Input document").click();

// Formatted is the default, and it parsed, so it is coloured.
const pane = page.locator(".doc-hl-dark");
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7 changes: 6 additions & 1 deletion SW.Bitween.Web/ClientApp/e2e/table-layout.spec.ts
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Expand Up @@ -206,7 +206,12 @@ test("a panel list pages and filters once it runs long", async ({ page }) => {
});

await page.goto("information-types");
await page.locator("tbody tr").first().click();
// The route above can only multiply a subscription that exists, so open a type something
// uses — the first row is just whichever type was made last.
const usedBy = page
.locator('a[href*="/subscriptions/"]')
.or(page.getByRole("button", { name: /^Show all \d+ subscriptions$/ }));
await page.locator("tbody tr").filter({ has: usedBy }).first().locator("td").nth(1).click();
await expect(page).toHaveURL(/\/information-types\/\d+$/);

// Long names in a ~360px panel used to push Type off the right-hand edge.
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15 changes: 12 additions & 3 deletions SW.Bitween.Web/Startup.cs
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Expand Up @@ -585,9 +585,18 @@ private void RejectSampleSigningKey()
/// a replacement for the per-account lockout, which counts attempts against one account
/// across every address; this counts them per address across every account.
/// </para>
/// <para>
/// Both numbers can be overridden through <c>Bitween:RateLimits</c>, and are unchanged wherever
/// that is not set. The end-to-end suite needs it: it drives the UI far faster than a person,
/// all as one account, and spends the per-account budget several times over in a run.
/// </para>
/// </remarks>
private static void AddRateLimiting(IServiceCollection services)
private void AddRateLimiting(IServiceCollection services)
{
var limits = Configuration.GetSection("Bitween:RateLimits");
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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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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services.AddRateLimiter(options =>
{
options.RejectionStatusCode = StatusCodes.Status429TooManyRequests;
Expand All @@ -599,7 +608,7 @@ private static void AddRateLimiting(IServiceCollection services)
$"signin:{ClientAddress(context)}",
_ => new FixedWindowRateLimiterOptions
{
PermitLimit = 10,
PermitLimit = signInLimit,
Window = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1)
});

Expand All @@ -609,7 +618,7 @@ private static void AddRateLimiting(IServiceCollection services)
account is null ? $"anon:{ClientAddress(context)}" : $"account:{account}",
_ => new FixedWindowRateLimiterOptions
{
PermitLimit = 600,
PermitLimit = requestLimit,
Window = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1)
});
});
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