Glossary
Rate Limiting
Meaning and details
Protects APIs from abuse and runaway loops: 429 responses with Retry-After headers are the contract. Implement with token buckets or sliding windows, often backed by Redis, at the gateway layer.
Rate Limiting meaning
Capping how many requests a client can make in a window.
What is Rate Limiting?
Protects APIs from abuse and runaway loops: 429 responses with Retry-After headers are the contract. Implement with token buckets or sliding windows, often backed by Redis, at the gateway layer.