a2a_protocol_server/rate_limit/config.rs
1// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
2// Copyright 2026 Tom F. <tomf@tomtomtech.net> (https://github.com/tomtom215)
3//
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7
8//! What the limiter is configured with, separate from what it does with it.
9
10/// Configuration for [`RateLimitInterceptor`](super::RateLimitInterceptor).
11#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
12pub struct RateLimitConfig {
13 /// Maximum number of requests allowed per window per caller key.
14 ///
15 /// Must be non-zero.
16 pub requests_per_window: u64,
17
18 /// Window duration in seconds.
19 ///
20 /// Must be non-zero.
21 pub window_secs: u64,
22
23 /// Number of trusted reverse-proxy hops in front of this server.
24 ///
25 /// `0` (the default) means `x-forwarded-for` is **not trusted** and is
26 /// ignored when deriving the caller key: the header is client-controlled,
27 /// so trusting it without a proxy that overwrites or appends to it lets
28 /// any caller evade the limit by forging a fresh address per request.
29 ///
30 /// Set to `n` when exactly `n` trusted proxies sit between the client and
31 /// this server, each appending the address of its immediate peer to
32 /// `x-forwarded-for`. The client address is then the `n`-th entry from
33 /// the *right* of the header; anything further left is client-supplied
34 /// and remains untrusted. If the header has fewer than `n` entries, the
35 /// request did not traverse the expected proxy chain and the caller falls
36 /// back to the shared `"anonymous"` key.
37 pub trusted_proxy_hops: usize,
38
39 /// Maximum number of caller buckets tracked at once.
40 ///
41 /// Bounds the limiter's memory. When the map is full, stale buckets from
42 /// previous windows are evicted first; if none can be freed, requests
43 /// from callers without an existing bucket are rejected (fail-closed).
44 /// Must be non-zero.
45 pub max_buckets: usize,
46}
47
48/// Default cap on the number of tracked caller buckets.
49pub const DEFAULT_MAX_BUCKETS: usize = 10_000;
50
51impl Default for RateLimitConfig {
52 fn default() -> Self {
53 Self {
54 requests_per_window: 100,
55 window_secs: 60,
56 trusted_proxy_hops: 0,
57 max_buckets: DEFAULT_MAX_BUCKETS,
58 }
59 }
60}