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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///
12/// `#[non_exhaustive]`: build it with [`Default`] and the `with_*` setters,
13/// which cover every field; a struct literal is not available outside this
14/// crate, so a field added later does not break callers.
15#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
16#[non_exhaustive]
17pub struct RateLimitConfig {
18    /// Maximum number of requests allowed per window per caller key.
19    ///
20    /// Must be non-zero.
21    pub requests_per_window: u64,
22
23    /// Window duration in seconds.
24    ///
25    /// Must be non-zero.
26    pub window_secs: u64,
27
28    /// Number of trusted reverse-proxy hops in front of this server.
29    ///
30    /// `0` (the default) means `x-forwarded-for` is **not trusted** and is
31    /// ignored when deriving the caller key: the header is client-controlled,
32    /// so trusting it without a proxy that overwrites or appends to it lets
33    /// any caller evade the limit by forging a fresh address per request.
34    ///
35    /// Set to `n` when exactly `n` trusted proxies sit between the client and
36    /// this server, each appending the address of its immediate peer to
37    /// `x-forwarded-for`. The client address is then the `n`-th entry from
38    /// the *right* of the header; anything further left is client-supplied
39    /// and remains untrusted. If the header has fewer than `n` entries, the
40    /// request did not traverse the expected proxy chain and the caller falls
41    /// back to the shared `"anonymous"` key.
42    pub trusted_proxy_hops: usize,
43
44    /// Maximum number of caller buckets tracked at once.
45    ///
46    /// Bounds the limiter's memory. When the map is full, stale buckets from
47    /// previous windows are evicted first; if none can be freed, requests
48    /// from callers without an existing bucket are rejected (fail-closed).
49    /// Must be non-zero.
50    pub max_buckets: usize,
51}
52
53/// Default cap on the number of tracked caller buckets.
54pub const DEFAULT_MAX_BUCKETS: usize = 10_000;
55
56impl Default for RateLimitConfig {
57    fn default() -> Self {
58        Self {
59            requests_per_window: 100,
60            window_secs: 60,
61            trusted_proxy_hops: 0,
62            max_buckets: DEFAULT_MAX_BUCKETS,
63        }
64    }
65}
66
67impl RateLimitConfig {
68    /// Sets the requests allowed per window per caller key. Must be non-zero.
69    #[must_use]
70    pub const fn with_requests_per_window(mut self, requests: u64) -> Self {
71        self.requests_per_window = requests;
72        self
73    }
74
75    /// Sets the window duration in seconds. Must be non-zero.
76    #[must_use]
77    pub const fn with_window_secs(mut self, secs: u64) -> Self {
78        self.window_secs = secs;
79        self
80    }
81
82    /// Sets the number of trusted reverse-proxy hops. See
83    /// [`trusted_proxy_hops`](Self::trusted_proxy_hops) for what trusting
84    /// `x-forwarded-for` means.
85    #[must_use]
86    pub const fn with_trusted_proxy_hops(mut self, hops: usize) -> Self {
87        self.trusted_proxy_hops = hops;
88        self
89    }
90
91    /// Sets the maximum number of caller buckets tracked at once. Must be
92    /// non-zero.
93    #[must_use]
94    pub const fn with_max_buckets(mut self, max: usize) -> Self {
95        self.max_buckets = max;
96        self
97    }
98}
99
100#[cfg(test)]
101mod tests {
102    use super::RateLimitConfig;
103
104    /// Every setter writes its own field, against values that differ from
105    /// the defaults, so a setter reduced to `Default::default()` fails here.
106    #[test]
107    fn every_setter_sets_its_field() {
108        let d = RateLimitConfig::default();
109        let cfg = RateLimitConfig::default()
110            .with_requests_per_window(d.requests_per_window + 1)
111            .with_window_secs(d.window_secs + 1)
112            .with_trusted_proxy_hops(d.trusted_proxy_hops + 1)
113            .with_max_buckets(d.max_buckets + 1);
114        assert_eq!(cfg.requests_per_window, d.requests_per_window + 1);
115        assert_eq!(cfg.window_secs, d.window_secs + 1);
116        assert_eq!(cfg.trusted_proxy_hops, d.trusted_proxy_hops + 1);
117        assert_eq!(cfg.max_buckets, d.max_buckets + 1);
118    }
119}