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)
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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}