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// Copyright 2024-2025 Tree xie.
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.
use super::{
Error, get_bool_conf, get_hash_key, get_int_conf, get_step_conf_in,
get_str_conf,
};
use async_trait::async_trait;
use bytes::Bytes;
use http::header::RETRY_AFTER;
use http::{HeaderName, HeaderValue, StatusCode};
use humantime::parse_duration;
use pingap_config::{PluginCategory, PluginConf};
use pingap_core::{
Ctx, HttpHeader, HttpResponse, Inflight, Plugin, PluginStep, Rate,
RateLimitQuota, RequestPluginResult, ResponsePluginResult,
};
use pingap_core::{
ensure_verified_client_ip, get_cookie_value, get_query_value,
get_req_header_value,
};
use pingora::http::ResponseHeader;
use pingora::proxy::Session;
use std::borrow::Cow;
use std::time::Duration;
use tracing::{debug, warn};
type Result<T, E = Error> = std::result::Result<T, E>;
// LimitTag determines what value will be used as the rate limiting key
#[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Debug)]
pub enum LimitTag {
Ip, // Use the client IP: through trusted proxies, else the peer's own
RequestHeader, // Use value from a specified HTTP request header
Cookie, // Use value from a specified cookie
Query, // Use value from a specified URL query parameter
}
// Limiter implements rate limiting and concurrent request limiting
// It can be configured via TOML with settings like:
// ```toml
// type = "rate" # or "inflight"
// tag = "cookie" # or "header", "query", "ip"
// key = "session_id" # name of header/cookie/query param to use
// max = 100 # maximum requests allowed
// interval = "60s" # time window for rate limiting
// ```
/// A rate limiter or concurrent request limiter that can be configured to limit based on
/// different request attributes (IP, headers, cookies, query params)
pub struct Limiter {
/// Determines what value will be used as the rate limiting key (IP, header, cookie, or query param)
tag: LimitTag,
/// Maximum number of requests allowed within any one interval (for rate
/// limiting) or at the same time (for inflight limiting)
max: f64,
/// The name of the header/cookie/query parameter to use as the limiting key
/// Only used when tag is not LimitTag::Ip
key: String,
/// Tracks concurrent requests using atomic counters.
/// When a request completes, the counter automatically decrements via RAII guard.
/// Only used when configured as an inflight limiter (type = "inflight")
inflight: Option<Inflight>,
/// Tracks request counts over a sliding time window.
/// Automatically expires old requests based on configured interval.
/// Only used when configured as a rate limiter (type = "rate")
rate: Option<Rate>,
/// When to apply the limiting logic:
/// - PluginStep::Request: During initial request processing
/// - PluginStep::ProxyUpstream: Before forwarding to upstream server
plugin_step: PluginStep,
/// Unique identifier for this limiter instance, used to distinguish between
/// different limiters in the same application
hash_value: String,
/// `Retry-After` for a rate limiter's 429: the window length, the
/// soonest the budget can have moved on.
retry_after: Option<HttpHeader>,
/// Whether the client is told its budget, in `X-RateLimit-Limit`,
/// `X-RateLimit-Remaining` and `X-RateLimit-Reset`.
headers: bool,
/// The status of the response to a request over the limit, `429`
/// unless set.
status: StatusCode,
/// Its body, in place of the one that names the count and the limit.
message: Option<Bytes>,
/// Whether a request without a value for the key is refused. It is let
/// through, unlimited, unless `missing_key = "reject"`.
reject_missing_key: bool,
}
/// What became of a request at the limiter.
enum Verdict {
/// Let through, counted or - without a value for the key - not.
Pass,
/// Over the limit, by the count and the limit it was held to.
Exceeded(f64),
/// No value for the key, and the limiter was told to refuse that.
MissingKey,
}
static X_RATELIMIT_LIMIT: HeaderName =
HeaderName::from_static("x-ratelimit-limit");
static X_RATELIMIT_REMAINING: HeaderName =
HeaderName::from_static("x-ratelimit-remaining");
static X_RATELIMIT_RESET: HeaderName =
HeaderName::from_static("x-ratelimit-reset");
/// The three headers of `quota`, `X-RateLimit-Reset` left out where there
/// is no time to name.
fn quota_headers(quota: &RateLimitQuota) -> Vec<HttpHeader> {
let mut headers = vec![
(X_RATELIMIT_LIMIT.clone(), HeaderValue::from(quota.limit)),
(
X_RATELIMIT_REMAINING.clone(),
HeaderValue::from(quota.remaining),
),
];
if let Some(reset) = quota.reset {
headers.push((X_RATELIMIT_RESET.clone(), HeaderValue::from(reset)));
}
headers
}
/// In how many seconds a client's budget is back in full if it sends
/// nothing more, from the two windows it is counted in: what is in the
/// current one fades over the whole of the next, what is left of the one
/// before is gone when the current one ends.
///
/// `fraction` is how much of the current window has passed.
fn seconds_to_reset(
interval: Duration,
prev_samples: isize,
curr_samples: isize,
fraction: f64,
) -> u64 {
let left = 1.0 - fraction;
let windows = if curr_samples > 0 {
left + 1.0
} else if prev_samples > 0 {
left
} else {
return 0;
};
(interval.as_secs_f64() * windows).ceil().max(1.0) as u64
}
/// Converts a plugin configuration into a Limiter instance
///
/// # Arguments
/// * `value` - Plugin configuration containing limiter settings
///
/// # Returns
/// * `Result<Self>` - New Limiter instance or error if configuration is invalid
///
/// # Configuration Options
/// * `type` - "rate" or "inflight"
/// * `tag` - "ip", "cookie", "header", or "query"
/// * `key` - Name of header/cookie/query parameter to use
/// * `max` - Maximum allowed requests/connections
/// * `interval` - Time window for rate limiting (e.g. "60s")
impl TryFrom<&PluginConf> for Limiter {
type Error = Error;
fn try_from(value: &PluginConf) -> Result<Self> {
let hash_value = get_hash_key(value);
let category = PluginCategory::Limit.to_string();
let invalid = |message: String| Error::Invalid {
category: category.clone(),
message,
};
// Limiting only makes sense before the upstream is involved.
let step = get_step_conf_in(
value,
&category,
PluginStep::Request,
&[PluginStep::Request, PluginStep::ProxyUpstream],
)?;
// Every setting here decides who gets limited, so a value that is
// not one of the documented ones is an error rather than a silent
// fallback: a misspelt `tag` used to limit by ip, a misspelt `type`
// rate-limited, and a forgotten `max` rejected almost everything.
let tag = match get_str_conf(value, "tag").as_str() {
"" | "ip" => LimitTag::Ip,
"cookie" => LimitTag::Cookie,
"header" => LimitTag::RequestHeader,
"query" => LimitTag::Query,
other => {
return Err(invalid(format!(
"Invalid tag({other}), expect ip, header, cookie or query"
)));
},
};
let key = get_str_conf(value, "key");
if tag != LimitTag::Ip && key.is_empty() {
return Err(invalid(
"key is required for a header, cookie or query tag".to_string(),
));
}
let is_inflight = match get_str_conf(value, "type").as_str() {
"" | "rate" => false,
"inflight" => true,
other => {
return Err(invalid(format!(
"Invalid type({other}), expect rate or inflight"
)));
},
};
if !value.contains_key("max") {
return Err(invalid("max is required".to_string()));
}
let max = get_int_conf(value, "max");
if max < 0 {
return Err(invalid("max must not be negative".to_string()));
}
// Parse time interval for rate limiting
// Format examples: "10s", "1m", "2h"
// Default: 10 seconds if not specified
let interval = get_str_conf(value, "interval");
let interval = if !interval.is_empty() {
parse_duration(&interval).map_err(|e| invalid(e.to_string()))?
} else {
Duration::from_secs(10)
};
// The counter keeps its windows in milliseconds, and divides by
// their length: one shorter than that is a division by zero on
// the first request.
if interval < Duration::from_millis(1) {
return Err(invalid("interval must be at least 1ms".to_string()));
}
// Create either inflight or rate limiter based on config
let mut inflight = None;
let mut rate = None;
let mut retry_after = None;
let max = max as f64;
if is_inflight {
// Inflight limiter uses atomic counters to track concurrent requests
inflight = Some(Inflight::new());
} else {
// Rate limiter uses time-bucketed counters
rate = Some(Rate::new(interval));
retry_after = Some((
RETRY_AFTER,
HeaderValue::from(interval.as_secs().max(1)),
));
}
// What a refused client is answered with. A status that is not an
// error would tell it the request went through.
let status = if value.contains_key("status") {
u16::try_from(get_int_conf(value, "status"))
.ok()
.filter(|status| (400..600).contains(status))
.and_then(|status| StatusCode::from_u16(status).ok())
.ok_or_else(|| {
invalid("status must be between 400 and 599".to_string())
})?
} else {
StatusCode::TOO_MANY_REQUESTS
};
let message = get_str_conf(value, "message");
let message = (!message.is_empty()).then(|| Bytes::from(message));
let reject_missing_key =
match get_str_conf(value, "missing_key").as_str() {
"" | "pass" => false,
"reject" => true,
other => {
return Err(invalid(format!(
"Invalid missing_key({other}), expect pass or reject"
)));
},
};
// `weight` blended the previous window into the estimate by a fixed
// share. It has no part in the sliding window that replaced that,
// and a config that still has it is told so instead of refused.
if value.contains_key("weight") {
warn!(
"the weight of the limit plugin is no longer used: max is the number of requests in any one interval"
);
}
Ok(Self {
hash_value,
tag,
key,
max,
inflight,
rate,
plugin_step: step,
retry_after,
headers: get_bool_conf(value, "headers"),
status,
message,
reject_missing_key,
})
}
}
impl Limiter {
/// What the key is, for the client that did not send it.
fn key_description(&self) -> String {
match self.tag {
LimitTag::Ip => "the client address".to_string(),
LimitTag::RequestHeader => format!("the header {}", self.key),
LimitTag::Cookie => format!("the cookie {}", self.key),
LimitTag::Query => format!("the query parameter {}", self.key),
}
}
/// Creates a new Limiter instance from plugin configuration
///
/// # Arguments
/// * `params` - Plugin configuration containing limiter settings like type, tag, key, max, etc.
///
/// # Returns
/// * `Result<Self>` - New Limiter instance or error if configuration is invalid
///
/// # Example Configuration
/// ```toml
/// type = "rate" # or "inflight"
/// tag = "cookie" # or "header", "query", "ip"
/// key = "session_id" # name of header/cookie/query param to use
/// max = 100 # maximum requests allowed
/// interval = "60s" # time window for rate limiting
/// ```
pub fn new(params: &PluginConf) -> Result<Self> {
debug!(
params = pingap_config::masked_toml(params),
"new limit plugin"
);
Self::try_from(params)
}
/// The error of a request that took the count to `value`.
fn exceeded(&self, value: f64) -> Error {
Error::Exceed {
category: PluginCategory::Limit.to_string(),
max: self.max,
value,
}
}
/// Counts the request, and fails when that takes it over the limit.
#[cfg(test)]
fn incr(&self, session: &Session, ctx: &mut Ctx) -> Result<()> {
match self.check(session, ctx) {
Verdict::Exceeded(value) => Err(self.exceeded(value)),
_ => Ok(()),
}
}
/// Notes what is left of this limit for the response headers, unless
/// another limit of the request has less left.
///
/// The limit that refuses the request is the one the refusal is about:
/// its budget is what is reported, whatever another limit noted before
/// it, and nothing at all when it is not one that reports.
fn note_quota(&self, ctx: &mut Ctx, value: f64, reset: Option<u64>) {
let refused = value > self.max;
if !self.headers {
if refused {
ctx.state.rate_limit = None;
}
return;
}
let quota = RateLimitQuota {
limit: self.max as u64,
remaining: (self.max - value).max(0.0) as u64,
reset,
};
if refused
|| ctx
.state
.rate_limit
.is_none_or(|noted| quota.remaining < noted.remaining)
{
ctx.state.rate_limit = Some(quota);
}
}
/// Counts the request against its key and says what became of it.
fn check(&self, session: &Session, ctx: &mut Ctx) -> Verdict {
// Extract the key value based on configured tag type.
// Borrow where possible — Rate/Inflight only need `Hash`, not an owned String.
let key: Cow<'_, str> = match self.tag {
LimitTag::Query => Cow::Borrowed(
get_query_value(session.req_header(), &self.key)
.unwrap_or_default(),
),
LimitTag::RequestHeader => Cow::Borrowed(
get_req_header_value(session.req_header(), &self.key)
.unwrap_or_default(),
),
LimitTag::Cookie => Cow::Borrowed(
get_cookie_value(session.req_header(), &self.key)
.unwrap_or_default(),
),
// An address the client cannot choose: its own behind
// trusted proxies, the peer's without them. By whatever
// `X-Forwarded-For` said, a new value with every request was a
// new client every time and nothing was ever limited.
_ => Cow::Borrowed(ensure_verified_client_ip(session, ctx)),
};
// No value for the key (a missing header or cookie): unlimited,
// unless told to refuse it.
if key.is_empty() {
return if self.reject_missing_key {
Verdict::MissingKey
} else {
Verdict::Pass
};
}
// Track request based on limiter type.
// Pass `&Cow` (Sized) rather than `&str` — pingora-limits requires `T: Hash + Sized`.
let mut reset = None;
let value = if let Some(rate) = &self.rate {
// For rate limiting:
rate.observe(&key, 1); // Record this request
// The requests of the last `interval`, this one included: all
// of the current window, and of the previous one the share
// that still lies within an interval from now. It used to be
// half of each, as a rate per second, so a client new to the
// limiter - nothing in its previous window - got twice `max`
// before it was stopped.
let max = self.max;
let (value, seconds) = rate.rate_with(&key, |info| {
let value = info.prev_samples.max(0) as f64
* (1.0 - info.current_interval_fraction)
+ info.curr_samples.max(0) as f64;
// By what stays counted: a request that is refused is
// taken off again below.
let counted = if value > max {
info.curr_samples - 1
} else {
info.curr_samples
};
let seconds = seconds_to_reset(
info.interval,
info.prev_samples,
counted,
info.current_interval_fraction,
);
(value, seconds)
});
reset = Some(seconds);
// A request that is turned away is taken off again, so what is
// counted is what was let through: a client over its limit
// goes on getting `max` per interval and not, for as long as
// it keeps asking, nothing at all. It is counted first and
// checked after so that requests arriving together see each
// other.
if value > self.max {
rate.observe(&key, -1);
}
value
} else if let Some(inflight) = &self.inflight {
// For inflight limiting:
// Increment counter
// Store guard in context - when guard is dropped, counter auto-decrements
// Added to the others, never in place of one: a second inflight
// limit on the location used to drop the guard of the first,
// which released its count at once and so never limited.
let (guard, value) = inflight.incr(&key, 1);
ctx.state.guards.push(guard);
value as f64
} else {
0.0
};
self.note_quota(ctx, value, reset);
if value > self.max {
return Verdict::Exceeded(value);
}
Verdict::Pass
}
}
#[async_trait]
impl Plugin for Limiter {
/// Returns unique identifier for this limiter instance
#[inline]
fn config_key(&self) -> Cow<'_, str> {
Cow::Borrowed(&self.hash_value)
}
/// Handles incoming HTTP requests by applying configured limits
///
/// # Arguments
/// * `step` - Current plugin execution step
/// * `session` - Mutable HTTP session
/// * `ctx` - Mutable state context
///
/// # Returns
/// * `pingora::Result<Option<HttpResponse>>` - None to continue processing,
/// Some(response) with 429 status if limit exceeded
///
/// # Effects
/// * Increments and checks appropriate limit counter
/// * Returns 429 Too Many Requests if limit exceeded
#[inline]
async fn handle_request(
&self,
step: PluginStep,
session: &mut Session,
ctx: &mut Ctx,
) -> pingora::Result<RequestPluginResult> {
// Only run at configured plugin step
if step != self.plugin_step {
return Ok(RequestPluginResult::Skipped);
}
match self.check(session, ctx) {
Verdict::Pass => Ok(RequestPluginResult::Continue),
// Over the limit: 429 Too Many Requests, unless set otherwise.
Verdict::Exceeded(value) => {
let mut headers: Vec<HttpHeader> =
self.retry_after.iter().cloned().collect();
// The response of this plugin is not shown to its own
// `handle_response`: the budget goes on it here.
if self.headers
&& let Some(quota) = &ctx.state.rate_limit
{
headers.extend(quota_headers(quota));
}
let body = self
.message
.clone()
.unwrap_or_else(|| self.exceeded(value).to_string().into());
Ok(RequestPluginResult::Respond(HttpResponse {
status: self.status,
headers: (!headers.is_empty()).then_some(headers),
body,
..Default::default()
}))
},
// Not a request too many: one that does not say who it is from.
Verdict::MissingKey => {
Ok(RequestPluginResult::Respond(HttpResponse {
status: StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST,
body: format!(
"Plugin limit, {} is required",
self.key_description()
)
.into(),
..Default::default()
}))
},
}
}
/// Tells the client its budget on the response of the upstream.
#[inline]
async fn handle_response(
&self,
_session: &mut Session,
ctx: &mut Ctx,
upstream_response: &mut ResponseHeader,
) -> pingora::Result<ResponsePluginResult> {
let Some(quota) = ctx.state.rate_limit.filter(|_| self.headers) else {
return Ok(ResponsePluginResult::Unchanged);
};
for (name, value) in quota_headers("a) {
let _ = upstream_response.insert_header(name, value);
}
Ok(ResponsePluginResult::Modified)
}
/// And on the response another plugin answered with, a `401` after
/// this limiter counted the request for one.
#[inline]
fn handles_plugin_response(&self) -> bool {
self.headers
}
}
register_plugin!("limit", Limiter);
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use super::*;
use http::StatusCode;
use pingap_config::PluginConf;
use pingap_core::{Ctx, PluginStep};
use pingora::proxy::Session;
use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
use std::time::Duration;
use tokio_test::io::Builder;
/// The context of a request from `peer`. No trusted proxies are
/// configured in a unit test, so the peer's address is the client ip.
fn from_peer(peer: &str) -> Ctx {
let mut ctx = Ctx::default();
ctx.conn.remote_addr = Some(peer.to_string());
ctx
}
async fn new_session() -> Session {
let headers = [
"Host: github.com",
"Referer: https://github.com/",
"User-Agent: pingap/0.1.1",
"Cookie: deviceId=abc",
"Accept: application/json",
"X-Uuid: 138q71",
"X-Forwarded-For: 1.1.1.1, 192.168.1.2",
]
.join("\r\n");
let input_header =
format!("GET /vicanso/pingap?key=1 HTTP/1.1\r\n{headers}\r\n\r\n");
let mock_io = Builder::new().read(input_header.as_bytes()).build();
let mut session = Session::new_h1(Box::new(mock_io));
session.read_request().await.unwrap();
session
}
#[test]
fn test_limit_params() {
let params = Limiter::try_from(
&toml::from_str::<PluginConf>(
r###"
type = "inflight"
tag = "cookie"
key = "deviceId"
max = 10
"###,
)
.unwrap(),
)
.unwrap();
assert_eq!("request", params.plugin_step.to_string());
assert_eq!(true, params.inflight.is_some());
assert_eq!(LimitTag::Cookie, params.tag);
assert_eq!("deviceId", params.key);
let result = Limiter::try_from(
&toml::from_str::<PluginConf>(
r###"
step = "response"
type = "inflight"
tag = "cookie"
key = "deviceId"
max = 10
"###,
)
.unwrap(),
);
assert_eq!(
"Plugin limit invalid, message: Invalid step(response), expect one of: request, proxy_upstream",
result.err().unwrap().to_string()
);
// Settings that decide who is limited are checked, not defaulted.
for (conf, expect) in [
(
"tag = \"cookies\"\nkey = \"a\"\nmax = 1",
"Invalid tag(cookies)",
),
("tag = \"header\"\nmax = 1", "key is required"),
("type = \"inflght\"\nmax = 1", "Invalid type(inflght)"),
("type = \"rate\"", "max is required"),
("max = -1", "max must not be negative"),
(
"max = 1\ninterval = \"0s\"",
"interval must be at least 1ms",
),
// Regression: shorter than the counter's unit, which divided
// by it and brought the process down on the first request.
(
"max = 1\ninterval = \"500us\"",
"interval must be at least 1ms",
),
] {
let err =
Limiter::try_from(&toml::from_str::<PluginConf>(conf).unwrap())
.err()
.unwrap()
.to_string();
assert_eq!(true, err.contains(expect), "{conf}: {err}");
}
// A rate limiter tells the client when to come back.
let params = Limiter::try_from(
&toml::from_str::<PluginConf>("max = 10\ninterval = \"30s\"")
.unwrap(),
)
.unwrap();
assert_eq!(
Some("30"),
params
.retry_after
.as_ref()
.and_then(|(_, value)| value.to_str().ok())
);
let params = Limiter::try_from(
&toml::from_str::<PluginConf>("type = \"inflight\"\nmax = 10")
.unwrap(),
)
.unwrap();
assert_eq!(true, params.retry_after.is_none());
}
#[tokio::test]
async fn test_new_cookie_limiter() {
let limiter = Limiter::new(
&toml::from_str::<PluginConf>(
r###"
type = "inflight"
tag = "cookie"
key = "deviceId"
max = 10
"###,
)
.unwrap(),
)
.unwrap();
assert_eq!(LimitTag::Cookie, limiter.tag);
let mut ctx = Ctx {
..Default::default()
};
let session = new_session().await;
limiter.incr(&session, &mut ctx).unwrap();
assert_eq!(1, ctx.state.guards.len());
}
#[tokio::test]
async fn test_new_req_header_limiter() {
let limiter = Limiter::new(
&toml::from_str::<PluginConf>(
r###"
type = "inflight"
tag = "header"
key = "X-Uuid"
max = 10
"###,
)
.unwrap(),
)
.unwrap();
assert_eq!(LimitTag::RequestHeader, limiter.tag);
let mut ctx = Ctx {
..Default::default()
};
let session = new_session().await;
limiter.incr(&session, &mut ctx).unwrap();
assert_eq!(1, ctx.state.guards.len());
}
#[tokio::test]
async fn test_new_query_limiter() {
let limiter = Limiter::new(
&toml::from_str::<PluginConf>(
r###"
type = "inflight"
tag = "query"
key = "key"
max = 10
"###,
)
.unwrap(),
)
.unwrap();
assert_eq!(LimitTag::Query, limiter.tag);
let mut ctx = Ctx {
..Default::default()
};
let session = new_session().await;
limiter.incr(&session, &mut ctx).unwrap();
assert_eq!(1, ctx.state.guards.len());
}
#[tokio::test]
async fn test_new_ip_limiter() {
let limiter = Limiter::new(
&toml::from_str::<PluginConf>(
r###"
type = "inflight"
max = 10
"###,
)
.unwrap(),
)
.unwrap();
assert_eq!(LimitTag::Ip, limiter.tag);
let mut ctx = from_peer("1.1.1.1");
let session = new_session().await;
limiter.incr(&session, &mut ctx).unwrap();
assert_eq!(1, ctx.state.guards.len());
}
#[tokio::test]
async fn test_inflight_limit() {
let limiter = Limiter::new(
&toml::from_str::<PluginConf>(
r###"
type = "inflight"
max = 0
"###,
)
.unwrap(),
)
.unwrap();
let headers = ["X-Forwarded-For: 1.1.1.1"].join("\r\n");
let input_header =
format!("GET /vicanso/pingap?size=1 HTTP/1.1\r\n{headers}\r\n\r\n");
let mock_io = Builder::new().read(input_header.as_bytes()).build();
let mut session = Session::new_h1(Box::new(mock_io));
session.read_request().await.unwrap();
let result = limiter
.handle_request(
PluginStep::Request,
&mut session,
&mut from_peer("1.1.1.1"),
)
.await
.unwrap();
let RequestPluginResult::Respond(resp) = result else {
panic!("result is not Respond");
};
assert_eq!(StatusCode::TOO_MANY_REQUESTS, resp.status);
let limiter = Limiter::new(
&toml::from_str::<PluginConf>(
r###"
type = "inflight"
max = 1
"###,
)
.unwrap(),
)
.unwrap();
let result = limiter
.handle_request(
PluginStep::Request,
&mut session,
&mut from_peer("1.1.1.1"),
)
.await
.unwrap();
assert_eq!(true, result == RequestPluginResult::Continue);
}
/// Regression: a request had room for one inflight guard. A second
/// inflight limit on the location took the place of the first one's
/// guard, which released that limiter's count while the request was
/// still running: the first limit never limited anything.
#[tokio::test]
async fn test_two_inflight_limits_on_one_request() {
let new_limiter = |tag: &str, key: &str| {
Limiter::new(
&toml::from_str::<PluginConf>(&format!(
"type = \"inflight\"\ntag = \"{tag}\"\nkey = \"{key}\"\nmax = 1"
))
.unwrap(),
)
.unwrap()
};
let by_app = new_limiter("header", "X-App");
let by_user = new_limiter("header", "X-User");
let new_session = async || {
let mock_io = Builder::new()
.read(b"GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nX-App: a\r\nX-User: u\r\n\r\n")
.build();
let mut session = Session::new_h1(Box::new(mock_io));
session.read_request().await.unwrap();
session
};
// The first request passes both limits and holds both counts.
let mut session = new_session().await;
let mut first = Ctx::default();
for limiter in [&by_app, &by_user] {
let result = limiter
.handle_request(PluginStep::Request, &mut session, &mut first)
.await
.unwrap();
assert_eq!(true, result == RequestPluginResult::Continue);
}
assert_eq!(2, first.state.guards.len());
// While it is running, a second one is over the first limit already.
let mut session = new_session().await;
let mut second = Ctx::default();
let result = by_app
.handle_request(PluginStep::Request, &mut session, &mut second)
.await
.unwrap();
let RequestPluginResult::Respond(resp) = result else {
panic!("the first limit must still be counting the first request");
};
assert_eq!(StatusCode::TOO_MANY_REQUESTS, resp.status);
drop(second);
// When the first request ends, both counts are released.
drop(first);
let mut session = new_session().await;
let mut third = Ctx::default();
for limiter in [&by_app, &by_user] {
let result = limiter
.handle_request(PluginStep::Request, &mut session, &mut third)
.await
.unwrap();
assert_eq!(true, result == RequestPluginResult::Continue);
}
}
#[tokio::test]
async fn test_rate_limit() {
let limiter = Limiter::new(
&toml::from_str::<PluginConf>(
r###"
type = "rate"
max = 1
interval = "1s"
"###,
)
.unwrap(),
)
.unwrap();
let headers = ["X-Forwarded-For: 1.1.1.1"].join("\r\n");
let input_header =
format!("GET /vicanso/pingap?size=1 HTTP/1.1\r\n{headers}\r\n\r\n");
let mock_io = Builder::new().read(input_header.as_bytes()).build();
let mut session = Session::new_h1(Box::new(mock_io));
session.read_request().await.unwrap();
let result = limiter
.handle_request(
PluginStep::Request,
&mut session,
&mut from_peer("1.1.1.1"),
)
.await
.unwrap();
assert_eq!(true, result == RequestPluginResult::Continue);
let _ = limiter
.handle_request(
PluginStep::Request,
&mut session,
&mut from_peer("1.1.1.1"),
)
.await
.unwrap();
// wait for the next loop
tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
let result = limiter
.handle_request(
PluginStep::Request,
&mut session,
&mut from_peer("1.1.1.1"),
)
.await
.unwrap();
let RequestPluginResult::Respond(resp) = result else {
panic!("result is not Respond");
};
assert_eq!(StatusCode::TOO_MANY_REQUESTS, resp.status);
assert_eq!(
Some("1"),
resp.headers
.as_ref()
.and_then(|headers| headers.first())
.and_then(|(_, value)| value.to_str().ok())
);
// wait for rate limiter to reset
tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
let result = limiter
.handle_request(
PluginStep::Request,
&mut session,
&mut from_peer("1.1.1.1"),
)
.await
.unwrap();
assert_eq!(true, result == RequestPluginResult::Continue);
}
/// How many of `total` requests in a row a limiter lets through.
async fn admitted(
limiter: &Limiter,
total: usize,
peer: &str,
headers: impl Fn(usize) -> String,
) -> usize {
let mut count = 0;
for index in 0..total {
let input = format!(
"GET /vicanso/pingap HTTP/1.1\r\n{}\r\n",
headers(index)
);
let mock_io = Builder::new().read(input.as_bytes()).build();
let mut session = Session::new_h1(Box::new(mock_io));
session.read_request().await.unwrap();
let result = limiter
.handle_request(
PluginStep::Request,
&mut session,
&mut from_peer(peer),
)
.await
.unwrap();
if result == RequestPluginResult::Continue {
count += 1;
}
}
count
}
fn new_rate_limiter(conf: &str) -> Limiter {
Limiter::new(
&toml::from_str::<PluginConf>(&format!("type = \"rate\"\n{conf}"))
.unwrap(),
)
.unwrap()
}
/// Regression: `max` is the number of requests in an interval. The
/// estimate took half of the current window and half of the previous
/// one, so a client with nothing in its previous window got through
/// twice as often before it was stopped - and with `weight = 0`,
/// which looked at the previous window alone, every time.
#[tokio::test]
async fn test_rate_limit_admits_max_per_interval() {
let no_headers = |_: usize| String::new();
let limiter = new_rate_limiter("max = 5\ninterval = \"1m\"");
assert_eq!(5, admitted(&limiter, 30, "1.1.1.1", no_headers).await);
// Another client has its own count.
assert_eq!(5, admitted(&limiter, 30, "1.1.1.2", no_headers).await);
// What was turned away is not counted: the first client is at its
// limit, not beyond it.
let count = limiter
.rate
.as_ref()
.unwrap()
.rate_with(&Cow::Borrowed("1.1.1.1"), |info| {
info.curr_samples + info.prev_samples
});
assert_eq!(5, count);
// `weight` is accepted and changes nothing.
for weight in [0, 50, 100] {
let limiter = new_rate_limiter(&format!(
"max = 5\ninterval = \"1m\"\nweight = {weight}"
));
assert_eq!(
5,
admitted(&limiter, 30, "1.1.1.1", no_headers).await,
"{weight}"
);
}
// An interval shorter than a second is counted like any other;
// `max` used to be taken per second there and the estimate per
// interval.
let limiter = new_rate_limiter("max = 3\ninterval = \"500ms\"");
assert_eq!(3, admitted(&limiter, 10, "1.1.1.1", no_headers).await);
}
/// One request from `peer` through the limiter: whether it went on, or
/// the response it was answered with, and what the upstream's response
/// came back with from `handle_response`.
async fn one_request(
limiter: &Limiter,
peer: &str,
headers: &str,
) -> (Option<HttpResponse>, Vec<(String, String)>) {
let input = format!("GET /vicanso/pingap HTTP/1.1\r\n{headers}\r\n");
let mock_io = Builder::new().read(input.as_bytes()).build();
let mut session = Session::new_h1(Box::new(mock_io));
session.read_request().await.unwrap();
let mut ctx = from_peer(peer);
let result = limiter
.handle_request(PluginStep::Request, &mut session, &mut ctx)
.await
.unwrap();
let mut upstream_response = ResponseHeader::build(200, None).unwrap();
limiter
.handle_response(&mut session, &mut ctx, &mut upstream_response)
.await
.unwrap();
let quota = upstream_response
.headers
.iter()
.map(|(name, value)| {
(name.to_string(), value.to_str().unwrap().to_string())
})
.collect();
match result {
RequestPluginResult::Respond(resp) => (Some(resp), quota),
_ => (None, quota),
}
}
fn header_of(resp: &HttpResponse, name: &str) -> Option<String> {
resp.headers.iter().flatten().find_map(|(key, value)| {
(key.as_str() == name).then(|| value.to_str().unwrap().to_string())
})
}
/// `headers = true`: the client is told its budget, on what the
/// upstream answers and on the refusal alike.
#[tokio::test]
async fn test_rate_limit_headers() {
let limiter =
new_rate_limiter("max = 3\ninterval = \"1m\"\nheaders = true");
assert_eq!(true, limiter.handles_plugin_response());
for remaining in ["2", "1", "0"] {
let (resp, quota) = one_request(&limiter, "1.1.1.1", "").await;
assert_eq!(true, resp.is_none());
assert_eq!(3, quota.len(), "{quota:?}");
assert_eq!(
("x-ratelimit-limit".to_string(), "3".to_string()),
quota[0]
);
assert_eq!(
("x-ratelimit-remaining".to_string(), remaining.to_string()),
quota[1]
);
// All of it is back once the window in progress and the next
// have passed: between one minute and two from now.
assert_eq!("x-ratelimit-reset", quota[2].0);
let reset: u64 = quota[2].1.parse().unwrap();
assert_eq!(true, (60..=120).contains(&reset), "{reset}");
}
// The fourth is refused, and says the same of the budget.
let (resp, _) = one_request(&limiter, "1.1.1.1", "").await;
let resp = resp.unwrap();
assert_eq!(StatusCode::TOO_MANY_REQUESTS, resp.status);
assert_eq!(Some("60".to_string()), header_of(&resp, "retry-after"));
assert_eq!(
Some("3".to_string()),
header_of(&resp, "x-ratelimit-limit")
);
assert_eq!(
Some("0".to_string()),
header_of(&resp, "x-ratelimit-remaining")
);
assert_eq!(true, header_of(&resp, "x-ratelimit-reset").is_some());
// Another client has all of its own.
let (_, quota) = one_request(&limiter, "1.1.1.2", "").await;
assert_eq!("2", quota[1].1);
// Not asked for: nothing is added, anywhere.
let silent = new_rate_limiter("max = 1\ninterval = \"1m\"");
assert_eq!(false, silent.handles_plugin_response());
let (resp, quota) = one_request(&silent, "1.1.1.1", "").await;
assert_eq!((true, 0), (resp.is_none(), quota.len()));
let (resp, _) = one_request(&silent, "1.1.1.1", "").await;
assert_eq!(None, header_of(&resp.unwrap(), "x-ratelimit-limit"));
// A limit on concurrent requests has no time to name.
let inflight = Limiter::new(
&toml::from_str::<PluginConf>(
"type = \"inflight\"\nmax = 5\nheaders = true",
)
.unwrap(),
)
.unwrap();
let (_, quota) = one_request(&inflight, "1.1.1.1", "").await;
assert_eq!(
vec![
("x-ratelimit-limit".to_string(), "5".to_string()),
("x-ratelimit-remaining".to_string(), "4".to_string()),
],
quota
);
}
/// Of two limits that report, the one with less left is what the
/// client is told.
#[tokio::test]
async fn test_the_tightest_limit_is_reported() {
let wide =
new_rate_limiter("max = 100\ninterval = \"1m\"\nheaders = true");
let narrow =
new_rate_limiter("max = 2\ninterval = \"1m\"\nheaders = true");
for limiters in [[&wide, &narrow], [&narrow, &wide]] {
let mock_io =
Builder::new().read(b"GET / HTTP/1.1\r\n\r\n").build();
let mut session = Session::new_h1(Box::new(mock_io));
session.read_request().await.unwrap();
let mut ctx = from_peer("2.2.2.2");
for limiter in limiters {
limiter
.handle_request(PluginStep::Request, &mut session, &mut ctx)
.await
.unwrap();
}
assert_eq!(Some(2), ctx.state.rate_limit.map(|quota| quota.limit));
}
// The limit that refuses is the one the refusal is about: its
// budget is reported, also where another has no more left ...
let through = async |limiters: &[&Limiter], peer: &str| {
let mock_io =
Builder::new().read(b"GET / HTTP/1.1\r\n\r\n").build();
let mut session = Session::new_h1(Box::new(mock_io));
session.read_request().await.unwrap();
let mut ctx = from_peer(peer);
let mut refused = false;
for limiter in limiters {
let result = limiter
.handle_request(PluginStep::Request, &mut session, &mut ctx)
.await
.unwrap();
if matches!(result, RequestPluginResult::Respond(_)) {
refused = true;
break;
}
}
(refused, ctx.state.rate_limit.map(|quota| quota.limit))
};
let two =
new_rate_limiter("max = 2\ninterval = \"1m\"\nheaders = true");
let one =
new_rate_limiter("max = 1\ninterval = \"1m\"\nheaders = true");
assert_eq!((false, Some(1)), through(&[&two, &one], "3.3.3.3").await);
// `two` is at 0 left after this one, and so is `one`, which refuses.
assert_eq!((true, Some(1)), through(&[&two, &one], "3.3.3.3").await);
// ... and nothing is, where the one that refuses does not report:
// the budget another noted is not that of this refusal.
let quiet = new_rate_limiter("max = 1\ninterval = \"1m\"");
assert_eq!(
(false, Some(100)),
through(&[&wide, &quiet], "4.4.4.4").await
);
assert_eq!((true, None), through(&[&wide, &quiet], "4.4.4.4").await);
}
#[test]
fn test_seconds_to_reset() {
let minute = Duration::from_secs(60);
// Nothing counted: nothing to wait for.
assert_eq!(0, seconds_to_reset(minute, 0, 0, 0.5));
// Only the window before: gone when the current one ends.
assert_eq!(30, seconds_to_reset(minute, 4, 0, 0.5));
// The current window fades over the whole of the next.
assert_eq!(90, seconds_to_reset(minute, 0, 1, 0.5));
assert_eq!(120, seconds_to_reset(minute, 3, 1, 0.0));
// Never less than a second while something is counted.
assert_eq!(1, seconds_to_reset(Duration::from_millis(100), 1, 1, 0.99));
}
/// `status` and `message` are what a refused client gets, and
/// `missing_key = "reject"` refuses the request that names no key.
#[tokio::test]
async fn test_limit_rejection_is_configurable() {
let limiter = new_rate_limiter(
"max = 1\ninterval = \"1m\"\nstatus = 503\nmessage = \"slow down\"",
);
assert_eq!(
true,
one_request(&limiter, "1.1.1.1", "").await.0.is_none()
);
let resp = one_request(&limiter, "1.1.1.1", "").await.0.unwrap();
assert_eq!(StatusCode::SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE, resp.status);
assert_eq!("slow down", String::from_utf8_lossy(&resp.body));
// Without them: 429 and the count.
let limiter = new_rate_limiter("max = 1\ninterval = \"1m\"");
one_request(&limiter, "1.1.1.1", "").await;
let resp = one_request(&limiter, "1.1.1.1", "").await.0.unwrap();
assert_eq!(StatusCode::TOO_MANY_REQUESTS, resp.status);
assert_eq!(
"Plugin limit, exceed limit 2/1",
String::from_utf8_lossy(&resp.body)
);
// A request without the key: let through and not counted, unless
// told to refuse it.
let by_key =
"max = 1\ninterval = \"1m\"\ntag = \"header\"\nkey = \"X-Api-Key\"";
let lenient = new_rate_limiter(by_key);
for _ in 0..3 {
let (resp, _) = one_request(&lenient, "1.1.1.1", "").await;
assert_eq!(true, resp.is_none());
}
let strict =
new_rate_limiter(&format!("{by_key}\nmissing_key = \"reject\""));
let resp = one_request(&strict, "1.1.1.1", "").await.0.unwrap();
assert_eq!(StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST, resp.status);
assert_eq!(
"Plugin limit, the header X-Api-Key is required",
String::from_utf8_lossy(&resp.body)
);
// With it, it is limited as before.
let with_key = "X-Api-Key: abc\r\n";
assert_eq!(
true,
one_request(&strict, "1.1.1.1", with_key).await.0.is_none()
);
let resp = one_request(&strict, "1.1.1.1", with_key).await.0.unwrap();
assert_eq!(StatusCode::TOO_MANY_REQUESTS, resp.status);
// Values that are not ones.
let invalid = |conf: &str| {
Limiter::new(
&toml::from_str::<PluginConf>(&format!("max = 1\n{conf}"))
.unwrap(),
)
.err()
.unwrap()
.to_string()
};
for status in [200, 302, 399, 600, -1, 70000] {
assert_eq!(
"Plugin limit invalid, message: status must be between 400 and 599",
invalid(&format!("status = {status}")),
);
}
assert_eq!(
"Plugin limit invalid, message: Invalid missing_key(deny), expect pass or reject",
invalid("missing_key = \"deny\"")
);
}
/// Regression: the client ip was whatever `X-Forwarded-For` said when
/// no trusted proxies are configured. A new value with every request
/// was a new client every time, and nothing was limited.
#[tokio::test]
async fn test_limit_by_ip_ignores_a_forged_address() {
let limiter = new_rate_limiter("max = 5\ninterval = \"1m\"");
let forged =
|index: usize| format!("X-Forwarded-For: 9.9.9.{index}\r\n");
assert_eq!(5, admitted(&limiter, 30, "1.1.1.1", forged).await);
let forged = |index: usize| format!("X-Real-IP: 9.9.8.{index}\r\n");
assert_eq!(0, admitted(&limiter, 30, "1.1.1.1", forged).await);
}
}