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import Foundation
import HTTPTypes
import Hummingbird
import NIOCore
import Synchronization
/// Rejects a client's requests with `429 Too Many Requests` once they exceed a fixed-window rate limit.
///
/// Added to the routes that must not be hammered — the subscription endpoint, an unauthenticated database write — it admits up to the configured limit of
/// requests per client per window, and answers the excess with `429 Too Many Requests` and a `Retry-After` header naming the seconds until the
/// window resets.
///
/// A client is keyed by the first `X-Forwarded-For` entry when the ``Configuration`` trusts it, by the connection's remote address otherwise, and by
/// one shared bucket when neither names the client. The counters live in memory with a bounded capacity, so a flood of distinct clients cannot grow the
/// store without bound — and each instance of a multi-instance deployment enforces its own budget.
public struct RateLimitMiddleware<Context: RequestContext>: Sendable {
// MARK: Properties
/// The fixed-window request counters, keyed by client.
private let buckets: Buckets
/// The limits the middleware enforces.
private let configuration: Configuration
// MARK: Initializers
/// Creates a rate-limit middleware.
/// - Parameter configuration: the limits the middleware enforces. Defaults to a budget suited to a form endpoint: a handful of requests per
/// client per minute.
public init(
configuration: Configuration = .init()
) {
self.buckets = .init(
limit: configuration.limit,
window: configuration.window
)
self.configuration = configuration
}
}
// MARK: - RouterMiddleware
extension RateLimitMiddleware: RouterMiddleware {
// MARK: Functions
/// Passes the request down the chain while the client stays within its budget, and answers it with `429 Too Many Requests` and a `Retry-After`
/// header once it does not.
/// - Parameters:
/// - request: the incoming request.
/// - context: the context the request is resolved against.
/// - next: the next responder in the middleware chain.
/// - Returns: the downstream response, or the `429` rejection.
/// - Throws: any error thrown downstream.
public func handle(
_ request: Request,
context: Context,
next: (Request, Context) async throws -> Response
) async throws -> Response {
let admission = buckets.admit(
client(
for: request,
context: context
)
)
switch admission {
case .admitted:
return try await next(
request,
context
)
case .limited(let retryAfter):
var response = Response(status: .tooManyRequests)
response.headers[.retryAfter] = String(max(1, retryAfter.components.seconds))
return response
}
}
}
// MARK: - Helpers
private extension RateLimitMiddleware {
// MARK: Methods
/// The key identifying the requesting client: the first `X-Forwarded-For` entry when trusted, the connection's remote address otherwise, and one
/// bucket shared by every unidentifiable client when neither is known.
/// - Parameters:
/// - request: the incoming request.
/// - context: the context the request is resolved against.
/// - Returns: the client key the request is counted under.
func client(
for request: Request,
context: Context
) -> String {
if
configuration.trustForwardedFor,
let forwarded = request.headers[.xForwardedFor]?
.split(separator: ",")
.first?
.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces),
!forwarded.isEmpty
{
return forwarded
}
if let address = (context as? any RemoteAddressRequestContext)?.remoteAddress {
return address.ipAddress
?? address.description
}
return .unidentified
}
}
// MARK: - Buckets
private extension RateLimitMiddleware {
/// The outcome of asking the ``Buckets`` store to admit a request.
enum Admission {
/// The request is within the client's budget.
case admitted
/// The client exhausted its budget; the payload is the time until its window resets.
case limited(retryAfter: Duration)
}
/// The fixed-window request counters, keyed by client.
///
/// The counters sit behind a mutex rather than an actor: an admission is a handful of dictionary operations, so the lock is held only briefly and the
/// calling task never suspends — requests skip the executor hop an actor would add on every pass through the middleware.
final class Buckets: Sendable {
// MARK: Properties
/// The maximum number of clients tracked at once, bounding the store's memory.
private let capacity: Int
/// The per-client counters: the start of the client's current window and its request count.
private let counters: Mutex<[String: (start: ContinuousClock.Instant, count: Int)]>
/// The number of requests admitted per client per ``window``.
private let limit: Int
/// The length of the fixed window the ``limit`` applies to.
private let window: Duration
// MARK: Initializers
/// Creates a counter store.
/// - Parameters:
/// - limit: the number of requests admitted per client per window.
/// - window: the length of the fixed window the limit applies to.
/// - capacity: the maximum number of clients tracked at once.
init(
limit: Int,
window: Duration,
capacity: Int = 10_000
) {
self.capacity = capacity
self.counters = .init([:])
self.limit = limit
self.window = window
}
// MARK: Functions
/// Counts a request against the client's current window and admits it while the count stays within the limit.
/// - Parameter client: the key the request is counted under.
/// - Returns: the admission outcome.
func admit(
_ client: String
) -> Admission {
let now = ContinuousClock.now
return counters.withLock { counters in
if let counter = counters[client], now < counter.start.advanced(by: window) {
guard counter.count < limit else {
return .limited(retryAfter: now.duration(to: counter.start.advanced(by: window)))
}
counters[client] = (counter.start, counter.count + 1)
return .admitted
}
makeRoom(
in: &counters,
at: now
)
counters[client] = (now, 1)
return .admitted
}
}
// MARK: Methods
/// Keeps the store within its capacity before a new client is tracked: expired windows are dropped first, and when the store remains full, the
/// oldest live windows are evicted in one batch — a tenth of the capacity — so the sort that finds them runs once per batch of admissions
/// instead of once per request while a flood of distinct clients keeps the store full.
/// - Parameters:
/// - counters: the counters the room is made in.
/// - now: the instant the expiry is evaluated against.
private func makeRoom(
in counters: inout [String: (start: ContinuousClock.Instant, count: Int)],
at now: ContinuousClock.Instant
) {
guard counters.count >= capacity else {
return
}
counters = counters.filter {
now < $0.value.start.advanced(by: window)
}
let headroom = max(1, capacity / 10)
let excess = counters.count - (capacity - headroom)
guard excess > 0 else {
return
}
let oldest = counters
.sorted { $0.value.start < $1.value.start }
.prefix(excess)
for counter in oldest {
counters.removeValue(forKey: counter.key)
}
}
}
}
// MARK: - Configuration
extension RateLimitMiddleware {
/// The limits a ``RateLimitMiddleware`` enforces.
public struct Configuration: Sendable {
// MARK: Properties
/// The number of requests admitted per client per ``window``.
public let limit: Int
/// Whether a client is keyed by the first `X-Forwarded-For` entry.
///
/// Enable it only behind a reverse proxy that sets the header — there, the connection's own address would name the proxy for every visitor,
/// sharing one budget across all of them. On a directly reachable server the header is client-supplied, so trusting it lets a client forge fresh keys
/// at will.
public let trustForwardedFor: Bool
/// The length of the fixed window the ``limit`` applies to.
public let window: Duration
// MARK: Initializers
/// Creates a rate-limit configuration.
/// - Parameters:
/// - limit: the number of requests admitted per client per window.
/// - window: the length of the fixed window the limit applies to.
/// - trustForwardedFor: whether a client is keyed by the first `X-Forwarded-For` entry.
public init(
limit: Int = .RateLimit.limit,
window: Duration = .seconds(Int.RateLimit.window),
trustForwardedFor: Bool = false
) {
self.limit = limit
self.trustForwardedFor = trustForwardedFor
self.window = window
}
}
}
// MARK: - String+Constants
private extension String {
/// The bucket shared by every client the middleware cannot identify.
static let unidentified = "unidentified"
}