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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions packages/rate-limit/README.md
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Expand Up @@ -253,6 +253,10 @@ const handler = createHandler({
})
```

A request whose handler throws is judged by the response of the error handler
that answers it. When no error handler is registered, the middleware sees no
response at all and counts the request as not successful, whatever its status.

### `store`

The `Store` to use to store the hit count for each client.
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29 changes: 28 additions & 1 deletion packages/rate-limit/src/handler.ts
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Expand Up @@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ export function createHandler(input?: OptionsInput) {
options.skipFailedRequest ||
options.skipSuccessfulRequest
) {
// a downstream throw no error handler answered reaches this
// handler as no response at all, so it cannot be judged
const wasSuccessful = response ?
options.requestWasSuccessful(event, response) :
false;
Expand All @@ -73,7 +75,32 @@ export function createHandler(input?: OptionsInput) {
(options.skipSuccessfulRequest && wasSuccessful)
) {
await options.store.decrement(key);
setRequestRateLimitInfo(event, 'remaining', Math.max(maxHits - totalHits + 1, 0));

const remaining = Math.max(maxHits - totalHits + 1, 0);
setRequestRateLimitInfo(event, 'current', totalHits - 1);
setRequestRateLimitInfo(event, 'remaining', remaining);
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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#!/bin/bash
# Inspect the store contract and implementations; do not run repository code.
fd -i 'store|type' packages/rate-limit
rg -n -C 5 --glob '*.ts' '\b(increment|decrement)\s*\(' packages/rate-limit

Repository: routup/plugins

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#!/bin/bash
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git diff --no-ext-diff --unified=30 58a755320442546e1b14c1c5fe8a8baf7e24e985 26059ac3539055178f94b71e2bf27c8268e04dee -- packages/rate-limit/src/handler.ts packages/rate-limit/src/store
printf '%s\n' '--- store interface ---'
nl -ba packages/rate-limit/src/store/type.ts
printf '%s\n' '--- memory store ---'
nl -ba packages/rate-limit/src/store/memory.ts
printf '%s\n' '--- handler ---'
nl -ba packages/rate-limit/src/handler.ts
printf '%s\n' '--- store references within package ---'
rg -n -F -- 'RateLimitStore' packages/rate-limit || test "$?" -eq 1
rg -n -F -- 'decrement(' packages/rate-limit || test "$?" -eq 1

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Calculate skipped-request quota from the post-decrement count.

When another request increments the same key before this request finishes, totalHits is stale. The decrement updates the shared count, but the handler uses that snapshot to set current and remaining. This can report an extra slot compared with the store.

Make Store.decrement return the post-decrement count atomically, then use it for both values.

🐛 Suggested fix 
diff --git a/packages/rate-limit/src/store/type.ts b/packages/rate-limit/src/store/type.ts
-     * Method to decrement a client's hit counter.
+     * Decrements a client's hit counter and returns the resulting count atomically.
...
-    decrement: (key: string) => Promise<void> | void
+    decrement: (key: string) => Promise<number> | number

diff --git a/packages/rate-limit/src/store/memory.ts b/packages/rate-limit/src/store/memory.ts
-    async decrement(key: string): Promise<void> {
+    async decrement(key: string): Promise<number> {
         const current = this.hits[key];

         if (current) this.hits[key] = current - 1;
+        return this.hits[key] ?? 0;
     }

diff --git a/packages/rate-limit/src/handler.ts b/packages/rate-limit/src/handler.ts
-                await options.store.decrement(key);
+                const totalHitsAfterDecrement = await options.store.decrement(key);

-                const remaining = Math.max(maxHits - totalHits + 1, 0);
-                setRequestRateLimitInfo(event, 'current', totalHits - 1);
+                const remaining = Math.max(maxHits - totalHitsAfterDecrement, 0);
+                setRequestRateLimitInfo(event, 'current', totalHitsAfterDecrement);
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Review comment at @packages/rate-limit/src/handler.ts around lines 107 - 109:
Update the Store.decrement contract and its implementations to atomically return
the post-decrement hit count. In the handler’s skipped-request path, use that
returned count for both the current and remaining rate-limit values instead of
the stale totalHits snapshot.

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const value = String(remaining);
event.response.headers.set(HeaderName.RATE_LIMIT_REMAINING, value);

if (!response) {
return response;
}

try {
response.headers.set(HeaderName.RATE_LIMIT_REMAINING, value);
return response;
} catch {
// the headers of a forwarded fetch() response are immutable
const headers = new Headers(response.headers);
headers.set(HeaderName.RATE_LIMIT_REMAINING, value);

return new Response(response.body, {
status: response.status,
statusText: response.statusText,
headers,
});
}
}
}

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104 changes: 100 additions & 4 deletions packages/rate-limit/test/unit/module.spec.ts
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Expand Up @@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
import {
App,
HeaderName,
createError,
defineCoreHandler,
defineErrorHandler,
} from 'routup';
import { RETRY_AGAIN_MESSAGE, rateLimit } from '../../src';

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let response = await router.fetch(createTestRequest('/'));

expect(response.headers.get(HeaderName.RATE_LIMIT_REMAINING)).toEqual('4');
expect(response.headers.get(HeaderName.RATE_LIMIT_REMAINING)).toEqual('5');

response = await router.fetch(createTestRequest('/'));

expect(response.headers.get(HeaderName.RATE_LIMIT_REMAINING)).toEqual('4');
expect(response.headers.get(HeaderName.RATE_LIMIT_REMAINING)).toEqual('5');
});

it('should be possible to skip failed responses', async () => {
Expand All @@ -70,11 +72,11 @@ describe('src/module', () => {

let response = await router.fetch(createTestRequest('/'));

expect(response.headers.get(HeaderName.RATE_LIMIT_REMAINING)).toEqual('4');
expect(response.headers.get(HeaderName.RATE_LIMIT_REMAINING)).toEqual('5');

response = await router.fetch(createTestRequest('/'));

expect(response.headers.get(HeaderName.RATE_LIMIT_REMAINING)).toEqual('4');
expect(response.headers.get(HeaderName.RATE_LIMIT_REMAINING)).toEqual('5');
});

it('should skip request', async () => {
Expand All @@ -89,4 +91,98 @@ describe('src/module', () => {
expect(response.headers.get(HeaderName.RATE_LIMIT_RESET)).toBeNull();
expect(response.headers.get(HeaderName.RETRY_AFTER)).toBeNull();
});

it('should judge a thrown error by the response of the error handler', async () => {
const router = new App();
router.use(rateLimit({
max: 1,
skipSuccessfulRequest: true,
requestWasSuccessful: (_event, response) => response.status !== 401,
}));
router.use(defineCoreHandler(() => {
throw createError({ status: 500 });
}));
router.use(defineErrorHandler((error, event) => {
event.response.status = error.status;
return error.message;
}));

let response = await router.fetch(createTestRequest('/'));
expect(response.status).toEqual(500);
expect(response.headers.get(HeaderName.RATE_LIMIT_REMAINING)).toEqual('1');

response = await router.fetch(createTestRequest('/'));
expect(response.status).toEqual(500);
});

it('should count a thrown error no error handler answered', async () => {
const router = new App();
router.use(rateLimit({
max: 1,
skipSuccessfulRequest: true,
requestWasSuccessful: (_event, response) => response.status !== 401,
}));
router.use(defineCoreHandler(() => {
throw createError({ status: 500 });
}));

let response = await router.fetch(createTestRequest('/'));
expect(response.status).toEqual(500);

response = await router.fetch(createTestRequest('/'));
expect(response.status).toEqual(429);
});

it('should count a thrown error the predicate rejects', async () => {
const router = new App();
router.use(rateLimit({
max: 1,
skipSuccessfulRequest: true,
requestWasSuccessful: (_event, response) => response.status !== 401,
}));
router.use(defineCoreHandler(() => {
throw createError({ status: 401 });
}));
router.use(defineErrorHandler((error, event) => {
event.response.status = error.status;
return error.message;
}));

let response = await router.fetch(createTestRequest('/'));
expect(response.status).toEqual(401);
expect(response.headers.get(HeaderName.RATE_LIMIT_REMAINING)).toEqual('0');

response = await router.fetch(createTestRequest('/'));
expect(response.status).toEqual(429);
});

it('should refresh the remaining header on a response with immutable headers', async () => {
const router = new App();
router.use(rateLimit({ skipSuccessfulRequest: true }));
router.use(defineCoreHandler(() => Response.redirect('http://localhost/target', 302)));

const response = await router.fetch(createTestRequest('/'));

expect(response.status).toEqual(302);
expect(response.headers.get('location')).toEqual('http://localhost/target');
expect(response.headers.get(HeaderName.RATE_LIMIT_REMAINING)).toEqual('5');
});

it('should bound concurrent failed requests by max', async () => {
const router = new App();
let reached = 0;
router.use(rateLimit({ max: 2, skipSuccessfulRequest: true }));
router.use(defineCoreHandler(async () => {
reached++;
await new Promise((resolve) => { setTimeout(resolve, 10); });
throw createError({ status: 401 });
}));

const responses = await Promise.all(
Array.from({ length: 10 }, () => router.fetch(createTestRequest('/'))),
);

expect(reached).toEqual(2);
expect(responses.filter((r) => r.status === 429)).toHaveLength(8);
});
});
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