Support a rate-limiter on the /i endpoint
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- Elixir
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
It was requested that Lightning should be able to rate limit webhook requests.
Tell us about your idea - describe the solution you'd like.
It was also requested that this should be extensible/overridable so it is to be implemented with dependency injection.
Additional context
Rate limiters can work on a per second basis or on leaky/token bucket way. It was decided to implement one apply the latter approach.
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Research direction
Start by locating the /i endpoint and the code path that handles webhook requests. Determine how dependency injection is currently used there and define completion as an overridable rate limiter using the requested leaky- or token-bucket approach, with behavior covered by tests.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- elixir
- Domain
- api, backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100