sveltejs / sveltejs/kit

[Feature Request] Default/Easy Rate Limit strategy on all API routes

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Description

Describe the problem

rate limiting is a basic security problem that is left up to the developer. but it really shouldn't be, particularly for a backend/fullstack framework.

not handling this by default makes sveltekit apps with any significant api/backend calls extremely prone to Denial of Service/Denial of Wallet attacks out of the box.

Describe the proposed solution

it should be as easy as it is in comparable ecosystems:

Alternatives considered

do nothing, almost guarantee nobody is doing this well if at all

Importance

nice to have

Additional Information

the next obvious need will be to document/pave the path of how to do the rate limiting on a per user or per team basis while letting other users/teams proceed

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reviewing how SvelteKit API routes are handled and compare the Rails and Django rate-limiting approaches linked in the issue. Define the default strategy, configuration surface, and per-user or per-team path; done requires an agreed implementation scope and coverage for all API routes.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
api, backend, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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