communication concurrency_error ai_generated true

Distributed rate limiter: inconsistent state across nodes

ID: communication/rate-limiter-distributed

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78%Fix Rate
82%Confidence
3Evidence
2023-01-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
any active — — —

Root Cause

Distributed rate limiting has inconsistencies between nodes.

generic

Workarounds

  1. 90% success Use Redis-based distributed rate limiter with Lua scripts
  2. 85% success Accept slight over-limit: use sliding window with eventual consistency

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Use local-only rate limiter 72% fail

    Per-node limits, aggregate exceeded

  2. Disable rate limiting on some nodes 78% fail

    Inconsistent protection