nginx config_error ai_generated true

limit_req: zone is too small

ID: nginx/limit-req-zone-error

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82%Fix Rate
86%Confidence
3Evidence
2023-01-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
1 active — — —

Root Cause

Rate limiting shared memory zone too small for traffic.

generic

Workarounds

  1. 90% success Increase zone size: limit_req_zone zone=one:20m rate=10r/s
  2. 88% success Use instead of to save memory

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Disable rate limiting 82% fail

    No protection against abuse

  2. Set zone to huge size 72% fail

    Wasted shared memory