rate-limiting
Pass
Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Oct 16, 2026
Risk Level: SAFE
Full Analysis
- [SAFE]: The skill contains standard pedagogical implementations of common rate-limiting algorithms, including Fixed Window, Sliding Window, and Token Bucket. The provided Python classes and FastAPI middleware follow established software engineering patterns for protecting APIs from abuse.
- [SAFE]: The Redis-based distributed rate limiting implementation uses standard
redis-pypipeline operations and atomic increments, which is a common and secure pattern for managing shared state across multiple application instances. - [SAFE]: The skill demonstrates security best practices by recommending tiered limits, appropriate HTTP headers (X-RateLimit, Retry-After), and graceful error handling for rate-limited clients.
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