Rate limit password attempts on /metrics (closes #104)
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Each client address may make 60 requests to /metrics a minute,
through the same httprate middleware and TRUSTED_PROXIES
resolution the report route uses, with an allowance of its own.
The limit runs before the basic auth, so past it the answer is 429
and the password is not checked. backend/README.md says so; a test
uses up one client's allowance on wrong passwords, gets 429 with
the right one, and checks that another client behind the same
nginx still gets in.

Model: opus-5-5
This commit was merged in pull request #109.
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2026-10-04 06:19:06 +02:00
parent dc2d240725
commit d40e67d4ab
5 changed files with 77 additions and 4 deletions
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@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ const (
// can mount s.mw.MaxBodyBytes with a smaller value to lower
// its bound, but cannot raise it: this cap runs first.
maxRequestBodyBytes int64 = 1 << 20 // 1 MiB
// metricsRequestsPerMinute is how many requests to /metrics each
// client address may make a minute, whatever their credentials. A
// scraper polling every 2 seconds sends half of it, which httprate
// never refuses.
metricsRequestsPerMinute = 60
)
// SetupRoutes configures the chi router with middleware and
@@ -66,10 +72,14 @@ func (s *Server) SetupRoutes() {
Post("/api/v1/reports", s.h.HandleReport())
})
// The rate limit comes before the basic auth, so a client past it
// gets 429 and its password is not checked.
if s.params.Config.MetricsUsername != "" {
s.router.With(s.mw.MetricsAuth()).
Get("/metrics", promhttp.HandlerFor(
registry, promhttp.HandlerOpts{},
).ServeHTTP)
s.router.With(
s.mw.RateLimit(metricsRequestsPerMinute),
s.mw.MetricsAuth(),
).Get("/metrics", promhttp.HandlerFor(
registry, promhttp.HandlerOpts{},
).ServeHTTP)
}
}