smallwebwaf/internal/ratelimit/ratelimit_test.go

package ratelimit_test

import (
	"net/netip"
	"testing"
	"time"

	"sneak.berlin/go/smallwebwaf/internal/ratelimit"
)

// limit is the limit the tests set.
const limit = 3

// The windows, as Count names them.
const (
	minute = "minute"
	hour   = "hour"
)

func TestEachWindowRefusesAtItsLimitAndLetsTheClientBack(t *testing.T) {
	t.Parallel()

	for _, tc := range []struct {
		window string
		limits ratelimit.Limits
		length time.Duration
	}{
		{minute, ratelimit.Limits{PerMinute: limit}, time.Minute},
		{hour, ratelimit.Limits{PerHour: limit}, time.Hour},
		{"day", ratelimit.Limits{PerDay: limit}, 24 * time.Hour},
	} {
		t.Run(tc.window, func(t *testing.T) {
			t.Parallel()

			limiter := ratelimit.New(tc.limits)
			client := netip.MustParsePrefix("203.0.113.9/32")
			start := midnight()
			quarter := tc.length / 4

			for range limit {
				wantCount(t, limiter, client, start, "")
			}

			wantCount(t, limiter, client, start, tc.window)

			// A quarter into the next bucket, the window still covers three
			// quarters of the bucket before, with its four requests: 3 + 1
			// is over the limit.
			wantCount(t, limiter, client, start.Add(tc.length+quarter), tc.window)

			// Three quarters into it, a quarter: 1 + 2 is within.
			wantCount(t, limiter, client, start.Add(tc.length+3*quarter), "")
		})
	}
}

func TestClientBackAfterAWholeBucketIsWithinTheLimitAtOnce(t *testing.T) {
	t.Parallel()

	limiter := ratelimit.New(ratelimit.Limits{PerHour: limit})
	client := netip.MustParsePrefix("203.0.113.9/32")
	start := midnight()

	for range limit {
		wantCount(t, limiter, client, start, "")
	}

	wantCount(t, limiter, client, start, hour)

	// No request in the whole next bucket, so a quarter into the one after
	// it the window covers none of the four requests: 1 is within the
	// limit. Were they counted as the bucket before, 3 + 1 would be over.
	wantCount(t, limiter, client, start.Add(2*time.Hour+time.Hour/4), "")
}

func TestRefusedRequestsCount(t *testing.T) {
	t.Parallel()

	limiter := ratelimit.New(ratelimit.Limits{PerMinute: limit, PerHour: 2 * limit})
	refused := netip.MustParsePrefix("203.0.113.9/32")
	within := netip.MustParsePrefix("203.0.113.10/32")
	start := midnight()

	for range limit {
		wantCount(t, limiter, refused, start, "")
		wantCount(t, limiter, within, start, "")
	}

	for range limit {
		wantCount(t, limiter, refused, start, minute)
	}

	// Half a minute into the next bucket the window covers half of the
	// bucket before: 3 + 1 is over the minute's limit for the client
	// whose three refused requests count, and 1.5 + 1 within it for the
	// other. The first is over the hour's limit too, and the shorter
	// window is named.
	halfway := start.Add(time.Minute + time.Minute/2)
	wantCount(t, limiter, refused, halfway, minute)
	wantCount(t, limiter, within, halfway, "")

	// The refused requests count in the hour as well: 6 + 1 + 1 is over
	// its limit, and 3 + 1 + 1 within it.
	later := start.Add(10 * time.Minute)
	wantCount(t, limiter, refused, later, hour)
	wantCount(t, limiter, within, later, "")
}

func TestRequestCountedLateGoesInTheBucketUnderWay(t *testing.T) {
	t.Parallel()

	limiter := ratelimit.New(ratelimit.Limits{PerMinute: limit})
	client := netip.MustParsePrefix("203.0.113.9/32")
	start := midnight()

	for range limit {
		wantCount(t, limiter, client, start, "")
	}

	// A concurrent request dated a moment before the bucket under way, but
	// counted after it began, is counted in it: 3 + 1 is over the limit.
	wantCount(t, limiter, client, start.Add(-time.Millisecond), minute)
}

func TestClockSetBackStartsTheBucketsAfresh(t *testing.T) {
	t.Parallel()

	limiter := ratelimit.New(ratelimit.Limits{PerHour: limit})
	client := netip.MustParsePrefix("203.0.113.9/32")
	start := midnight()

	for range limit {
		wantCount(t, limiter, client, start, "")
	}

	// Half an hour into the next bucket: 3 / 2 + 1 is within the limit.
	wantCount(t, limiter, client, start.Add(time.Hour+time.Hour/2), "")

	// The clock is set back an hour. Counted in the bucket under way, the
	// next request would find the bucket before it at full weight, 3 + 2,
	// over the limit until the clock caught up. The buckets start afresh
	// instead, and the client is refused only past the limit again.
	setBack := start.Add(time.Hour / 2)
	for range limit {
		wantCount(t, limiter, client, setBack, "")
	}

	wantCount(t, limiter, client, setBack, hour)
}

func TestKeepsAtMost20000ClientsDroppingTheLeastRecentlySeen(t *testing.T) {
	t.Parallel()

	const maxClients = 20000

	limiter := ratelimit.New(ratelimit.Limits{PerMinute: 1})
	now := midnight()

	clients := make([]netip.Prefix, maxClients+1)
	addr := netip.MustParseAddr("10.0.0.0")

	for i := range clients {
		clients[i] = netip.PrefixFrom(addr, addr.BitLen())
		addr = addr.Next()
	}

	for _, client := range clients[:maxClients] {
		wantCount(t, limiter, client, now, "")
	}

	// The first client is seen again: its second request is over the
	// limit of one, so it is still counted.
	wantCount(t, limiter, clients[0], now, minute)

	// One client more drops the least recently seen, the second, which
	// starts afresh, while the first is kept.
	wantCount(t, limiter, clients[maxClients], now, "")
	wantCount(t, limiter, clients[1], now, "")
	wantCount(t, limiter, clients[0], now, minute)
}

// midnight is the start of a bucket in every window.
func midnight() time.Time {
	return time.Date(2026, 10, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
}

// wantCount counts a request from client at now, and checks the window
// whose limit it goes over, "" for none.
func wantCount(
	t *testing.T, limiter *ratelimit.Limiter, client netip.Prefix, now time.Time,
	want string,
) {
	t.Helper()

	got := limiter.Count(client, now)
	if got != want {
		t.Errorf("request from %s at %s is over %q, want %q",
			client, now.Format(time.RFC3339), got, want)
	}
}