Re: [gentoo-project] [Bugzilla] IP-based limits

[Raymond Jennings]

On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 11:40 AM Alec Warner <antarus@g.o> wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 11:24 AM Tomas Mozes <hydrapolic@×××××.com> wrote:
>
>> On Wednesday, August 12, 2020, Alec Warner <antarus@g.o> wrote:
>> > Bugzilla now has connection limits per IP. I won't say what the limit
>> is, but if you are crawling bugzilla or using automated tools from a single
>> source IP you may hit the limit and receive 503's for requests over the
>> limit.
>> > This may be a particular problem for users behind things like carrier
>> grade NAT (where many users are multiplexed through a single egress IP.)
>> However we have seen numerous slowdowns from bot traffic and this is a
>> relatively straightforward change to make on our end. If you believe you
>> are being unfairly limited / blocked, please reach out to
>> infra@g.o.
>> > Thanks,
>> > -A
>>
>> Wouldn't 429 be more appropriate?
>>
>
> The limiter doesn't support this, sorry.
>

For the curious, who wrote the limiter?  Is it an upstream feature provided
by the bugzilla maintainers?


> -A
>
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>> Tomas
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