Glossary term
What is rate limiting (Rate limiting (429, Retry-After))?
rate limiting stands for Rate limiting (429, Retry-After).
Refusing a client that sends too many requests in a time window, with status 429 and a Retry-After header.
Learn it properly · Security for DevelopersLesson 7: APIs and Servers: SSRF, File Uploads, Rate Limits and MisconfigurationServer-side request forgery, unsafe file uploads, missing rate limits, verbose errors, CORS mistakes and the OWASP API Top 10, each with a small example and a fix.