AO3-7264 Allow different rate limits based on the current user #5543
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Bilka2
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| RATE_LIMIT_SAFELIST: ["127.0.0.0/8", "10.0.0.0/8"] | ||
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| # Used by Rails controller rate_limit, periods are measured in seconds |
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We can tell if we think a user is a bot or not based on the bot score, do you think we should have different rate limits for bots ?
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Issue
https://otwarchive.atlassian.net/browse/AO3-7264
Purpose
Use Rails' new rate limiting to apply commenting rate limits based on the current user.
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Bilka