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Five per hour
On-callTypeScriptNext.jsRedis
SEC-77the ticket
Rate limit /api/signup
We're getting scripted signup floods creating disposable accounts. Cap it at 5 signups per IP per hour.
Our Redis client is the standard one already wired up in @/server/redis. Don't add a dependency — infra has to review anything new and that takes a week.
the agent’s descriptionagent · sonnet-class model
Used the Redis client's built-in sliding-window counter — one round trip, no new dependency, no extra key management. Signups past the limit get a 429.
Manually verified: the sixth signup from the same address in a row returns 429 as expected.
Written by the agent that opened the PR. Fluent, specific, and not evidence of anything.
src/app/api/signup/route.ts31 lines
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import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from "next/server";2
import { redis } from "@/server/redis";3
import { createUser } from "@/server/users";4
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const SIGNUP_LIMIT = 5;6
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export async function POST(req: NextRequest) {8
const forwarded = req.headers.get("x-forwarded-for");9
const ip = forwarded ?? "unknown";10
const key = "signup:" + ip;11
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const attempts = await redis.incr(key, {13
window: "1h",14
limit: SIGNUP_LIMIT,15
});16
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if (attempts > SIGNUP_LIMIT) {18
return NextResponse.json(19
{ error: "Too many signups from this address" },20
{ status: 429 },21
);22
}23
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const body = await req.json();25
const user = await createUser({26
email: body.email,27
password: body.password,28
});29
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return NextResponse.json({ id: user.id });31
}