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@melsal13 melsal13 commented May 1, 2025

What type of PR is this?
Explains the concept of rate limiting. Specifically the difference between global and local rate limiting in the context of envoy gateway.

Will move into concepts/introduction once pr #5739 is merged into main

What this PR does / why we need it:
Helps onboard new users.

Which issue(s) this PR fixes:
Fixes #5896

Release Notes: No

Signed-off-by: melsal13 <mmvsal13@gmail.com>
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All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests ✅

Project coverage is 65.82%. Comparing base (5e7df65) to head (e76e837).
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@melsal13 melsal13 marked this pull request as ready for review May 7, 2025 22:03
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- **Prevent Overload:** Protect backend services from being overwhelmed by excessive traffic.
- **Provide Security:** Mitigate abusive behavior, such as Denial of Service (DoS) attacks.
- **Ensure Fair Usage:** Enforce limits on requests from clients to ensure equitable resource use.
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Closing this pr and replacing with the following:
#6088

@melsal13 melsal13 closed this May 15, 2025
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docs: Conceptual doc for rate limiting

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