Local rate limit

• Local rate limiting architecture overview

• v2 API reference

• This filter should be configured with the name envoy.filters.network.local_ratelimit.

Note

Global rate limiting is also supported via the global rate limit filter.

Overview

The local rate limit filter applies a token bucket rate limit to incoming connections that are processed by the filter’s filter chain. Each connection processed by the filter utilizes a single token, and if no tokens are available, the connection will be immediately closed without further filter iteration.

Note

In the current implementation each filter and filter chain has an independent rate limit.

Statistics

Every configured local rate limit filter has statistics rooted at local_ratelimit.. with the following statistics:

Runtime

The local rate limit filter can be runtime feature flagged via the enabled configuration field.