# Application limits development

This document provides a development guide for contributors to add application
limits to GitLab.

## Documentation

First of all, you have to gather information and decide which are the different
limits that will be set for the different GitLab tiers. You also need to
coordinate with others to [document](../administration/instance_limits.md)
and communicate those limits.

There is a guide about [introducing application
limits](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/product/#introducing-application-limits).

## Development

The merge request to [configure maximum number of webhooks per
project](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/20730/diffs) is a
good example about configuring application limits.

### Insert database plan limits

In the `plan_limits` table, you have to create a new column and insert the
limit values. It's recommended to create separate migration script files.

1. Add new column to the `plan_limits` table with non-null default value 0, eg:

    ```ruby
    add_column(:plan_limits, :project_hooks, :integer, default: 0, null: false)
    ```

    NOTE: **Note:** Plan limits entries set to `0` mean that limits are not
    enabled.

1. Insert plan limits values into the database using
   `create_or_update_plan_limit` migration helper, eg:

    ```ruby
    create_or_update_plan_limit('project_hooks', 'free', 10)
    create_or_update_plan_limit('project_hooks', 'bronze', 20)
    create_or_update_plan_limit('project_hooks', 'silver', 30)
    create_or_update_plan_limit('project_hooks', 'gold', 100)
    ```

### Plan limits validation

#### Get current limit

Access to the current limit can be done through the project or the namespace,
eg:

```ruby
project.actual_limits.project_hooks
```

#### Check current limit

There is one method `PlanLimits#exceeded?` to check if the current limit is
being exceeded. You can use either an `ActiveRecord` object or an `Integer`.

Ensures that the count of the records does not exceed the defined limit, eg:

```ruby
project.actual_limits.exceeded?(:project_hooks, ProjectHook.where(project: project))
```

Ensures that the number does not exceed the defined limit, eg:

```ruby
project.actual_limits.exceeded?(:project_hooks, 10)
```

#### `Limitable` concern

The [`Limitable` concern](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/blob/master/ee/app/models/concerns/ee/limitable.rb)
can be used to validate that a model does not exceed the limits. It ensures
that the count of the records for the current model does not exceed the defined
limit.

NOTE: **Note:** The name (pluralized) of the plan limit introduced in the
database (`project_hooks`) must correspond to the name of the model we are
validating (`ProjectHook`).

```ruby
class ProjectHook
  include Limitable
end
```