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Protected paths (FREE SELF)
Rate limiting is a common technique used to improve the security and durability of a web application. For more details, see Rate limits.
GitLab rate limits the following paths with Rack Attack by default:
'/users/password',
'/users/sign_in',
'/api/#{API::API.version}/session.json',
'/api/#{API::API.version}/session',
'/users',
'/users/confirmation',
'/unsubscribes/',
'/import/github/personal_access_token',
'/admin/session'
GitLab responds with HTTP status code 429 to POST requests at protected paths
that exceed 10 requests per minute per IP address.
See User and IP rate limits for the headers responded to blocked requests.
For example, the following are limited to a maximum 10 requests per minute:
- User sign-in
- User sign-up (if enabled)
- User password reset
After 10 requests, the client must wait 60 seconds before it can try again.
Configure using GitLab UI
Introduced in GitLab 12.4.
Throttling of protected paths is enabled by default and can be disabled or customized on Admin > Network > Protected Paths, along with these options:
- Maximum number of requests per period per user.
- Rate limit period in seconds.
- Paths to be protected.
Requests over the rate limit are logged into auth.log.