Rules

Create and manage rate limit rules from the dashboard.

What is a Rule?

A rule defines how many requests are allowed for a specific action within a time window. Rules are scoped to a single project.

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Creating a Rule

1. Open your project from the Projects page
2. Click the Rules tab
3. Click New Rule
4. Fill in the form:

Field	Description	Example
Name	Unique identifier, used in SDK	send_email
Limit	Max requests per window	10
Window	Duration in seconds	3600 (= 1 hour)
Algorithm	Fixed or Sliding Window	FIXED_WINDOW

5. Click Create — the rule is live immediately.

Use descriptive, snake_case names for rules. Your developers will use this string directly in code: limiter.check({ rule: "send_email" }).

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Editing a Rule

Click the edit icon (pencil) on any rule card to update its limit, window, or algorithm. The rule name cannot be changed — if you need a new name, delete and recreate it.

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Deleting a Rule

Click the delete icon (trash) on a rule card. A two-tap confirmation is required to prevent accidental deletions.

Deleting a rule will stop all enforcement for that rule name. Existing SDK calls for this rule will fail with an error.

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Searching Rules

Use the search bar at the top of the Rules tab to filter rules by name.

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Window Reference

Common window values in seconds:

Value	Meaning
1	Per second
60	Per minute
3600	Per hour
86400	Per day