# 429 too many requests

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/429-too-many-requests/128350>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [September 12, 2019, 1:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/429-too-many-requests/128350 "2019-09-12T01:08:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/429-too-many-requests/128350/4 "2019-09-12T18:20:45Z")

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I believe the nginx inside the Discourse container is using the ELB IP for the rate limiting bucket instead of the original client IP.

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