How do I stop someone from spamming "Trending Search Terms"?

Richie · February 26, 2026, 8:34am

Revisiting this in 2026

The rate_limit_search_anon_global site setting doesn’t appear to exist in 2026.

Before I go changing things that I don’t fully understand, could someone please confirm that that these are the settings I should now be editing to adjust the search rate limiting for users that are not logged in?

github.com/discourse/discourse

config/site_settings.yml

main


      
          rate_limit_search_anon_global_per_minute:
            hidden: true
            default: 150
          rate_limit_search_anon_user_per_minute:
            hidden: true
            default: 15
          rate_limit_search_anon_global_per_second:
            hidden: true
            default: 8
          rate_limit_search_anon_user_per_second:
            hidden: true
            default: 2

And do I need to rebuild the app after making these changes?

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How do I stop someone from spamming "Trending Search Terms"?

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