I changed all the rate limits I could find, but still hit a limit somewhere

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Alex_Bourge is experiencing issues with API rate limits on their self-hosted Discourse server, despite configuring various rate limit settings. Users are hitting a limit of around 60 calls per minute, which is not specific to any endpoint. Alex_Bourge wants to disable all API rate limits. Falco suggests checking the nginx rate limit, which can be removed from the app.yml file. However, Alex_Bourge questions whether the nginx rate limit would return an error from a Discourse locale file. Falco notes that the issue may not be supported as Alex_Bourge is using a Bitnami install, which is not packaged or sanctioned by the Discourse team.

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These are the limits I’ve set. I’m hosting on my own server with a LOT of users (teachers and admins in many schools) interacting with it through API calls (custom frontend integrated with some other propriety software)

    - name: DISCOURSE_ENABLE_HTTPS
      value: "yes"
    - name: DISCOURSE_PRECOMPILE_ASSETS
      value: "yes"
    - name: DISCOURSE_MAX_REQS_PER_IP_MODE
      value: "none"
    - name: DISCOURSE_MAX_USER_API_REQS_PER_MINUTE
      value: "20000"
    - name: DISCOURSE_MAX_USER_API_REQS_PER_DAY
      value: "30000"
    - name: DISCOURSE_MAX_ADMIN_API_REQS_PER_MINUTE
      value: "20000"
    - name: "DISCOURSE_MAX_REQS_PER_IP_PER_MINUTE"
      value: "20000"
    - name: "DISCOURSE_MAX_REQS_PER_IP_PER_10_SECONDS"
      value: "2000"
    - name: "DISCOURSE_MAX_ASSET_REQS_PER_IP_PER_10_SECONDS"
      value: "2000"
    - name: "DISCOURSE_SKIP_PER_IP_RATE_LIMIT_TRUST_LEVEL"
      value: "0"
    - name: "DISCOURSE_MAX_ADMIN_API_REQS_PER_KEY_PER_MINUTE"
      value: "20000"
    - name: "DISCOURSE_MESSAGE_BUS_MAX_BACKLOG_SIZE"
      value: "1000"

Even with these values there’s some limit that users are hitting at around 60 calls in a minute. It is not pertaining to any specific endpoint, so it seems to be some global rate limit for the whole api in general.

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I basically want to disable all API rate limits

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Maybe you are hitting the nginx rate limit? You can remove the template for it on one of the first lines of the app.yml file.

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Would the nginx rate limit return an error from a Discourse locale file? I’m seeing the “You’ve performed this action too many times…” language.

Also this is the image I’m using: Artifact Hub

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We do not support bitnami installs here as it’s not packaged nor sanctioned by us in any way, sorry.