# Understanding client\_id in the message bus

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-client-id-in-the-message-bus/304545>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [April 19, 2024, 12:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-client-id-in-the-message-bus/304545 "2024-04-19T00:16:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mudit\_Maheshwari](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mudit_maheshwari/32/331278_2.png) [@Mudit\_Maheshwari](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mudit_Maheshwari)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-client-id-in-the-message-bus/304545/4 "2024-04-19T18:34:35Z")

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To give some more context, we observer a high number of message-bus poll calls on our discourse hosting. Wanted to check whether there’s any correlation between client IDs and current users. If such a connection exists, it could help us identify patterns and define effective rate limiting rules to manage the traffic.

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