hybrid quota-linear rate limiter

https://dotat.at/@/2026-01-12-hqlr.html A while back I wrote about the linear rate limit algorithms leaky bucket and GCRA . Since then I have been vexed by how common it is to implement rate limiting using complicated and wasteful algorithms ( for example ). But linear (and exponential ) rate limiters have a disadvantage: they can be slow to throttle clients whose request rate is above the limit…