Refactor ActionController::RateLimiting to use AS::Cache

Given that the limiter implementation provided by Kredis is a simple
increment with a limit, all `ActiveSupport::Cache` already provide that
same capability, with a wide range of backing stores, and not just Redis.

This even allow to use SolidCache has a backend if you so desire.

If we feel particularly fancy, we could also accept a more generic
limiter interface to better allow users to swap the implementation
for better algorithms such as leaky-bucket etc.

Author: byroot

Gemfile

@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ else
   gem "rack", git: "https://github.com/rack/rack.git", branch: "main"
 end
 
-gem "kredis", ">= 1.7.0", require: false
 gem "useragent", require: false
 
 # Active Job

Gemfile.lock

@@ -299,10 +299,6 @@ GEM
       rexml
     kramdown-parser-gfm (1.1.0)
       kramdown (~> 2.0)
-    kredis (1.7.0)
-      activemodel (>= 6.0.0)
-      activesupport (>= 6.0.0)
-      redis (>= 4.2, < 6)
     language_server-protocol (3.17.0.3)
     libxml-ruby (5.0.0)
     listen (3.8.0)
@@ -611,7 +607,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   jbuilder
   jsbundling-rails
   json (>= 2.0.0, != 2.7.0)
-  kredis (>= 1.7.0)
   libxml-ruby
   listen (~> 3.3)
   mdl (!= 0.13.0)

actionpack/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
     *DHH*
 
-*   Add rate limiting API using Redis and the [Kredis limiter type](https://github.com/rails/kredis/blob/main/lib/kredis/types/limiter.rb).
+*   Add rate limiting API.
 
     ```ruby
     class SessionsController < ApplicationController
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     end
     ```
 
-    *DHH*
+    *DHH*, *Jean Boussier*
 
 *   Add `image/svg+xml` to the compressible content types of ActionDispatch::Static
 

actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/rate_limiting.rb

@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ module ClassMethods
       # Requests that exceed the rate limit are refused with a <tt>429 Too Many Requests</tt> response. You can specialize this by passing a callable
       # in the <tt>with:</tt> parameter. It's evaluated within the context of the controller processing the request.
       #
+      # Rate limiting relies on a backing <tt>ActiveSupport::Cache</tt> store and defaults to <tt>config.action_controller.cache_store</tt>, which
+      # itself default to the global `config.cache_store`. If you don't want to store rate limits in the same datastore than your general caches
+      # you can pass a custom store in the <tt>store</tt> parameter.
+      #
       # Examples:
       #
       #   class SessionsController < ApplicationController
@@ -26,38 +30,24 @@ module ClassMethods
       #       by: -> { request.domain }, with: -> { redirect_to busy_controller_url, alert: "Too many signups on domain!" }, only: :new
       #   end
       #
-      # Note: Rate limiting relies on the application having an accessible Redis server and on Kredis 1.7.0+ being available in the bundle.
-      # This uses the Kredis limiter type underneath, which is failsafe, so in case Redis is inaccessible, the rate limit will not refuse action execution.
-      def rate_limit(to:, within:, by: -> { request.remote_ip }, with: -> { head :too_many_requests }, **options)
-        require_compatible_kredis
-        before_action -> { rate_limiting(to: to, within: within, by: by, with: with) }, **options
+      #   class APIController < ApplicationController
+      #     RATE_LIMIT_STORE = ActiveSupport::Cache::RedisCacheStore.new(url: ENV["REDIS_URL"])
+      #     rate_limit to: 10, within: 3.minutes, store: RATE_LIMIT_STORE
+      #   end
+      #
+      # TODO Note
+      def rate_limit(to:, within:, by: -> { request.remote_ip }, with: -> { head :too_many_requests }, store: cache_store, **options)
+        before_action -> { rate_limiting(to: to, within: within, by: by, with: with, store: store) }, **options
       end
-
-      private
-        def require_compatible_kredis
-          require "kredis"
-
-          if Kredis::VERSION < "1.7.0"
-            raise StandardError, \
-              "Rate limiting requires Kredis 1.7.0+. Please update by calling `bundle update kredis`."
-          end
-        rescue LoadError
-          raise LoadError, \
-            "Rate limiting requires Redis and Kredis. " +
-            "Please ensure you have Redis installed on your system and the Kredis gem in your Gemfile."
-        end
     end
 
     private
-      def rate_limiting(to:, within:, by:, with:)
-        limiter = Kredis.limiter "rate-limit:#{controller_path}:#{instance_exec(&by)}", limit: to, expires_in: within
-
-        if limiter.exceeded?
+      def rate_limiting(to:, within:, by:, with:, store:)
+        count = store.increment("rate-limit:#{controller_path}:#{instance_exec(&by)}", 1, expires_in: within)
+        if count && count > to
           ActiveSupport::Notifications.instrument("rate_limit.action_controller", request: request) do
             instance_exec(&with)
           end
-        else
-          limiter.poke
         end
       end
   end

actionpack/test/controller/rate_limiting_test.rb

@@ -1,17 +1,9 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 require "abstract_unit"
-require "kredis"
-
-Kredis.configurator = Class.new do
-  def config_for(name) { db: "2" } end
-  def root() Pathname.new(Dir.pwd) end
-end.new
-
-# Enable Kredis logging
-# ActiveSupport::LogSubscriber.logger = ActiveSupport::Logger.new(STDOUT)
 
 class RateLimitedController < ActionController::Base
+  self.cache_store = ActiveSupport::Cache::MemoryStore.new
   rate_limit to: 2, within: 2.seconds, by: -> { Thread.current[:redis_test_seggregation] }, only: :limited_to_two
 
   def limited_to_two
@@ -29,7 +21,7 @@ class RateLimitingTest < ActionController::TestCase
 
   setup do
     Thread.current[:redis_test_seggregation] = Random.hex(10)
-    Kredis.counter("rate-limit:rate_limited:#{Thread.current[:redis_test_seggregation]}").del
+    RateLimitedController.cache_store.clear
   end
 
   test "exceeding basic limit" do
@@ -46,9 +38,10 @@ class RateLimitingTest < ActionController::TestCase
     get :limited_to_two
     assert_response :ok
 
-    sleep 3
-    get :limited_to_two
-    assert_response :ok
+    travel_to Time.now + 3.seconds do
+      get :limited_to_two
+      assert_response :ok
+    end
   end
 
   test "limited with" do