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# [How Redis rate limiters fail under load, measured](https://yashrsuthar.hashnode.dev/how-redis-rate-limiters-fail-under-load-measured?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

8 Redis rate limiters, 3,853 trials: check-then-act let 29% too much through, WATCH refused 42% of good traffic, caller clocks broke token buckets.

Oct 19 · 4 min read · yashrsuthar.hashnode.dev  
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