fastapi-traffic/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to fastapi-traffic will be documented here.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[Unreleased]

Added

• get_stats() method to MemoryBackend for consistency with RedisBackend
• Comprehensive test suite with 134 tests covering:
  • All five rate limiting algorithms with timing and concurrency tests
  • Backend tests for Memory and SQLite with edge cases
  • Decorator and middleware integration tests
  • Exception handling and configuration validation
  • End-to-end integration tests with FastAPI apps
• httpx and pytest-asyncio as dev dependencies for testing

Changed

• Improved documentation in README.md and DEVELOPMENT.md
• Added asyncio_default_fixture_loop_scope config for pytest-asyncio compatibility

[0.1.0] - 2025-01-09

Initial release.

Added

• Core rate limiting with @rate_limit decorator
• Five algorithms: Token Bucket, Sliding Window, Fixed Window, Leaky Bucket, Sliding Window Counter
• Three storage backends: Memory (default), SQLite (persistent), Redis (distributed)
• Middleware support for global rate limiting via RateLimitMiddleware
• Dependency injection support with RateLimitDependency
• Custom key extractors for flexible rate limit grouping (by IP, API key, user, etc.)
• Configurable exemptions with exempt_when callback
• Rate limit headers (X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, X-RateLimit-Reset)
• RateLimitExceeded exception with retry_after and limit_info
• Full async support throughout
• Strict type hints (pyright/mypy compatible)
• Redis backend with Lua scripts for atomic operations
• SQLite backend with WAL mode and connection pooling
• Memory backend with LRU eviction and TTL cleanup