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Adds a credit method that restores capacity back to a rate limit. The capacity is capped at the rate limit's rate or capacity, and any excess credit is discarded. Credit updates are enqueued when using applyUpdates: "asynchronously".

For sharded rate limits, crediting fills up the emptiest shards first. This does read and write all shards, so I added a note to the README.md calling this out (reset has the same issue).

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Adds a rateLimiter.credit(...) API that restores capacity consumed by a rate limit. Synchronous configurations apply credits through sharded updates that fill the emptiest shards first and cap each shard at capacity. Asynchronous configurations enqueue credit updates for the worker. The worker applies credits as negative consumption and enforces the capacity cap. Validation, public types, documentation, and tests cover both update modes, keys, defaults, negative counts, and batching.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant RateLimiter
  participant creditRateLimit
  participant Worker
  participant rateLimits
  Client->>RateLimiter: credit(name, options)
  alt synchronous configuration
    RateLimiter->>creditRateLimit: apply credit
    creditRateLimit->>rateLimits: patch sharded records
  else asynchronous configuration
    RateLimiter->>Worker: enqueue credit update
    Worker->>rateLimits: apply capped credit
  end
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Change: Feature · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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Async callers can accidentally turn a refund into additional rate-limit consumption, contrary to the API contract. The new worker behavior also persists state for no-op refunds. Fix these before merging.

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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Issue #44 requires a documented credit or refund operation for reserve-then-settle workflows. The PR adds the documented RateLimiter.credit() API and the creditRateLimit mutation. The implementati…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changed files support Issue #44. The client, shared types, component, worker, tests, README, and changelog changes implement, validate, document, or verify the credit/refund operation. No unrelate…
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: adding a credit API that restores rate-limit capacity.
Description check ✅ Passed The description directly explains the new credit method, capacity limits, asynchronous updates, shard behavior, and documentation changes.
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<file name="src/component/worker.ts">

<violation number="1" location="src/component/worker.ts:105">
P2: When an asynchronous credit receives a negative `count`, this expression turns it into positive consumption. Reject negative credits before enqueueing, with a defensive validation in the worker as well.</violation>
</file>

<file name="README.md">

<violation number="1" location="README.md:199">
P2: When `used` exceeds `reserved`, this example passes a negative count and `credit` throws. Clamp the unused amount to zero or document that `reserved` must be at least `used`.</violation>
</file>

<file name="src/component/internal.ts">

<violation number="1" location="src/component/internal.ts:152">
P2: When `config.shards` is non-positive after defaulting, `creditRateLimitSharded` silently succeeds without restoring capacity instead of rejecting the invalid configuration. Apply the same positive-shard validation used by `checkRateLimitSharded` before calling `shardConfig`.</violation>
</file>

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update.config,
now,
update.count,
update.kind === "credit" ? -update.count : update.count,

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P2: When an asynchronous credit receives a negative count, this expression turns it into positive consumption. Reject negative credits before enqueueing, with a defensive validation in the worker as well.

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<comment>When an asynchronous credit receives a negative `count`, this expression turns it into positive consumption. Reject negative credits before enqueueing, with a defensive validation in the worker as well.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -96,13 +96,19 @@ export const processBatch = internalMutation({
         update.config,
         now,
-        update.count,
+        update.kind === "credit" ? -update.count : update.count,
       );
-      state.next = { value, ts };
</file context>

Comment thread README.md
await rateLimiter.credit(ctx, "sendMessage", { key: userId });

// Credit a custom count, e.g. to settle a reservation made up-front.
await rateLimiter.credit(ctx, "llmTokens", { count: reserved - used });

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P2: When used exceeds reserved, this example passes a negative count and credit throws. Clamp the unused amount to zero or document that reserved must be at least used.

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<comment>When `used` exceeds `reserved`, this example passes a negative count and `credit` throws. Clamp the unused amount to zero or document that `reserved` must be at least `used`.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -186,6 +186,26 @@ await rateLimiter.limit(ctx, "failedLogins", { key: userId, throws: true });
+await rateLimiter.credit(ctx, "sendMessage", { key: userId });
+
+// Credit a custom count, e.g. to settle a reservation made up-front.
+await rateLimiter.credit(ctx, "llmTokens", { count: reserved - used });
+```
+
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await rateLimiter.credit(ctx, "llmTokens", { count: reserved - used });
await rateLimiter.credit(ctx, "llmTokens", { count: Math.max(0, reserved - used) });

Comment thread src/component/internal.ts
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}
const unshardedConfig = configWithDefaults(args.config);
const { shards } = unshardedConfig;

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P2: When config.shards is non-positive after defaulting, creditRateLimitSharded silently succeeds without restoring capacity instead of rejecting the invalid configuration. Apply the same positive-shard validation used by checkRateLimitSharded before calling shardConfig.

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<comment>When `config.shards` is non-positive after defaulting, `creditRateLimitSharded` silently succeeds without restoring capacity instead of rejecting the invalid configuration. Apply the same positive-shard validation used by `checkRateLimitSharded` before calling `shardConfig`.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -127,6 +128,53 @@ async function checkRateLimitSharded(
+    );
+  }
+  const unshardedConfig = configWithDefaults(args.config);
+  const { shards } = unshardedConfig;
+  const config = shardConfig(unshardedConfig, shards);
+  const max = config.capacity ?? config.rate;
</file context>
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const { shards } = unshardedConfig;
const { shards } = unshardedConfig;
if (shards <= 0) {
throw new Error("Shards must be a positive number");
}

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In `@src/component/worker.ts`:
- Line 116: Update the credit update flow around creditShard so a zero-credit
result for an absent or uninitialized shard does not assign state.next or
persist a rateLimits document. Preserve the existing behavior for actual credits
and ensure fixed windows without config.start retain their uninitialized state
until the first consume.
- Around line 113-117: Ensure the asynchronous credit flow rejects negative
counts consistently with the synchronous API, either when enqueueing or before
processing updates in the worker. Add the validation around the credit update
path that calls creditShard, preserving normal processing for non-negative
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const max = update.config.capacity ?? update.config.rate;
state.next = {
value: creditShard(value, update.count, max).value,
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

The asynchronous path does not reject negative credit counts before passing them to creditShard. A negative credit() can therefore consume capacity in the worker instead of failing as the synchronous API does. Reject negative counts when enqueueing or before processing credit updates.

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In `@src/component/worker.ts` around lines 113 - 117, Ensure the asynchronous
credit flow rejects negative counts consistently with the synchronous API,
either when enqueueing or before processing updates in the worker. Add the
validation around the credit update path that calls creditShard, preserving
normal processing for non-negative counts.

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const max = update.config.capacity ?? update.config.rate;
state.next = {
value: creditShard(value, update.count, max).value,

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Do not persist no-op credits for an uninitialized limit.

When no document exists, calculateRateLimit returns full capacity and creditShard returns credited: 0. The assignment still sets state.next, so writeLimitState inserts a rateLimits document. For fixed windows without config.start, the stored timestamp also fixes the random window phase before the first consume. The existing credit lifecycle treats an absent shard as already full and does not write it.

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-          state.next = {
-            value: creditShard(value, update.count, max).value,
-            ts,
-          };
+          const next = creditShard(value, update.count, max);
+          if (next.credited > 0) {
+            state.next = { value: next.value, ts };
+          }
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In `@src/component/worker.ts` at line 116, Update the credit update flow around
creditShard so a zero-credit result for an absent or uninitialized shard does
not assign state.next or persist a rateLimits document. Preserve the existing
behavior for actual credits and ensure fixed windows without config.start retain
their uninitialized state until the first consume.

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1 existing issue remains and 1 new issue found across 3 files (changes from recent commits).

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P2: Avoid assigning `state.next` when `creditShard` credits zero tokens; a no-op credit on an uninitialized limit currently creates the rate-limit document and can fix the random fixed-window phase before the first consume.</violation>
</file>

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state.next = {
value: creditShard(value, update.count, max).value,
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P2: Avoid assigning state.next when creditShard credits zero tokens; a no-op credit on an uninitialized limit currently creates the rate-limit document and can fix the random fixed-window phase before the first consume.

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At src/component/worker.ts, line 115:

<comment>Avoid assigning `state.next` when `creditShard` credits zero tokens; a no-op credit on an uninitialized limit currently creates the rate-limit document and can fix the random fixed-window phase before the first consume.</comment>

<file context>
@@ -83,32 +83,42 @@ export const processBatch = internalMutation({
+            updateTime(state, update.ts),
+          );
+          const max = update.config.capacity ?? update.config.rate;
+          state.next = {
+            value: creditShard(value, update.count, max).value,
+            ts,
</file context>
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state.next = {
value: creditShard(value, update.count, max).value,
ts,
};
const next = creditShard(value, update.count, max);
if (next.credited > 0) {
state.next = { value: next.value, ts };
}

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reeceyang changed the base branch from main to reece/worker-switch September 14, 2026 20:49
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reeceyang force-pushed the reece/credit branch 3 times, most recently from e57b8e4 to b7f171c Compare September 15, 2026 00:41
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`rateLimiter.credit(ctx, name, { key, count })` is the inverse of `limit`:
it gives tokens back for work that consumed a limit but didn't end up
happening, e.g. a request that failed, or the unused portion of a
reservation made up-front.

Capacity is handed to the emptiest shards first — the mirror of
consumption, which draws from the fullest — and each shard is capped at
its capacity by `creditShard`, so a credit can never push a limit above
its maximum. Any excess is discarded.

Asynchronous limits are never sharded, so their credits are enqueued as
a new `credit` pending update for the worker to apply to the singleton
shard, through the same `creditShard` helper.

Adapts #47 to the current async worker. Fixes #44.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
@reeceyang reeceyang changed the title Add a credit API to restore rate limit capacity Add a credit API for restoring rate limit capacity Sep 15, 2026
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reeceyang changed the base branch from reece/worker-switch to main September 15, 2026 21:19
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