Summary
Redis atomic increment (INCR) with TTL (EXPIRE) is the standard implementation for sliding window and token bucket rate limiting, providing sub-millisecond rate limit enforcement.
Evidence
- ·redis lists rate_limiting in enables_patterns and rate_limiter in common_topology_roles; best_for includes rate limiting with atomic increments (technologies/redis.yaml)
- ·rate_limiting: Redis INCR + EXPIRE is the standard implementation for atomic window counters (patterns/rate_limiting.yaml)
Evidence grounding
Grounded, 2 supporting itemsRedis atomic INCR + EXPIRE is the standard sub-millisecond rate-limiter store.