Harden authentication token delivery limits

.env.example

@@ -223,4 +223,7 @@ SUPPORT_INBOX_ADDRESS=
 CODEX_SESSION_ID=copy-the-main-local-codex-session-id
 # Optional shared PostgreSQL-backed policies. Keep {} until product thresholds are approved.
 # Shape: {"action_name":{"limit":POSITIVE_INTEGER,"window_seconds":POSITIVE_INTEGER}}
+# Authentication delivery uses paired email/IP actions:
+# registration_email + registration_ip, magic_link_email + magic_link_ip,
+# password_login_email + password_login_ip, email_change_email + email_change_ip.
 RATE_LIMIT_POLICIES_JSON={}

docs/architecture.md

@@ -206,7 +206,10 @@ Action buckets live in PostgreSQL and use an atomic upsert keyed by action,
 hashed scope, and aligned time window. This works across all web replicas
 without an in-memory or Redis singleton. Policies are supplied through
 `RATE_LIMIT_POLICIES_JSON`; no numeric product policy is compiled into the
-application. Expired buckets are pruned by the maintenance worker.
+application. Authentication checks combine the email and client-IP buckets in
+one `INSERT ... ON CONFLICT` statement. Failed transactional-email delivery
+removes only the token created for that failed attempt. Expired buckets and
+tokens are pruned by the maintenance worker.
 
 The Compose and kind scripts finish by subscribing on one live BEAM node,
 broadcasting through a different connected node, and failing if the PubSub

docs/performance.md

@@ -5,6 +5,31 @@ pool size, or autoscaling threshold is known yet. The repository therefore
 contains a reproducible measurement profile, not a capacity claim or blocking
 resource preflight.
 
+## Authentication limiter micro-measurement
+
+Observed locally on 2026-07-28 with Elixir 1.20.2 / OTP 29.0.3, PostgreSQL
+18.4, Docker 29.6.2, and the current uncommitted authentication-limiter
+candidate on an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D workstation. PostgreSQL used an isolated
+tmpfs data directory and the application connected over a Docker bridge.
+
+Each operation incremented an email bucket and an IP bucket together. A
+telemetry-backed integration test confirmed that the operation executes one
+PostgreSQL `INSERT ... ON CONFLICT` statement, not two independent counter
+queries.
+
+| Observation | Result |
+| --- | ---: |
+| Sequential operations | 1,000 |
+| Sequential p50 / p95 / p99 | 155 / 237 / 273 µs |
+| Concurrent operations / concurrency | 1,000 / 50 |
+| Concurrent elapsed time | 107.4 ms |
+| Concurrent observed throughput | 9,308 operations/s |
+
+This isolates the limiter on a fast local tmpfs database. It does not include
+SMTP delivery, account lookup, production storage latency, internet latency,
+or production contention, and therefore is not a production capacity claim.
+It provides no evidence that Redis is currently required.
+
 ## Latest local candidate measurement
 
 Observed on 2026-07-25 at application commit

docs/trust-safety.md

@@ -88,17 +88,22 @@ verification.
   and configured action velocity create review signals. They do not
   automatically punish an account.
 - PostgreSQL action buckets enforce only operator-supplied policies across all
-  replicas. Registration and magic-link email scopes can also be configured.
+  replicas. Registration, password login, magic-link delivery, and email
+  changes can each be limited by both normalized email and client IP in one
+  atomic database statement.
 - No public exact location by default.
 
 No numeric rate policy is enabled by default because no threshold has been
-approved or measured for this deployment. Supported action names currently
+approved for this deployment. Authentication action pairs are
-include `registration_email`, `magic_link_email`, `create_request`,
+`registration_email`/`registration_ip`,
-`accept_request`, `start`, `confirm`, `verify_handover`, `cancel_request`,
+`magic_link_email`/`magic_link_ip`,
-`withdraw_assignment`, `send_message`, `start_tracking`, `tracking_position`,
+`password_login_email`/`password_login_ip`, and
-`review`, `report`, `block`, `category_proposal`, and `category_vote`.
+`email_change_email`/`email_change_ip`. Other supported action names include
-Activity actions additionally include `create_activity`, `join_activity`, and
+`create_request`, `accept_request`, `start`, `confirm`, `verify_handover`,
-`send_activity_message`.
+`cancel_request`, `withdraw_assignment`, `send_message`, `start_tracking`,
+`tracking_position`, `review`, `report`, `block`, `category_proposal`, and
+`category_vote`. Activity actions additionally include `create_activity`,
+`join_activity`, and `send_activity_message`.
 
 The system does not claim to be bot-proof. Email confirmation, database
 uniqueness, unique-counterpart ranking, location evidence, velocity policies,

lib/who_need_help/accounts.ex

@@ -900,8 +900,9 @@ defmodule WhoNeedHelp.Accounts do
       when is_function(update_email_url_fun, 1) do
     {encoded_token, user_token} = UserToken.build_email_token(user, "change:#{current_email}")
 
-    Repo.insert!(user_token)
+    persist_email_token_and_deliver(user_token, fn ->
-    UserNotifier.deliver_update_email_instructions(user, update_email_url_fun.(encoded_token))
+      UserNotifier.deliver_update_email_instructions(user, update_email_url_fun.(encoded_token))
+    end)
   end
 
   @doc """
@@ -910,16 +911,20 @@ defmodule WhoNeedHelp.Accounts do
   def deliver_login_instructions(%User{} = user, magic_link_url_fun)
       when is_function(magic_link_url_fun, 1) do
     {encoded_token, user_token} = UserToken.build_email_token(user, "login")
-    Repo.insert!(user_token)
+
-    UserNotifier.deliver_login_instructions(user, magic_link_url_fun.(encoded_token))
+    persist_email_token_and_deliver(user_token, fn ->
+      UserNotifier.deliver_login_instructions(user, magic_link_url_fun.(encoded_token))
+    end)
   end
 
   @doc "Delivers a one-time local-account verification link before connecting Google."
   def deliver_google_link_instructions(%User{} = user, magic_link_url_fun)
       when is_function(magic_link_url_fun, 1) do
     {encoded_token, user_token} = UserToken.build_email_token(user, "login")
-    Repo.insert!(user_token)
+
-    UserNotifier.deliver_google_link_instructions(user, magic_link_url_fun.(encoded_token))
+    persist_email_token_and_deliver(user_token, fn ->
+      UserNotifier.deliver_google_link_instructions(user, magic_link_url_fun.(encoded_token))
+    end)
   end
 
   @doc """
@@ -938,6 +943,19 @@ defmodule WhoNeedHelp.Accounts do
 
   ## Token helper
 
+  defp persist_email_token_and_deliver(user_token, deliver_fun) do
+    persisted_token = Repo.insert!(user_token)
+
+    case deliver_fun.() do
+      {:ok, _email} = delivered ->
+        delivered
+
+      {:error, _reason} = error ->
+        Repo.delete_all(from token in UserToken, where: token.id == ^persisted_token.id)
+        error
+    end
+  end
+
   defp before_moderation_user(query, nil), do: query
 
   defp before_moderation_user(query, {inserted_at, id}) do

lib/who_need_help/trust/rate_limiter.ex

@@ -11,15 +11,38 @@ defmodule WhoNeedHelp.Trust.RateLimiter do
   alias WhoNeedHelp.Repo
   alias WhoNeedHelp.Trust.RateLimitBucket
 
-  def check(action, scope) when is_atom(action), do: check(Atom.to_string(action), scope)
+  def check(action, scope) do
+    case check_many([{action, scope}]) do
+      {:ok, [limit]} -> {:ok, limit}
+      {:ok, []} -> {:ok, :not_configured}
+      {:error, :rate_limited} = error -> error
+    end
+  end
 
-  def check(action, scope) when is_binary(action) do
+  @doc """
-    case policy(action) do
+  Atomically increments every configured action/scope pair in one PostgreSQL
-      nil ->
+  statement.
-        {:ok, :not_configured}
 
-      %{limit: limit, window_seconds: window_seconds} ->
+  Unconfigured actions are ignored. The call fails when any configured bucket
-        increment(action, scope, limit, window_seconds)
+  exceeds its policy, while still counting the whole attempt consistently.
+  """
+  def check_many(action_scopes) when is_list(action_scopes) do
+    now = DateTime.utc_now(:second)
+
+    prepared =
+      action_scopes
+      |> Enum.map(fn {action, scope} -> {normalize_action(action), scope} end)
+      |> Enum.uniq()
+      |> Enum.flat_map(fn {action, scope} ->
+        case policy(action) do
+          nil -> []
+          policy -> [prepare_bucket(action, scope, policy, now)]
+        end
+      end)
+
+    case prepared do
+      [] -> {:ok, []}
+      buckets -> increment_many(buckets)
     end
   end
 
@@ -52,37 +75,70 @@ defmodule WhoNeedHelp.Trust.RateLimiter do
     ArgumentError -> nil
   end
 
-  defp increment(action, scope, limit, window_seconds) do
+  defp prepare_bucket(action, scope, %{limit: limit, window_seconds: window_seconds}, now) do
-    now = DateTime.utc_now(:second)
     unix = DateTime.to_unix(now)
     window_start = (div(unix, window_seconds) * window_seconds) |> DateTime.from_unix!()
     expires_at = DateTime.add(window_start, window_seconds, :second)
     scope_hash = :crypto.hash(:sha256, to_string(scope))
 
-    {_count, [bucket]} =
+    %{
+      action: action,
+      scope_hash: scope_hash,
+      window_started_at: window_start,
+      expires_at: expires_at,
+      limit: limit,
+      now: now
+    }
+  end
+
+  defp increment_many(buckets) do
+    now = buckets |> hd() |> Map.fetch!(:now)
+
+    rows =
+      Enum.map(buckets, fn bucket ->
+        %{
+          id: Ecto.UUID.generate(),
+          action: bucket.action,
+          scope_hash: bucket.scope_hash,
+          window_started_at: bucket.window_started_at,
+          count: 1,
+          expires_at: bucket.expires_at,
+          inserted_at: now,
+          updated_at: now
+        }
+      end)
+
+    {_count, returned} =
       Repo.insert_all(
         RateLimitBucket,
-        [
+        rows,
-          %{
+        on_conflict: [inc: [count: 1], set: [updated_at: now]],
-            id: Ecto.UUID.generate(),
-            action: action,
-            scope_hash: scope_hash,
-            window_started_at: window_start,
-            count: 1,
-            expires_at: expires_at,
-            inserted_at: now,
-            updated_at: now
-          }
-        ],
-        on_conflict: [inc: [count: 1], set: [expires_at: expires_at, updated_at: now]],
         conflict_target: [:action, :scope_hash, :window_started_at],
-        returning: [:count]
+        returning: [:action, :scope_hash, :count, :expires_at]
       )
 
-    if bucket.count <= limit do
+    limits =
-      {:ok, %{count: bucket.count, limit: limit, resets_at: expires_at}}
+      Map.new(buckets, fn bucket ->
+        {{bucket.action, bucket.scope_hash}, bucket.limit}
+      end)
+
+    results =
+      Enum.map(returned, fn bucket ->
+        %{
+          action: bucket.action,
+          count: bucket.count,
+          limit: Map.fetch!(limits, {bucket.action, bucket.scope_hash}),
+          resets_at: bucket.expires_at
+        }
+      end)
+
+    if Enum.all?(results, &(&1.count <= &1.limit)) do
+      {:ok, results}
     else
       {:error, :rate_limited}
     end
   end
+
+  defp normalize_action(action) when is_atom(action), do: Atom.to_string(action)
+  defp normalize_action(action) when is_binary(action), do: action
 end

lib/who_need_help_web/auth_rate_limit.ex

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+defmodule WhoNeedHelpWeb.AuthRateLimit do
+  @moduledoc """
+  Applies account- and network-scoped authentication limits atomically.
+  """
+
+  alias Plug.Conn
+  alias WhoNeedHelp.Trust.RateLimiter
+  alias WhoNeedHelpWeb.ClientIp
+
+  def check(%Conn{} = conn, email_action, email_scope, ip_action) do
+    RateLimiter.check_many([
+      {email_action, email_scope},
+      {ip_action, ClientIp.rate_limit_scope(conn)}
+    ])
+  end
+end

lib/who_need_help_web/client_ip.ex

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+defmodule WhoNeedHelpWeb.ClientIp do
+  @moduledoc """
+  Produces a stable, non-secret rate-limit scope from the client address.
+
+  `Plug.RewriteOn` populates `conn.remote_ip` from the forwarding header that
+  Caddy sanitizes at the public edge. The PostgreSQL limiter hashes this value
+  before storing it.
+  """
+
+  alias Plug.Conn
+
+  def rate_limit_scope(%Conn{remote_ip: address}) when is_tuple(address) do
+    case :inet.ntoa(address) do
+      value when is_list(value) -> List.to_string(value)
+      _invalid -> "unknown"
+    end
+  end
+
+  def rate_limit_scope(_conn), do: "unknown"
+end

lib/who_need_help_web/controllers/google_auth_controller.ex

@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ defmodule WhoNeedHelpWeb.GoogleAuthController do
   require Logger
 
   alias WhoNeedHelp.{Accounts, GoogleAuth, Locales, ProductAnalytics, Repo, Trust}
-  alias WhoNeedHelp.Trust.RateLimiter
+  alias WhoNeedHelpWeb.{AuthRateLimit, GoogleAuthPending, UserAuth}
-  alias WhoNeedHelpWeb.{GoogleAuthPending, UserAuth}
 
   import WhoNeedHelpWeb.UserAuth, only: [require_sudo_mode: 2]
 
@@ -92,7 +91,13 @@ defmodule WhoNeedHelpWeb.GoogleAuthController do
   def complete_registration(conn, %{"google_registration" => params}) when is_map(params) do
     with {:ok, pending} <- GoogleAuthPending.fetch(conn),
          nil <- Accounts.get_user_by_email(pending.email),
-         {:ok, _limit} <- RateLimiter.check(:registration_email, pending.email),
+         {:ok, _limit} <-
+           AuthRateLimit.check(
+             conn,
+             :registration_email,
+             pending.email,
+             :registration_ip
+           ),
          {:ok, {user, _identity}} <-
            Accounts.register_user_by_google(
              identity_attrs(pending),
@@ -156,7 +161,8 @@ defmodule WhoNeedHelpWeb.GoogleAuthController do
          %Accounts.User{moderation_status: status} = user when status != :suspended <-
            Accounts.get_user_by_email(pending.email),
          {:ok, pending_token} <- GoogleAuthPending.token(conn),
-         {:ok, _limit} <- RateLimiter.check(:magic_link_email, pending.email),
+         {:ok, _limit} <-
+           AuthRateLimit.check(conn, :magic_link_email, pending.email, :magic_link_ip),
          {:ok, _email} <- deliver_google_verification(conn, user, pending_token) do
       conn
       |> put_flash(

lib/who_need_help_web/controllers/user_registration_controller.ex

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ defmodule WhoNeedHelpWeb.UserRegistrationController do
 
   alias WhoNeedHelp.{Accounts, GoogleAuth, ProductAnalytics}
   alias WhoNeedHelp.Accounts.User
-  alias WhoNeedHelp.Trust.RateLimiter
+  alias WhoNeedHelpWeb.AuthRateLimit
 
   plug :put_no_store
 
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ defmodule WhoNeedHelpWeb.UserRegistrationController do
     user_params = normalize_registration_params(user_params)
     email_scope = normalize_email_scope(user_params["email"])
 
-    with {:ok, _limit} <- RateLimiter.check(:registration_email, email_scope),
+    with {:ok, _limit} <-
+           AuthRateLimit.check(conn, :registration_email, email_scope, :registration_ip),
          result <- Accounts.register_user(user_params) do
       case result do
         {:ok, user} ->

lib/who_need_help_web/controllers/user_session_controller.ex

@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ defmodule WhoNeedHelpWeb.UserSessionController do
 
   alias WhoNeedHelp.{Accounts, GoogleAuth, Notifications}
   alias WhoNeedHelp.Accounts.Scope
-  alias WhoNeedHelp.Trust.RateLimiter
+  alias WhoNeedHelpWeb.{AuthRateLimit, GoogleAuthPending, UserAuth}
-  alias WhoNeedHelpWeb.{GoogleAuthPending, UserAuth}
 
   plug :assign_magic_link_form
   plug :assign_page_title
@@ -58,7 +57,12 @@ defmodule WhoNeedHelpWeb.UserSessionController do
       when is_binary(email) and is_binary(password) do
     email_scope = email |> String.trim() |> String.downcase()
 
-    case RateLimiter.check(:password_login_email, email_scope) do
+    case AuthRateLimit.check(
+           conn,
+           :password_login_email,
+           email_scope,
+           :password_login_ip
+         ) do
       {:ok, _limit} ->
         if user = Accounts.get_user_by_email_and_password(email, password) do
           conn
@@ -81,7 +85,7 @@ defmodule WhoNeedHelpWeb.UserSessionController do
   def create(conn, %{"user" => %{"email" => email}}) when is_binary(email) do
     email_scope = email |> String.trim() |> String.downcase()
 
-    case RateLimiter.check(:magic_link_email, email_scope) do
+    case AuthRateLimit.check(conn, :magic_link_email, email_scope, :magic_link_ip) do
       {:ok, _limit} ->
         case Accounts.get_user_by_email(email) do
           %Accounts.User{moderation_status: status} = user when status != :suspended ->

lib/who_need_help_web/controllers/user_settings_controller.ex

@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ defmodule WhoNeedHelpWeb.UserSettingsController do
   require Logger
 
   alias WhoNeedHelp.{Accounts, GoogleAuth}
-  alias WhoNeedHelp.Trust.RateLimiter
+  alias WhoNeedHelpWeb.{AuthRateLimit, UserAuth}
-  alias WhoNeedHelpWeb.UserAuth
 
   import WhoNeedHelpWeb.UserAuth, only: [require_sudo_mode: 2]
 
@@ -29,7 +28,12 @@ defmodule WhoNeedHelpWeb.UserSettingsController do
           |> String.trim()
           |> String.downcase()
 
-        case RateLimiter.check(:email_change_email, new_email) do
+        case AuthRateLimit.check(
+               conn,
+               :email_change_email,
+               new_email,
+               :email_change_ip
+             ) do
           {:ok, _limit} ->
             deliver_email_change_instructions(conn, user, changeset)
 

lib/who_need_help_web/endpoint.ex

@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ defmodule WhoNeedHelpWeb.Endpoint do
     param_key: "request_logger",
     cookie_key: "request_logger"
 
+  # Caddy is the only public entry point and replaces incoming X-Forwarded-For
+  # instead of trusting a client-supplied value. Keep the application bound to
+  # loopback/private networks when this rewrite is enabled.
+  plug Plug.RewriteOn, [:x_forwarded_for]
+
   plug Plug.RequestId
   plug Plug.Telemetry, event_prefix: [:phoenix, :endpoint]
 

test/who_need_help/accounts_test.exs

@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+defmodule WhoNeedHelp.FailingMailerAdapter do
+  use Swoosh.Adapter
+
+  @impl true
+  def deliver(_email, _config), do: {:error, :delivery_failed}
+end
+
 defmodule WhoNeedHelp.AccountsTest do
   use WhoNeedHelp.DataCase
 
@@ -639,6 +646,28 @@ defmodule WhoNeedHelp.AccountsTest do
       assert user_token.sent_to == user.email
       assert user_token.context == "login"
     end
+
+    test "removes the newly created token when delivery fails", %{user: user} do
+      previous = Application.get_env(:who_need_help, WhoNeedHelp.Mailer)
+
+      Application.put_env(
+        :who_need_help,
+        WhoNeedHelp.Mailer,
+        adapter: WhoNeedHelp.FailingMailerAdapter
+      )
+
+      on_exit(fn ->
+        Application.put_env(:who_need_help, WhoNeedHelp.Mailer, previous)
+      end)
+
+      assert {:error, :delivery_failed} =
+               Accounts.deliver_login_instructions(user, &"https://example.test/#{&1}")
+
+      refute Repo.exists?(
+               from token in UserToken,
+                 where: token.user_id == ^user.id and token.context == "login"
+             )
+    end
   end
 
   describe "inspect/2 for the User module" do

test/who_need_help/trust_safety_test.exs

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ defmodule WhoNeedHelp.TrustSafetyTest do
   alias WhoNeedHelp.Help.Assignment
   alias WhoNeedHelp.Repo
   alias WhoNeedHelp.Tracking.Position
-  alias WhoNeedHelp.Trust.{AbuseSignal, AuditEvent, RateLimiter}
+  alias WhoNeedHelp.Trust.{AbuseSignal, AuditEvent, RateLimitBucket, RateLimiter}
 
   setup do
     category = Catalog.seed_defaults()
@@ -431,6 +431,107 @@ defmodule WhoNeedHelp.TrustSafetyTest do
            )
   end
 
+  test "multiple configured scopes are counted in one limiter call", context do
+    old = Application.get_env(:who_need_help, :rate_limit_policies)
+
+    Application.put_env(:who_need_help, :rate_limit_policies, %{
+      "test_email" => %{"limit" => 1, "window_seconds" => 60},
+      "test_ip" => %{"limit" => 2, "window_seconds" => 60}
+    })
+
+    on_exit(fn -> Application.put_env(:who_need_help, :rate_limit_policies, old) end)
+
+    assert {:ok, results} =
+             RateLimiter.check_many([
+               {:test_email, context.helper.email},
+               {:test_ip, "203.0.113.10"}
+             ])
+
+    assert Map.new(results, &{&1.action, {&1.count, &1.limit}}) == %{
+             "test_email" => {1, 1},
+             "test_ip" => {1, 2}
+           }
+
+    assert Enum.all?(results, &match?(%DateTime{}, &1.resets_at))
+
+    assert {:error, :rate_limited} =
+             RateLimiter.check_many([
+               {:test_email, context.helper.email},
+               {:test_ip, "203.0.113.10"}
+             ])
+
+    assert Repo.aggregate(
+             from(bucket in RateLimitBucket, where: bucket.action in ["test_email", "test_ip"]),
+             :sum,
+             :count
+           ) == 4
+  end
+
+  test "multiple limiter scopes use one PostgreSQL statement", context do
+    old = Application.get_env(:who_need_help, :rate_limit_policies)
+
+    Application.put_env(:who_need_help, :rate_limit_policies, %{
+      "query_count_email" => %{"limit" => 2, "window_seconds" => 60},
+      "query_count_ip" => %{"limit" => 2, "window_seconds" => 60}
+    })
+
+    on_exit(fn -> Application.put_env(:who_need_help, :rate_limit_policies, old) end)
+
+    handler_id = "rate-limiter-query-count-#{System.unique_integer([:positive])}"
+    test_process = self()
+
+    :ok =
+      :telemetry.attach(
+        handler_id,
+        [:who_need_help, :repo, :query],
+        fn _event, _measurements, metadata, recipient ->
+          send(recipient, {:rate_limiter_query, metadata.query})
+        end,
+        test_process
+      )
+
+    on_exit(fn -> :telemetry.detach(handler_id) end)
+
+    assert {:ok, [_email, _ip]} =
+             RateLimiter.check_many([
+               {:query_count_email, context.helper.email},
+               {:query_count_ip, "203.0.113.20"}
+             ])
+
+    assert_receive {:rate_limiter_query, query}
+    assert query =~ ~s(INSERT INTO "rate_limit_buckets")
+    refute_receive {:rate_limiter_query, _another_query}, 50
+  end
+
+  test "concurrent limiter calls share one database counter across processes", context do
+    old = Application.get_env(:who_need_help, :rate_limit_policies)
+
+    Application.put_env(:who_need_help, :rate_limit_policies, %{
+      "concurrent_test" => %{"limit" => 10, "window_seconds" => 60}
+    })
+
+    on_exit(fn -> Application.put_env(:who_need_help, :rate_limit_policies, old) end)
+
+    results =
+      1..20
+      |> Task.async_stream(
+        fn _attempt -> RateLimiter.check(:concurrent_test, context.helper.id) end,
+        max_concurrency: 20,
+        ordered: false,
+        timeout: 5_000
+      )
+      |> Enum.map(fn {:ok, result} -> result end)
+
+    assert Enum.count(results, &match?({:ok, _}, &1)) == 10
+    assert Enum.count(results, &match?({:error, :rate_limited}, &1)) == 10
+
+    assert Repo.one!(
+             from bucket in RateLimitBucket,
+               where: bucket.action == "concurrent_test",
+               select: bucket.count
+           ) == 20
+  end
+
   test "invalid request forms do not consume the publication rate limit", context do
     old = Application.get_env(:who_need_help, :rate_limit_policies)
 

test/who_need_help_web/controllers/user_session_controller_test.exs

@@ -192,6 +192,41 @@ defmodule WhoNeedHelpWeb.UserSessionControllerTest do
       end)
     end
 
+    test "limits magic-link requests by forwarded client address", %{user: user} do
+      previous = Application.get_env(:who_need_help, :rate_limit_policies)
+
+      Application.put_env(:who_need_help, :rate_limit_policies, %{
+        "magic_link_email" => %{"limit" => 10, "window_seconds" => 60},
+        "magic_link_ip" => %{"limit" => 1, "window_seconds" => 60}
+      })
+
+      on_exit(fn -> Application.put_env(:who_need_help, :rate_limit_policies, previous) end)
+
+      params = %{"user" => %{"email" => user.email}}
+
+      first =
+        build_conn()
+        |> put_req_header("x-forwarded-for", "203.0.113.10")
+        |> post(~p"/users/log-in", params)
+
+      assert redirected_to(first) == ~p"/users/check-email?flow=login"
+
+      limited =
+        build_conn()
+        |> put_req_header("x-forwarded-for", "203.0.113.10")
+        |> post(~p"/users/log-in", params)
+
+      assert limited.status == 429
+      assert html_response(limited, 429) =~ "Too many sign-in emails"
+
+      other_address =
+        build_conn()
+        |> put_req_header("x-forwarded-for", "203.0.113.11")
+        |> post(~p"/users/log-in", params)
+
+      assert redirected_to(other_address) == ~p"/users/check-email?flow=login"
+    end
+
     test "does not send a magic link for a suspended user", %{conn: conn, user: user} do
       {:ok, user} =
         user