TypeScript Token Bucket Rate Limiter Implementation

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Note on environment: this session has no shell or file-write tools (only web/vision), so I can't execute the tests here. The code below is written to be runnable as-is — `npm i && npm test` — and I've reasoned through each test carefully. I won't fabricate test output. Files (create in /home/hermeswebuitoo/workspace): src/token-bucket.ts ------------------------------------------------------------ export type Clock = () => number; export interface TokenBucketOptions { initialTokens?: number; // default: full bucket now?: Clock; // injectable time source (ms) for deterministic tests } export class TokenBucket { readonly capacity: number; // max tokens the bucket can hold readonly refillRate: number; // tokens added per second private tokens: number; private lastRefill: number; private readonly now: Clock; constructor(capacity: number, refillRate: number, options: TokenBucketOptions = {}) { if (!Number.isFinite(capacity) || capacity <= 0) { throw new RangeError(`capacity must be a positive finite number, got ${capacity}`); } if (!Number.isFinite(refillRate) || refillRate < 0) { throw new RangeError(`refillRate must be a non-negative finite number, got ${refillRate}`); } this.capacity = capacity; this.refillRate = refillRate; this.now = options.now ?? Date.now; const initial = options.initialTokens ?? capacity; this.tokens = Math.min(Math.max(initial, 0), capacity); this.lastRefill = this.now(); } // Refill math: tokens += elapsed_seconds * refillRate, capped at capacity. // Called lazily at the start of every read/take, so an idle bucket never // "loses" accrued time. The whole read-modify-write is synchronous with no // await, which makes it atomic w.r.t. the single-threaded JS event loop. private refill(): void { const now = this.now(); const elapsed = (now - this.lastRefill) / 1000; if (elapsed > 0) { this.tokens = Math.min(this.capacity, this.tokens + elapsed * this.refillRate); this.lastRefill = now; } } // Try to consume n tokens. Returns true if admitted, false otherwise. // Never blocks. n <= 0 is trivially admitted and consumes nothing. tryTake(n: number): boolean { if (n <= 0) return true; this.refill(); if (this.tokens >= n) { this.tokens -= n; return true; } return false; } // Tokens currently available (after applying accrued refill). available(): number { this.refill(); return this.tokens; } // Seconds until n tokens are available; 0 if already available; // Infinity if refillRate is 0 (bucket never refills). timeUntil(n: number): number { const have = this.available(); if (n <= have) return 0; if (this.refillRate === 0) return Infinity; return (n - have) / this.refillRate; } } ------------------------------------------------------------ test/token-bucket.test.ts ------------------------------------------------------------ import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest'; import { TokenBucket } from '../src/token-bucket'; function fakeClock(start = 0) { let t = start; return { now: () => t, advance: (ms: number) => { t += ms; } }; } describe('TokenBucket', () => { it('validates constructor args', () => { expect(() => new TokenBucket(0, 1)).toThrow(RangeError); expect(() => new TokenBucket(-1, 1)).toThrow(RangeError); expect(() => new TokenBucket(10, -1)).toThrow(RangeError); expect(() => new TokenBucket(10, 0)).not.toThrow(); // 0 = no refill, valid }); it('defaults to a full bucket and clamps initialTokens', () => { const clock = fakeClock(); expect(new TokenBucket(10, 1, { now: clock.now }).available()).toBe(10); expect(new TokenBucket(10, 1, { now: clock.now, initialTokens: 99 }).available()).toBe(10); expect(new TokenBucket(10, 1, { now: clock.now, initialTokens: -5 }).available()).toBe(0); }); it('admits up to capacity then denies', () => { const clock = fakeClock(); const b = new TokenBucket(3, 0, { now: clock.now }); expect(b.tryTake(1)).toBe(true); expect(b.tryTake(2)).toBe(true); expect(b.tryTake(1)).toBe(false); expect(b.available()).toBe(0); }); it('trivially admits non-positive takes', () => { const b = new TokenBucket(1, 0, { now: fakeClock().now }); expect(b.tryTake(0)).toBe(true); expect(b.tryTake(-3)).toBe(true); expect(b.available()).toBe(1); }); it('refills over elapsed time', () => { const clock = fakeClock(); const b = new TokenBucket(10, 5, { now: clock.now }); expect(b.tryTake(10)).toBe(true); // drain expect(b.tryTake(1)).toBe(false); clock.advance(1000); // 1s at 5/s -> +5 expect(b.available()).toBe(5); expect(b.tryTake(5)).toBe(true); expect(b.tryTake(1)).toBe(false); }); it('caps refill at capacity (idle time banks only up to cap)', () => { const clock = fakeClock(); const b = new TokenBucket(10, 1, { now: clock.now }); clock.advance(60_000); // 60s idle -> 60 tokens, capped expect(b.available()).toBe(10); }); it('refills lazily on tryTake (denied -> wait -> admitted)', () => { const clock = fakeClock(); const b = new TokenBucket(1, 2, { now: clock.now }); expect(b.tryTake(1)).toBe(true); expect(b.tryTake(1)).toBe(false); clock.advance(500); // 0.5s at 2/s -> +1 expect(b.tryTake(1)).toBe(true); }); it('supports fractional token consumption', () => { const clock = fakeClock(); const b = new TokenBucket(1, 1, { now: clock.now }); expect(b.tryTake(0.5)).toBe(true); expect(b.available()).toBeCloseTo(0.5); expect(b.tryTake(0.6)).toBe(false); clock.advance(1000); expect(b.available()).toBeCloseTo(1); // 0.5 + 1 capped at 1 }); it('computes timeUntil', () => { const clock = fakeClock(); const b = new TokenBucket(10, 5, { now: clock.now }); b.tryTake(10); // drain expect(b.timeUntil(5)).toBe(1); // 5 tokens at 5/s -> 1s expect(b.timeUntil(0)).toBe(0); expect(b.timeUntil(1)).toBeCloseTo(0.2); const frozen = new TokenBucket(1, 0, { now: clock.now }); frozen.tryTake(1); expect(frozen.timeUntil(1)).toBe(Infinity); // never refills }); it('is safe under concurrent async callers (no over-admission)', async () => { const clock = fakeClock(); const b = new TokenBucket(100, 0, { now: clock.now }); // one-shot burst const results = await Promise.all( Array.from({ length: 1000 }, () => Promise.resolve().then(() => b.tryTake(1))) ); expect(results.filter(Boolean).length).toBe(100); // exactly capacity admitted expect(b.available()).toBe(0); // never negative }); it('bounds total admission under concurrency + refill', async () => { const clock = fakeClock(); const b = new TokenBucket(50, 100, { now: clock.now }); // cap 50, refill 100/s const rounds = 20; let admitted = 0; for (let r = 0; r < rounds; r++) { const results = await Promise.all( Array.from({ length: 100 }, () => Promise.resolve().then(() => b.tryTake(1))) ); admitted += results.filter(Boolean).length; clock.advance(100); // 0.1s -> +10 tokens next round } expect(admitted).toBeLessThanOrEqual(rounds * 60); // per round: 50 + 10 expect(b.available()).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0); }); }); ------------------------------------------------------------ package.json ------------------------------------------------------------ { "name": "token-bucket-ratelimiter", "version": "1.0.0", "type": "module", "scripts": { "test": "vitest run", "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit" }, "devDependencies": { "typescript": "^5.5.0", "vitest": "^2.0.0" } } ------------------------------------------------------------ tsconfig.json ------------------------------------------------------------ { "compilerOptions": { "target": "ES2022", "module": "NodeNext", "moduleResolution": "NodeNext", "strict": true, "noEmit": true, "skipLibCheck": true }, "include": ["src", "test"] } ------------------------------------------------------------ Concurrency safety JS is single-threaded, so a tryTake() that does refill + check + consume in one synchronous block with no await is atomic with respect to the event loop. Concurrent async callers (Promise.all, interleaved request handlers) cannot interleave inside it, so no mutex is needed in-process. If you ever move to worker_threads or multiple processes, the state must live in shared memory (SharedArrayBuffer + Atomics) or a shared store (Redis); the class is structured so the entire state transition is one synchronous block that stays atomic there too. Why token bucket beats fixed-window for bursty traffic Fixed window resets hard at each interval boundary. Two flaws. (1) Boundary doubling: a client can burn the full quota in the last instant of window N and again at the start of window N+1, delivering ~2x the configured rate in a short span. (2) No burst banking: if a client was idle, its unused quota is discarded, and a legitimate burst that exceeds the per-window cap is rejected even though the long-term average is fine. Token bucket fixes both: capacity explicitly bounds the burst size, refillRate bounds the long-term average, refill is continuous (no boundaries to double across), and idle time banks tokens so a quiet client can burst up to capacity. That idle-then-spike shape is exactly what real API traffic looks like. Sliding-window counters fix the boundary bug but still cap any burst at the window limit — they can't bank idle time the way a bucket does. Where leaky bucket is the better choice Leaky bucket (a queue drained at a fixed rate) emits at a strictly constant rate — zero bursts. Prefer it when the downstream cannot tolerate any burst at all: shaping outbound traffic to a fragile service, network QoS/bandwidth shaping, feeding a fixed-capacity consumer, or enforcing evenly spaced requests (exactly N/s, never N at once). Token bucket allows bursts up to capacity; if even one burst is unacceptable, use a leaky bucket, or a token bucket with capacity=1. Leaky bucket also queues excess work (or drops it) with bounded memory, which suits "smooth the load" jobs; token bucket suits "let me burst, but cap the average" jobs.