Add limits on API endpoints

.env

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ ADMIN_API_SECRET=# secret to admin API calls, like computing usage stats or expo
 
 PARQUET_EXPORT_SECRET=#DEPRECATED, use ADMIN_API_SECRET instead
 
-RATE_LIMIT= # requests per minute
+RATE_LIMIT= # /!\ Legacy definition of messages per minute. Use USAGE_LIMITS.messagesPerMinute instead
 MESSAGES_BEFORE_LOGIN=# how many messages a user can send in a conversation before having to login. set to 0 to force login right away
 
 APP_BASE="" # base path of the app, e.g. /chat, left blank as default
@@ -140,4 +140,7 @@ ALTERNATIVE_REDIRECT_URLS=`[]` #valide alternative redirect URL for OAuth
 
 WEBHOOK_URL_REPORT_ASSISTANT=#provide webhook url to get notified when an assistant gets reported
 
-ALLOWED_USER_EMAILS=`[]` # if it's defined, only these emails will be allowed to use the app
+ALLOWED_USER_EMAILS=`[]` # if it's defined, only these emails will be allowed to use the app
+
+USAGE_LIMITS=`{}`
+

.env.template

@@ -269,9 +269,6 @@ PUBLIC_APP_DISCLAIMER_MESSAGE="Disclaimer: AI is an area of active research with
 PUBLIC_APP_DATA_SHARING=1
 PUBLIC_APP_DISCLAIMER=1
 
-RATE_LIMIT=16
-MESSAGES_BEFORE_LOGIN=5# how many messages a user can send in a conversation before having to login. set to 0 to force login right away
-
 PUBLIC_GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_ID=G-8Q63TH4CSL
 PUBLIC_PLAUSIBLE_SCRIPT_URL="/js/script.js"
 

.github/workflows/deploy-release.yml

@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ jobs:
  HF_DEPLOYMENT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.HF_DEPLOYMENT_TOKEN }}
  WEBHOOK_URL_REPORT_ASSISTANT: ${{ secrets.WEBHOOK_URL_REPORT_ASSISTANT }}
  ADMIN_API_SECRET: ${{ secrets.ADMIN_API_SECRET }}
+ USAGE_LIMITS: ${{ secrets.USAGE_LIMITS }}
+ MESSAGES_BEFORE_LOGIN: ${{ secrets.MESSAGES_BEFORE_LOGIN }}
  run: npm run updateProdEnv
  sync-to-hub:
  runs-on: ubuntu-latest

scripts/updateProdEnv.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ const MONGODB_URL = process.env.MONGODB_URL;
 const HF_TOKEN = process.env.HF_TOKEN ?? process.env.HF_ACCESS_TOKEN; // token used for API requests in prod
 const WEBHOOK_URL_REPORT_ASSISTANT = process.env.WEBHOOK_URL_REPORT_ASSISTANT; // slack webhook url used to get "report assistant" events
 const ADMIN_API_SECRET = process.env.ADMIN_API_SECRET;
+const USAGE_LIMITS = process.env.USAGE_LIMITS;
+const MESSAGES_BEFORE_LOGIN = process.env.MESSAGES_BEFORE_LOGIN;
 
 // Read the content of the file .env.template
 const PUBLIC_CONFIG = fs.readFileSync(".env.template", "utf8");
@@ -20,6 +22,8 @@ SERPER_API_KEY=${SERPER_API_KEY}
 HF_TOKEN=${HF_TOKEN}
 WEBHOOK_URL_REPORT_ASSISTANT=${WEBHOOK_URL_REPORT_ASSISTANT}
 ADMIN_API_SECRET=${ADMIN_API_SECRET}
+USAGE_LIMITS=${USAGE_LIMITS}
+MESSAGES_BEFORE_LOGIN=${MESSAGES_BEFORE_LOGIN}
 `;
 
 // Make an HTTP POST request to add the space secrets

src/lib/server/usageLimits.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { z } from "zod";
+import { USAGE_LIMITS, RATE_LIMIT } from "$env/static/private";
+import JSON5 from "json5";
+
+// RATE_LIMIT is the legacy way to define messages per minute limit
+export const usageLimitsSchema = z
+ .object({
+ conversations: z.coerce.number().optional(), // how many conversations
+ messages: z.coerce.number().optional(), // how many messages in a conversation
+ assistants: z.coerce.number().optional(), // how many assistants
+ messageLength: z.coerce.number().optional(), // how long can a message be before we cut it off
+ messagesPerMinute: z
+ .preprocess((val) => {
+ if (val === undefined) {
+ return RATE_LIMIT;
+ }
+ return val;
+ }, z.coerce.number().optional())
+ .optional(), // how many messages per minute
+ })
+ .optional();
+
+export const usageLimits = usageLimitsSchema.parse(JSON5.parse(USAGE_LIMITS));

src/routes/+page.svelte

@@ -47,8 +47,9 @@
  });
 
  if (!res.ok) {
- error.set("Error while creating conversation, try again.");
- console.error("Error while creating conversation: " + (await res.text()));
+ const errorMessage = (await res.json()).message || ERROR_MESSAGES.default;
+ error.set(errorMessage);
+ console.error("Error while creating conversation: ", errorMessage);
  return;
  }
 
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@
  // invalidateAll to update list of conversations
  await goto(`${base}/conversation/${conversationId}`, { invalidateAll: true });
  } catch (err) {
- error.set(ERROR_MESSAGES.default);
+ error.set((err as Error).message || ERROR_MESSAGES.default);
  console.error(err);
  } finally {
  loading = false;

src/routes/conversation/+server.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import type { Message } from "$lib/types/Message";
 import { models, validateModel } from "$lib/server/models";
 import { defaultEmbeddingModel } from "$lib/server/embeddingModels";
 import { v4 } from "uuid";
+import { authCondition } from "$lib/server/auth";
+import { usageLimits } from "$lib/server/usageLimits";
 
 export const POST: RequestHandler = async ({ locals, request }) => {
  const body = await request.text();
@@ -23,6 +25,15 @@ export const POST: RequestHandler = async ({ locals, request }) => {
  })
  .parse(JSON.parse(body));
 
+ const convCount = await collections.conversations.countDocuments(authCondition(locals));
+
+ if (usageLimits?.conversations && convCount > usageLimits?.conversations) {
+ throw error(
+ 429,
+ "You have reached the maximum number of conversations. Delete some to continue."
+ );
+ }
+
  let messages: Message[] = [
  {
  id: v4(),

src/routes/conversation/[id]/+page.svelte

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
  });
 
  if (!res.ok) {
- error.set("Error while creating conversation, try again.");
+ error.set(await res.text());
  console.error("Error while creating conversation: " + (await res.text()));
  return;
  }

src/routes/conversation/[id]/+server.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { MESSAGES_BEFORE_LOGIN, RATE_LIMIT } from "$env/static/private";
+import { MESSAGES_BEFORE_LOGIN } from "$env/static/private";
 import { authCondition, requiresUser } from "$lib/server/auth";
 import { collections } from "$lib/server/database";
 import { models } from "$lib/server/models";
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { buildSubtree } from "$lib/utils/tree/buildSubtree.js";
 import { addChildren } from "$lib/utils/tree/addChildren.js";
 import { addSibling } from "$lib/utils/tree/addSibling.js";
 import { preprocessMessages } from "$lib/server/preprocessMessages.js";
+import { usageLimits } from "$lib/server/usageLimits";
 
 export async function POST({ request, locals, params, getClientAddress }) {
  const id = z.string().parse(params.id);
@@ -95,14 +96,22 @@ export async function POST({ request, locals, params, getClientAddress }) {
  }
  }
 
- // check if the user is rate limited
- const nEvents = Math.max(
- await collections.messageEvents.countDocuments({ userId }),
- await collections.messageEvents.countDocuments({ ip: getClientAddress() })
- );
+ if (usageLimits?.messagesPerMinute) {
+ // check if the user is rate limited
+ const nEvents = Math.max(
+ await collections.messageEvents.countDocuments({ userId }),
+ await collections.messageEvents.countDocuments({ ip: getClientAddress() })
+ );
+ if (nEvents > usageLimits.messagesPerMinute) {
+ throw error(429, ERROR_MESSAGES.rateLimited);
+ }
+ }
 
- if (RATE_LIMIT != "" && nEvents > parseInt(RATE_LIMIT)) {
- throw error(429, ERROR_MESSAGES.rateLimited);
+ if (usageLimits?.messages && conv.messages.length > usageLimits.messages) {
+ throw error(
+ 429,
+ `This conversation has more than ${usageLimits.messages} messages. Start a new one to continue`
+ );
  }
 
  // fetch the model
@@ -133,6 +142,9 @@ export async function POST({ request, locals, params, getClientAddress }) {
  })
  .parse(json);
 
+ if (usageLimits?.messageLength && (newPrompt?.length ?? 0) > usageLimits.messageLength) {
+ throw error(400, "Message too long.");
+ }
  // files is an array of base64 strings encoding Blob objects
  // we need to convert this array to an array of File objects
 

src/routes/settings/assistants/new/+page.server.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { ObjectId } from "mongodb";
 import { z } from "zod";
 import { sha256 } from "$lib/utils/sha256";
 import sharp from "sharp";
+import { usageLimits } from "$lib/server/usageLimits";
 
 const newAsssistantSchema = z.object({
  name: z.string().min(1),
@@ -61,6 +62,18 @@ export const actions: Actions = {
  return fail(400, { error: true, errors });
  }
 
+ const assistantsCount = await collections.assistants.countDocuments(authCondition(locals));
+
+ if (usageLimits?.assistants && assistantsCount > usageLimits.assistants) {
+ const errors = [
+ {
+ field: "preprompt",
+ message: "You have reached the maximum number of assistants. Delete some to continue.",
+ },
+ ];
+ return fail(400, { error: true, errors });
+ }
+
  const createdById = locals.user?._id ?? locals.sessionId;
 
  const newAssistantId = new ObjectId();