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# Per-Node Rate Limit Policy (2026-10-04)
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## Why
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All 4 fleet nodes (muse, pip, 646, opm) egress from a single Cloudflare IP
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(`104.28.195.181`). Cloudflare therefore sees the whole fleet as one client.
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When fleet timers fire simultaneously, synchronized send bursts look like one
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aggressive client and invite correlated rate-limiting — the likely shape of
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the "all 4 browsers flapping" episodes.
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Per-agent rate limiting with deterministic jitter de-correlates the fleet:
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each node's send phase drifts apart instead of hitting in lockstep.
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## Policy
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| Agent | Base interval | Jitter factor | Effective interval | Burst | Max/min |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| muse | 3.0s | 1.2917 | 3.875s | 5 | 20 |
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| pip | 3.0s | 0.8183 | 2.455s | 5 | 20 |
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| 646 | 3.0s | 1.1193 | 3.358s | 5 | 20 |
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| opm | 3.0s | 0.8287 | 2.486s | 5 | 20 |
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Mean effective interval ≈ 3.04s — the jitter does **not** make limits
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stricter on average; it only spreads phases.
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- **Jitter:** ±30% deterministic per agent, seeded by
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`sha256("netvm-rate-jitter:v1:" + agent)`. Same agent → same factor every
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run (reproducible); different agents → different factors (de-correlated).
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Uses an isolated `random.Random`, never touches global random state.
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- **Scope:** per-agent token buckets. State lives in one shared file
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(`/tmp/netvm-rate-limit.json`) but keys are namespaced by agent
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(`{agent}`, `{agent}_recent`) — buckets are fully independent.
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- **Enforcement points:**
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- `job-dispatch.py` — `rate_limit_wait(agent)` / `rate_limit_wait(sender_agent)`
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(pre-existing; now jittered, no call-site change needed)
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- `dm.py::dm_send` — `rate_limit_wait(agent)` before send, keyed on the
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sender (added 2026-10-04). Near no-op at normal pacing since sends
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already sleep 2–3s; it only bites on burst loops.
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## Inspect
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```bash
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python3 bin/rate_limiter.py --policy # effective policy per agent
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python3 bin/rate_limiter.py --policy opm --no-jitter
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```
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## Notes
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- `/tmp` state does not survive reboots; buckets start empty (permissive).
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- To disable jitter for a caller: `rate_limit_wait(agent, jitter=0)`.
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- Distinct egress IPs per node (Cloudflare Zero Trust dedicated egress)
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remains the structural fix; this policy is the de-correlation layer that
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works regardless.
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