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meet/src/backend/core/api/throttling.py
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lebaudantoine eceefa0b6f ✨(backend) introduce a token exchange endpoint for iframe embeds
Some integrators render our videoconference inside an iframe, where
our cookie-based authentication does not work: our cookies are
SameSite=Lax/Strict, so the iframe drops them.

We looked at what Jitsi offers: a shared secret used to sign JWTs
that authenticate users coming from external services. Since we
already expose an external API where third parties authenticate as
a given user, it was simpler for us to add an exchange mechanism on
top of that.

Flow:

* Through the external API, mint a short-lived, single-use exchange
  code for a user.
* The third party hands that code to the frontend as a URL fragment.
* The frontend exchanges the code for a longer-lived JWT that can be
  used to query the regular API viewsets.

Known limitations and follow-ups:

* At some point it would be nice to shorten the JWT lifetime and
  add a refresh mechanism. This will be handled in a follow-up PR
  when actually needed.
* CSP rules to control which origins are allowed to embed the app
  in an iframe still need to be added.
* This alternative authentication cannot easily be scoped to a
  subset of endpoints without adding a lot of complexity, so it is
  accepted globally on the API for now.
2026-10-08 15:32:00 +02:00

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"""Throttling modules for the API."""
from django.conf import settings
from lasuite.drf.throttling import MonitoredThrottleMixin
from rest_framework.throttling import AnonRateThrottle, UserRateThrottle
from sentry_sdk import capture_message
def sentry_monitoring_throttle_failure(message):
"""Log when a failure occurs to detect rate limiting issues."""
capture_message(message, "warning")
class MonitoredAnonRateThrottle(MonitoredThrottleMixin, AnonRateThrottle):
"""Throttle for the monitored scoped rate throttle."""
class MonitoredUserRateThrottle(MonitoredThrottleMixin, UserRateThrottle):
"""Throttle for the monitored scoped rate throttle."""
class RoomCreationUserRateThrottle(MonitoredUserRateThrottle):
"""Throttle room creation per authenticated user.
Can be declared at the viewset level: every action other than "create"
is left unthrottled, so the same class can be reused on any viewset
exposing a room creation endpoint.
"""
scope = "room_creation"
def get_cache_key(self, request, view):
"""Throttle only room creations."""
if getattr(view, "action", None) != "create":
return None
return super().get_cache_key(request, view)
class RoomCreationDailyUserRateThrottle(RoomCreationUserRateThrottle):
"""Cap room creation per authenticated user over a day.
Complements the short-term RoomCreationUserRateThrottle, which absorbs
bursts but lets a user steadily create rooms over hours or days.
"""
scope = "room_creation_daily"
class RequestEntryAuthenticatedUserRateThrottle(MonitoredUserRateThrottle):
"""Throttle authenticated user requesting room entry"""
scope = "request_entry"
def get_cache_key(self, request, view):
"""Use the authenticated user ID as the throttle cache key."""
if request.user and not request.user.is_authenticated:
return None # Defer to RequestEntryAnonRateThrottle for anonymous users.
return super().get_cache_key(request, view)
class RequestEntryAnonRateThrottle(MonitoredAnonRateThrottle):
"""Throttle Anonymous user requesting room entry"""
scope = "request_entry"
def get_cache_key(self, request, view):
"""Use the lobby participant cookie ID as the throttle cache key.
Only throttle if a cookie is already set. If no cookie exists yet,
return None to skip throttling — the cookie will be set on the first
response, and throttling will apply from the second request onward.
Keying on the cookie rather than the IP address prevents penalising
multiple users behind the same NAT/proxy, and is consistent with how
LobbyService identifies participants.
Note: as per DRF documentation, application-level throttling is not a
security measure against brute-force or DoS attacks. This throttle exists
solely to guard against accidental hammering from buggy clients.
"""
if request.user and request.user.is_authenticated:
return None # Only throttle unauthenticated requests.
participant_id = request.COOKIES.get(settings.LOBBY_COOKIE_NAME)
if participant_id is None:
return None # No throttling for cookieless requests
return self.cache_format % {
"scope": self.scope,
"ident": participant_id,
}
class CreationCallbackAnonRateThrottle(MonitoredAnonRateThrottle):
"""Throttle Anonymous user requesting room generation callback"""
scope = "creation_callback"
class RoomKitJoinRateThrottle(MonitoredUserRateThrottle):
"""Throttle the LiveKit SIP module requesting roomkit joins.
The roomkit endpoints are authenticated as a machine user, so all requests
share a single throttle bucket. This is not a security measure against
brute-force attacks but a guard against accidental hammering from a buggy
SIP module.
"""
scope = "roomkit_join"
class ConnectionTestUserRateThrottle(MonitoredUserRateThrottle):
"""Throttle authenticated users requesting connection test tokens."""
scope = "connection_test"
class ConnectionTestAnonRateThrottle(MonitoredAnonRateThrottle):
"""Throttle anonymous users requesting connection test tokens."""
scope = "connection_test"
class ExchangeAccessTokenAnonRateThrottle(MonitoredAnonRateThrottle):
"""Throttle anonymous transit code exchange attempts.
Abuse mitigation only, not a security boundary: DRF throttling is
best-effort. The security of the exchange rests on the codes'
entropy and single use.
"""
scope = "exchange_access_token"