fix: add check for app_api_system session flag to bypass rate limit

Signed-off-by: Florian Klinger <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrey Borysenko <[email protected]>

lib/private/AppFramework/DependencyInjection/DIContainer.php

@@ -302,7 +302,8 @@ public function __construct(string $appName, array $urlParams = [], ServerContai
 					$c->get(IRequest::class),
 					$c->get(IUserSession::class),
 					$c->get(IControllerMethodReflector::class),
-					$c->get(OC\Security\RateLimiting\Limiter::class)
+					$c->get(OC\Security\RateLimiting\Limiter::class),
+					$c->get(ISession::class)
 				)
 			);
 			$dispatcher->registerMiddleware(

lib/private/AppFramework/Middleware/Security/RateLimitingMiddleware.php

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 use OCP\AppFramework\Http\TemplateResponse;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Middleware;
 use OCP\IRequest;
+use OCP\ISession;
 use OCP\IUserSession;
 use ReflectionMethod;
 
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ public function __construct(
 		protected IUserSession $userSession,
 		protected ControllerMethodReflector $reflector,
 		protected Limiter $limiter,
+		protected ISession $session,
 	) {
 	}
 
@@ -81,6 +83,11 @@ public function beforeController(Controller $controller, string $methodName): vo
 		parent::beforeController($controller, $methodName);
 		$rateLimitIdentifier = get_class($controller) . '::' . $methodName;
 
+		if ($this->session->exists('app_api_system')) {
+			// Bypass rate limiting for app_api
+			return;
+		}
+
 		if ($this->userSession->isLoggedIn()) {
 			$rateLimit = $this->readLimitFromAnnotationOrAttribute($controller, $methodName, 'UserRateThrottle', UserRateLimit::class);
 

tests/lib/AppFramework/Middleware/Security/RateLimitingMiddlewareTest.php

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 use OCP\AppFramework\Http\DataResponse;
 use OCP\AppFramework\Http\TemplateResponse;
 use OCP\IRequest;
+use OCP\ISession;
 use OCP\IUser;
 use OCP\IUserSession;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\MockObject\MockObject;
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ class RateLimitingMiddlewareTest extends TestCase {
 	private IUserSession|MockObject $userSession;
 	private ControllerMethodReflector $reflector;
 	private Limiter|MockObject $limiter;
+	private ISession|MockObject $session;
 	private RateLimitingMiddleware $rateLimitingMiddleware;
 
 	protected function setUp(): void {
@@ -86,12 +88,14 @@ protected function setUp(): void {
 		$this->userSession = $this->createMock(IUserSession::class);
 		$this->reflector = new ControllerMethodReflector();
 		$this->limiter = $this->createMock(Limiter::class);
+		$this->session = $this->createMock(ISession::class);
 
 		$this->rateLimitingMiddleware = new RateLimitingMiddleware(
 			$this->request,
 			$this->userSession,
 			$this->reflector,
-			$this->limiter
+			$this->limiter,
+			$this->session
 		);
 	}