<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,153)">Following <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6585">RFC 6585</a>, there is a HTTP status code for 'too many requests', which applies well to the nginx module limiting requests, and by extension to the module limiting connections.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(51,51,153)">Having in mind changing default values is somewhat tricky regarding backwards compatibility, would it be a possible enhancement to change the default value of limit_req_status and limit_conn_status from 503 to 429?<br clear="all"></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><font size="1"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">---<br></span><b><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">B. R.</span></b><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"></span></font></div></div>
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