Nginx $upstream_cache_status not available when used in rate limiting

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I assume $upstream_cache_status variable is set after requests are sent and
responses are got. But is there a way to do do rate limiting ignoring cache?
 Really appreciate any help on this.

Thanks.

Posted at Nginx Forum: https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,268345,268383#msg-268383