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fix(audit phase 3/3): correct retry-after unit parsing #47

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fix(rate-limit): honor retry_after_ms units in response parsing
ndycode Feb 27, 2026
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fix(rate-limit): clamp delays and codify retry_after precedence
ndycode Feb 28, 2026
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fix(rate-limit): normalize header retry delays and add clamp boundary…
ndycode Feb 28, 2026
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44 changes: 31 additions & 13 deletions lib/request/fetch-helpers.ts
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Expand Up @@ -691,15 +691,21 @@ interface RateLimitErrorBody {

function parseRateLimitBody(
body: string,
): { code?: string; resetsAt?: number; retryAfterMs?: number } | undefined {
): {
code?: string;
resetsAt?: number;
retryAfterMs?: number;
retryAfterSeconds?: number;
} | undefined {
if (!body) return undefined;
try {
const parsed = JSON.parse(body) as RateLimitErrorBody;
const error = parsed?.error ?? {};
const code = (error.code ?? error.type ?? "").toString();
const resetsAt = toNumber(error.resets_at ?? error.reset_at);
const retryAfterMs = toNumber(error.retry_after_ms ?? error.retry_after);
return { code, resetsAt, retryAfterMs };
const retryAfterMs = toNumber(error.retry_after_ms);
const retryAfterSeconds = toNumber(error.retry_after);
return { code, resetsAt, retryAfterMs, retryAfterSeconds };
} catch {
return undefined;
}
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -824,10 +830,18 @@ function ensureJsonErrorResponse(response: Response, payload: ErrorPayload): Res

function parseRetryAfterMs(
response: Response,
parsedBody?: { resetsAt?: number; retryAfterMs?: number },
parsedBody?: {
resetsAt?: number;
retryAfterMs?: number;
retryAfterSeconds?: number;
},
): number | null {
if (parsedBody?.retryAfterMs !== undefined) {
return normalizeRetryAfter(parsedBody.retryAfterMs);
return normalizeRetryAfterMilliseconds(parsedBody.retryAfterMs);
}

if (parsedBody?.retryAfterSeconds !== undefined) {
return normalizeRetryAfterSeconds(parsedBody.retryAfterSeconds);
}

const retryAfterMsHeader = response.headers.get("retry-after-ms");
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -881,16 +895,20 @@ function parseRetryAfterMs(
return null;
}

function normalizeRetryAfter(value: number): number {
function normalizeRetryAfterMilliseconds(value: number): number {
if (!Number.isFinite(value)) return 60000;
let ms: number;
if (value > 0 && value < 1000) {
ms = Math.floor(value * 1000);
} else {
ms = Math.floor(value);
}
const ms = Math.floor(value);
const MIN_RETRY_DELAY_MS = 1;
const MAX_RETRY_DELAY_MS = 5 * 60 * 1000;
return Math.min(ms, MAX_RETRY_DELAY_MS);
return Math.min(Math.max(ms, MIN_RETRY_DELAY_MS), MAX_RETRY_DELAY_MS);
}

function normalizeRetryAfterSeconds(value: number): number {
if (!Number.isFinite(value)) return 60000;
const ms = Math.floor(value * 1000);
const MIN_RETRY_DELAY_MS = 1;
const MAX_RETRY_DELAY_MS = 5 * 60 * 1000;
return Math.min(Math.max(ms, MIN_RETRY_DELAY_MS), MAX_RETRY_DELAY_MS);
}

function toNumber(value: unknown): number | undefined {
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22 changes: 20 additions & 2 deletions test/fetch-helpers.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -664,13 +664,13 @@ describe('Fetch Helpers Module', () => {
expect(rateLimit?.retryAfterMs).toBeGreaterThan(0);
});

it('normalizes small retryAfterMs values as seconds', async () => {
it('keeps retry_after_ms values in milliseconds even when small', async () => {
const body = { error: { message: 'rate limited', retry_after_ms: 5 } };
const response = new Response(JSON.stringify(body), { status: 429 });

const { rateLimit } = await handleErrorResponse(response);

expect(rateLimit?.retryAfterMs).toBe(5000);
expect(rateLimit?.retryAfterMs).toBe(5);
});

it('caps retryAfterMs at 5 minutes', async () => {
Expand All @@ -691,6 +691,24 @@ describe('Fetch Helpers Module', () => {
expect(rateLimit?.retryAfterMs).toBe(60000);
});

it('treats retry_after as seconds from body payload', async () => {
const body = { error: { message: 'rate limited', retry_after: 5 } };
const response = new Response(JSON.stringify(body), { status: 429 });

const { rateLimit } = await handleErrorResponse(response);

expect(rateLimit?.retryAfterMs).toBe(5000);
});

it('prefers retry_after_ms over retry_after when both are present', async () => {
const body = { error: { message: 'rate limited', retry_after_ms: 250, retry_after: 5 } };
const response = new Response(JSON.stringify(body), { status: 429 });

const { rateLimit } = await handleErrorResponse(response);

expect(rateLimit?.retryAfterMs).toBe(250);
});

it('handles millisecond unix timestamp in reset header', async () => {
const futureTimestampMs = Date.now() + 45000;
const headers = new Headers({ 'x-ratelimit-reset': String(futureTimestampMs) });
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