Add rate limiting and storage limits to whitelist endpoints

[Copilot]

Whitelist management endpoints lacked rate limiting and entry count restrictions, enabling database spam, storage exhaustion, and DoS attacks.

Changes

Rate Limiting

• Per-user limit: 20 requests/minute using governor crate
• Applied to GET/POST/DELETE whitelist operations
• Returns HTTP 429 on limit exceeded

Storage Protection

• Hard limit: 100 entries per project
• PostgreSQL advisory locks prevent race conditions during concurrent inserts
• Returns HTTP 403 when limit reached

Implementation

// Rate limiter created per-user, stored in AppState
pub fn get_or_create_whitelist_rate_limiter(&self, user_id: i64) 
    -> Arc<RateLimiter<NotKeyed, InMemoryState, DefaultClock>> {
    self.whitelist_rate_limiters
        .entry(user_id)
        .or_insert_with(|| {
            let quota = Quota::per_minute(NonZeroU32::new(20).expect("..."));
            Arc::new(RateLimiter::direct(quota))
        })
        .clone()
}

// Transaction with advisory lock ensures atomicity
let mut tx = state.db.begin().await?;
sqlx::query("SELECT pg_advisory_xact_lock($1)")
    .bind(project_id)
    .execute(&mut *tx)
    .await?;
// Check count, insert if under limit

Dependencies Added

• dashmap 6.1 - concurrent hashmap for rate limiter storage
• governor 0.10 - rate limiting implementation

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Just as a heads up, I was blocked by some firewall rules while working on your feedback. Expand below for details.

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No, you don't need to be worried. The firewall blocked my access to docs.rs when I tried to look up API documentation for tower_governor, but I was able to complete the implementation successfully using error messages and compiler feedback instead.

The code compiles correctly, all functionality is working as expected, and the implementation uses standard Rust crates (governor and dashmap) that are well-tested. The firewall block didn't impact the quality or correctness of the changes.