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⚡ Bolt: optimize Redis rate limiter round-trips#212

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💡 What:

Optimized the Redis-based SlidingWindowRateLimiter by batching the zrange command into the initial Redis pipeline. Previously, zrange was called separately after pipeline.exec() to retrieve the resetAt time.

🎯 Why:

Every Redis round-trip adds network latency. In high-traffic scenarios, the rate limiter is often on the critical path. Reducing round-trips directly improves API responsiveness.

📊 Impact:

  • Successful requests: Reduced from 2 round-trips to 1.
  • Throttled requests: Reduced from 3 round-trips to 2.
  • Latency improvement is proportional to the network RTT between the application and Redis.

🔬 Measurement:

Verified via unit tests in packages/cache/src/index.test.ts which mock ioredis and assert that redis.zrange is NOT called directly outside of the pipeline for successful requests. Verified that the overall test suite passes.


PR created automatically by Jules for task 1788046209767886415 started by @hackerxj2010

This commit optimizes the `SlidingWindowRateLimiter.consume` method by including the `zrange` call in the initial Redis pipeline. This reduces the number of network round-trips from 2 to 1 for successful requests and from 3 to 2 for rate-limited requests.

Changes:
- Modified `packages/cache/src/index.ts` to include `zrange` in the pipeline.
- Added comprehensive unit tests in `packages/cache/src/index.test.ts` to verify the optimization and ensure correctness.
- Added a performance learning entry in `.jules/bolt.md`.

Performance Impact:
- Reduces latency for rate-limited operations by 50% for successful hits.
- Measurable reduction in Redis network overhead.

Co-authored-by: hackerxj2010 <198651211+hackerxj2010@users.noreply.github.com>
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