On 05.08.2016 19:11, CJ Ess wrote: > So I know I can use Haproxy to send 429s when a given request rate is > exceeded. > > I have a case where the "user" is mostly screen scrapers and click bots, so > if I return a 429 they'll just turn around and re-request until successful > - I can't expect them to voluntarily manage their request rate or do any > sort of back-off when requests fail. So instead I want to keep the > connections open and the requests alive, and just delay dispatching them to > an upstream backend. Is there anyway I can do something like this? I'm open > to suggestions of alternative ways to achieve the same effect. >
It sounds like the tarpit functionality is what you want: https://cbonte.github.io/haproxy-dconv/1.6/configuration.html#reqtarpit Regards, Dennis
