This is a query related to the rate-limiting plugin. I am using Kong 3.6 OSS. I have a consumer configured in my Kong gateway, with four gateway services under that consumer. Two services route to OpenAI endpoints, and the other two route to Gemini endpoints. Each service has its own rate-limiting …

Hi, if your goal is to limit by consumer then I believe you will want to configure the rate-limit plugin to limit_by: consumer (which is also the default value) [image] Rate Limiting - Configuration Reference - Plugin | Kong Docs You can use the Rate Limiting plugin to limit how many HT…

Hi @jdd As I mentioned, I currently have four gateway services under the same consumer, and I’ve added separate rate-limit plugins for each. Yes, by default, limit_by is consumer. But if I add the request/day as 10 to all the rate-limiting plugins associated with each service, the combined reques…

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jdd September 30, 2025, 3:00pm 2

Hi, if your goal is to limit by consumer then I believe you will want to configure the rate-limit plugin to limit_by: consumer (which is also the default value)

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