# Unable to PATCH rate-limiting plugin

**URL:** <https://discuss.konghq.com/t/unable-to-patch-rate-limiting-plugin/2037>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [October 5, 2018, 12:24pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/unable-to-patch-rate-limiting-plugin/2037 "2018-10-05T12:24:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![pamiel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discuss.konghq.com/pamiel/32/153_2.png) [@pamiel](https://discuss.konghq.com/u/pamiel)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 5:29pm UTC](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/unable-to-patch-rate-limiting-plugin/2037/2 "2018-11-08T17:29:04Z")

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Hi,  
See my post here to explain the reason of the issue. [Unable to properly PATCH a plugin](https://discuss.konghq.com/t/unable-to-properly-patch-a-plugin/2233)  
A look to the source code of the `self_check` function shows that in case of a PATCH to add `config.policy` only, `config` does not contain the mandatory `second`, `minute`, etc. so the PATCH is refused while it should not.

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