
TOCTOU Race Conditions in Rate Limiting: A Security Deep Dive
How a subtle race condition in file-based rate limiting allowed unlimited API calls, and the atomic operations that fixed it.

How a subtle race condition in file-based rate limiting allowed unlimited API calls, and the atomic operations that fixed it.

TypeError in code you didn’t write. Stack trace points to tool internals. The bug isn’t yours, but you still need to fix your workflow.