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Redeploy "Documentation: Update information regarding our rate limits" #1756

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This document is a revised version of the existing rate limits documentation. The goals of this new version are:

  • Re-organizes the page visually and structurally to make it easier use as a reference
  • Enables easy "deep-linking", each rate limits error message can now link directly to the limit that has been exceeded.
  • Consolidates three additional pages added in 2021: Duplicate Certificate, Failed Validation, and Accounts per IP Address).
  • Clarifies which limits are enforced globally and explains exactly what that means.
  • Clarifies which limits can and cannot be overridden.
  • Clarifies how limit exemptions apply when renewing certificates.
  • Explains that our limits are now evaluated using a leaky bucket algorithm instead of a sliding window.
  • Eliminates the Pending Authorizations limit, as it no longer exists in our updated rate limits implementation.
  • Introduces a section covering more consistent format of our new rate limit error messages, including:
    • the new “retry after” timestamp, and
    • the new Retry-After headers we've added to each rate limit error.
  • More consistent usage of terminology:
    • Uses "hostname" instead of "domain", "name", or "FQDN".
    • Uses "registered domain" instead of "domain" or "domain name".

These changes were approved in #1754 and reverted in #1755.

Do not merge this until letsencrypt/boulder#7767 is deployed to production.

beautifulentropy added a commit to letsencrypt/boulder that referenced this pull request Oct 25, 2024
…tion (#7767)

Updates rate limits error messages to deep link to new website docs added in letsencrypt/website#1756.
@beautifulentropy beautifulentropy marked this pull request as ready for review November 1, 2024 14:20
@beautifulentropy beautifulentropy merged commit 4b43e13 into main Nov 1, 2024
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