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Laravel Rate Limiting: Stop Abuse Before It Starts (2026)

Laravel rate limiting — throttle middleware and named rate limiters, 2026 guide

Why rate limiting is the cheapest security you will ever add Every public endpoint on your Laravel app is an invitation. Login forms invite credential stuffing, password-reset routes invite account enumeration, and any JSON API invites the scraper with a for-loop and a weekend to kill. Laravel rate limiting is the framework’s built-in answer: a … Read more