From 7fb5ee12c281401f8bfafb87b712f83b3cfdfc78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Covener <covener@apache.org>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2026 12:26:13 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] xforms

[skip CI]


git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x@1938790 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
---
 docs/manual/mod/mod_ratelimit.html.en  | 11 +++++++++++
 docs/manual/mod/mod_ratelimit.xml.fr   |  2 +-
 docs/manual/mod/mod_ratelimit.xml.meta |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_ratelimit.html.en b/docs/manual/mod/mod_ratelimit.html.en
index 989cec70c8..e13f3e27c1 100644
--- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_ratelimit.html.en
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_ratelimit.html.en
@@ -51,6 +51,17 @@ configured to be passed at full speed before throttling to the
 specified rate limit.  This value is optional, and is set using
 the environment variable <code>rate-initial-burst</code>.</p>
 
+<div class="warning"><h3>Resource consumption</h3>
+<p>Rate limiting is implemented by sleeping between writes to the client,
+so each rate-limited response occupies a server thread (or process) for
+the entire, deliberately prolonged, duration of the transfer. This applies
+to all MPMs, including <code class="module"><a href="../mod/event.html">event</a></code>. A modest number of slow,
+rate-limited downloads can exhaust the server's available workers and
+prevent other requests from being served. Use this module with caution,
+limit it to the resources that need it, and size
+<code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mpm_common.html#maxrequestworkers">MaxRequestWorkers</a></code> accordingly.</p>
+</div>
+
 <div class="example"><h3>Example Configuration</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">&lt;Location "/downloads"&gt;
     SetOutputFilter RATE_LIMIT
     SetEnv rate-limit 400 
diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_ratelimit.xml.fr b/docs/manual/mod/mod_ratelimit.xml.fr
index 4c0fa23b4a..0906b829ea 100644
--- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_ratelimit.xml.fr
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_ratelimit.xml.fr
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE modulesynopsis SYSTEM "../style/modulesynopsis.dtd">
 <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="../style/manual.fr.xsl"?>
-<!-- English Revision: 1835168 -->
+<!-- English Revision: 1835168:1938789 (outdated) -->
 <!-- French translation : Lucien GENTIS -->
 <!-- Reviewed by : Vincent Deffontaines -->
 
diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_ratelimit.xml.meta b/docs/manual/mod/mod_ratelimit.xml.meta
index 9cd2c2d9d2..c44ea5cee2 100644
--- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_ratelimit.xml.meta
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_ratelimit.xml.meta
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
 
   <variants>
     <variant>en</variant>
-    <variant>fr</variant>
+    <variant outdated="yes">fr</variant>
   </variants>
 </metafile>