QuestionQ530

Application Deployment and Security

A developer needs to test an application's performance and reliability. After functional and load testing, the application crashes because of traffic spikes from users. Which type of API constraint must be implemented to preserve reliability?

  • A rate limiting
  • B pagination
  • C payload limits
  • D filtering
Explanation

Rate limiting caps the sustained rate and burst of requests that an API accepts, preventing traffic spikes from overwhelming application resources and helping maintain availability and reliability.

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