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2026-08-15 14:53
Why You Need Rate Limiting for MCP Servers (And How to Do It)
Without proper controls for how many times an Agent/LLM can hit an MCP Server, you open yourself up to potential DOS attacks, memory hogging, insane API bills, and server/system overload. Luckily, this can be mitigated quickly by rate-limiting the number of requests an Agent can make to an MCP Server.
In this blog post, you'll learn how to implement rate limiting for MCP using agentgateway.
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