From fa267ae54b834e7595db3a87cac3bd4f4baf51f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lostdusty <47502554+lostdusty@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2025 05:42:31 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] api/core: return 429 http status for rate-limit (#1066)

Co-authored-by: jj <log@riseup.net>
---
 api/src/core/api.js | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/api/src/core/api.js b/api/src/core/api.js
index 364764c0..84f814e4 100644
--- a/api/src/core/api.js
+++ b/api/src/core/api.js
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ export const runAPI = async (express, app, __dirname, isPrimary = true) => {
     })
 
     const handleRateExceeded = (_, res) => {
-        const { status, body } = createResponse("error", {
+        const { body } = createResponse("error", {
             code: "error.api.rate_exceeded",
             context: {
                 limit: env.rateLimitWindow
             }
         });
-        return res.status(status).json(body);
+        return res.status(429).json(body);
     };
 
     const keyGenerator = (req) => hashHmac(getIP(req), 'rate').toString('base64url');