# Vercel — Vercel WAF upgrade brings persistent actions, rate limiting, and API control

- Company: Vercel (vercel.com)
- Announced: 2024-10-02T13:00:00+00:00
- Category: capability-change
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: yes
- Group: announcements
- Source: https://vercel.com/blog/vercel-waf-upgrade-brings-persistent-actions-rate-limiting-and-api-control
- Record: https://forck.live/items/20944-vercel-waf-upgrade-brings-persistent-actions-rate-limiting-and-api-control
- Subject: v0 / AI SDK / AI Gateway

Vercel announced enhancements to its Web Application Firewall (WAF), including persistent actions that block repeat offenders for a customizable duration, rate limiting for specific endpoints to prevent API abuse, and a Firewall API for programmatic control of WAF settings. The Challenge page feature, previously exclusive to the WAF, is now extended to the broader Vercel Firewall. The WAF propagates rules globally in 300 milliseconds.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://vercel.com/blog/vercel-waf-upgrade-brings-persistent-actions-rate-limiting-and-api-control:

> Rate limiting is now generally available in Vercel's WAF, allowing you to set precise request limits for specific endpoints. This means you can prevent API abuse without disrupting the experience for legitimate users.

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