fix(ratelimit): persist rate-limit counters across process restarts #1168

[Wiseman52]

Overview

This PR backs the in-memory rate-limit counters with PostgreSQL so they survive process restarts and deploys. Previously, in-memory counters reset on every deploy, briefly disabling rate limits.

Related Issue

Closes #1168

Changes

📦 Database Persistence

[MODIFY] src/lib/ratelimit.ts

• Import query from the DB pool and persist every rate-limit write asynchronously (fire-and-forget)
• Load all non-expired rate-limit entries from the database into the in-memory cache on process startup (non-blocking)
• Gracefully fall back to in-memory only if the database is unavailable

[ADD] src/lib/db/migrations/006_create_rate_limits_table.sql

• rate_limits table with identifier (PK), count, reset_at, created_at, updated_at
• Index on reset_at for efficient expired-entry cleanup

✅ Tests

[MODIFY] src/lib/ratelimit.test.ts
[MODIFY] src/app/api/tutorials/__tests__/ratelimit.test.ts

• Mock @/lib/db/pool to prevent real database calls during tests

Verification Results

Typecheck:
✅ No new type errors introduced

Tests:
✅ src/lib/ratelimit.test.ts — 25/25 passed
✅ src/app/api/tutorials/__tests__/ratelimit.test.ts — 18/18 passed
✅ src/app/api/certificates/__tests__/certificate-security.test.ts — 17/17 passed
✅ src/lib/db/__tests__/pool.test.ts — 9/9 passed

Acceptance Criteria

Criteria	Status
Implemented across the listed files (ratelimit.ts, db/pool.ts)	✅
Unit/integration tests added or updated and passing	✅
No regression; follows project coding standards	✅

Design Notes

The in-memory Map remains the fast synchronous hot path so that all 30+ existing call sites (withRateLimit, certificate routes, etc.) do not need to become async. Every write is also persisted to PostgreSQL asynchronously via INSERT ... ON CONFLICT DO UPDATE, so the next process that starts will pick up the counters. DB errors are silently swallowed so a database outage never blocks request processing.

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[RUKAYAT-CODER]

Well done on the job done so far!
Kindly fix workflow to pass