feat: Add sample extension - Rate limiter and a working helloworld sample which uses this extension #377
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Summary of ChangesHello @madankumarpichamuthu, I'm Gemini Code Assist1! I'm currently reviewing this pull request and will post my feedback shortly. In the meantime, here's a summary to help you and other reviewers quickly get up to speed! This pull request introduces a new, robust rate limiting extension for the A2A protocol, designed to enhance the control and protection of agent resources. It provides a flexible framework with multiple rate limiting algorithms and diverse integration patterns, allowing developers to easily apply and configure rate limits on both the agent and client sides. A practical "Hello World" agent is included to showcase the extension's capabilities and demonstrate its seamless integration into an A2A application. Highlights
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This pull request introduces a new sample extension for rate limiting, along with a HelloWorld agent that demonstrates its usage. The implementation is comprehensive, covering various rate-limiting algorithms and integration patterns. The documentation is also very thorough.
My review focuses on improving the project structure to avoid code duplication, fixing some inconsistencies and potential bugs in the extension's implementation, and addressing minor issues in the sample agent and its tests. Key areas for improvement include using a path dependency for the extension, ensuring method idempotency, and correcting inconsistencies in configuration and Python version support.
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- Update Python requirement to >=3.10 for type union syntax compatibility - Add __version__ attribute to ratelimiter extension - Make default rate limits configurable via RateLimitingExtension.__init__ - Remove code duplication by making ratelimiter_ext a path dependency - Ensure proper resource cleanup with try/finally in rate_limit_test.py - Make add_to_card method idempotent to prevent duplicate extensions - Restructure agent card creation for clarity and correctness - Remove unused imports (types, json, field) - Move new_agent_text_message import to top-level - Update test message to "Hello" for HelloWorld agent consistency - Fix JSON syntax by removing trailing spaces after commas in README - Optimize Containerfile: add dnf clean and use g+rwX for security
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Thanks for the interesting addition to our example extensions! Rate limiting is definitely something every productionized agent should be considering. At a high level I approve of this PR. I have a few thoughts and comments to share:
An agent can implement rate limiting without an extension. In fact, I expect them to. So it's important to understand the purpose of the extension.
I think this PR is doing two distinct things:
- Defining a means for the agent to inform the client about their usage and remaining limits.
- Providing a simple to use library for incorporating rate limiting with the A2A SDK. That's nice, but also something that can stand alone beyond the extension. The tight integration with the extension in order to report usage is of course very useful.
The first point is really where the extension comes into play. Rate limiting is not really something that a client has a choice about: the server enforces the limits whether the client wants it to or not. Activating the extension is not so much a signal to "please do rate limiting", but "I understand how to interpret usage signals that you send back, so please include them". That does seem pretty useful, and strangely I don't think I've seen many cases of servers providing that information. But the extension is specifically about communicating data, not enforcement.
I'd recommend reworking the extension API to not be about applying rate limiting, but instead communicating back the rate limiting signals. Enforcement can apply no matter what, but packing the rate limiting signals into returned messages will only be done if the client explicitly signaled that they want them.
It doesn't seem like the client would have much at all to send to the server agent. The usage for a request is determined by the server, rather than the client, so the client doesn't need to send how much it thinks it should be charged. Providing recommendations for establishing client IDs is reasonable, but most systems will probably want to build this off an existing authentication system (e.g. "my server accepts OAuth access tokens, so I'll extract the client ID from the token I receive").
I suspect that most production implementations will want to bring their own battle-tested rate limiters, so you could reduce the example rate limiters down to just one. This is just a sample, so providing multiple rate limiting algorithms isn't the main purpose. If you wanted to take it one step further, integrating this extension with existing libraries that provide rate limiting would be useful.
Other than those comments, I think the idea is good and providing an example agent that incorporates it is great.
This commit refactors the rate limiting extension to be more focused, correct, and easier to understand as a demonstration of A2A protocol extension patterns. Key Changes: Extension Core: - Simplified README from 409 to 182 lines (55% reduction) - Removed installation section (local package only) - Fixed walrus operator issue in add_to_card method - Fixed reset_time calculation in TokenBucketLimiter to accurately reflect when bucket reaches full capacity - Created examples/ directory with separate pattern files: - basic_usage.py: Complete minimal implementation example - production_patterns.py: Advanced patterns (OAuth, Redis, tiered limits) - Added cross-references between extension and demo READMEs HelloWorld Demo: - Simplified agent_executor.py from 170 to 128 lines - Removed unnecessary _get_rate_limits method (35 lines) - Hardcoded 10 req/min limit in execute() for clarity - Simplified _extract_client_key to just return IP address - Updated README to reflect minimal changes approach - Removed custom_limits feature from test client (bad practice) - Updated test descriptions to emphasize server-controlled policies - Fixed test CLI arguments (signals -> extension) Documentation: - Added folder location references in both READMEs - Clarified separation: code patterns (copy/adapt) vs runnable demo (run/test) - Updated production considerations with clearer examples - Emphasized that server controls all policies, not clients Technical Correctness: - Extension URI: https://github.com/a2aproject/a2a-samples/extensions/ratelimiter/v1 - Metadata field: github.com/a2aproject/a2a-samples/extensions/ratelimiter/v1/result - Proper extension activation via X-A2A-Extensions header - Correct token bucket algorithm implementation with thread safety - Rate limiting always enforced (not conditional on extension) - Extension only controls visibility (opt-in communication) All changes maintain backward compatibility and follow A2A protocol extension best practices.
- Remove unused typing.Any import from __init__.py - Comment out unused client_key variable in production_patterns.py example
- Add 'text' language specifier to all plain text/diagram code blocks - Fixes MD040 markdown linting errors in README files
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Hi Mike, Thanks for the detailed feedback! I've reworked the extension based on your comments: Key Changes:
I've also simplified the README, created separate example files for basic and production The extension is now focused purely on providing visibility into rate limiting that's already being enforced, Would appreciate another review when you have a chance! Thanks, |
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