From 2315ce06de0529688a618244b4de560d625415d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abubeker Yasin <dev.abubeker@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:45:16 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: ( auth ) throttle only the public sign-in endpoints

---
 .../src/common/throttle-sign-in.decorator.ts  |  4 ++++
 .../src/modules/auth/auth.controller.ts       | 22 ++++++++++---------
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 apps/edr-passenger-api/src/common/throttle-sign-in.decorator.ts

diff --git a/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/common/throttle-sign-in.decorator.ts b/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/common/throttle-sign-in.decorator.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..40c1ee106
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/common/throttle-sign-in.decorator.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import { applyDecorators, UseGuards } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { Throttle, ThrottlerGuard } from '@nestjs/throttler';
+export const ThrottleSignIn = (limit = 20) =>
+  applyDecorators(UseGuards(ThrottlerGuard), Throttle({ auth: { limit, ttl: 60_000 } }));
diff --git a/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/auth/auth.controller.ts b/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/auth/auth.controller.ts
index ce076c970..76cbb8477 100644
--- a/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/auth/auth.controller.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/auth/auth.controller.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import {
   ApiBearerAuth,
 } from "@nestjs/swagger";
 import { IsPublic } from "@tria-plc/api-common/modules/auth/decorators/public.decorator";
-import { Throttle, ThrottlerGuard } from "@nestjs/throttler";
+import { ThrottleSignIn } from "../../common/throttle-sign-in.decorator";
 import { PassengerAuthService } from "./passenger-auth.service";
 import {
   RegisterDto,
@@ -37,16 +37,12 @@ import { JwtGuard } from "../../common/jwt.guard";
 
 @ApiTags("Passenger Auth")
 @Controller("auth")
-// Scoped to this controller rather than registered as a global APP_GUARD: the staged sign-in
-// exposes an account-existence lookup, and rate limiting is the mitigation for it. Applying the
-// guard app-wide would change the behaviour of every other module at the same time.
-@UseGuards(ThrottlerGuard)
-@Throttle({ auth: { limit: 20, ttl: 60_000 } })
 export class AuthController {
   constructor(private passengerAuthService: PassengerAuthService) {}
 
   @Post("register")
   @IsPublic()
+  @ThrottleSignIn()
   @ApiOperation({
     summary: "Register new passenger account (sends SMS verification code)",
   })
@@ -66,6 +62,7 @@ export class AuthController {
 
   @Post("register/resend-code")
   @IsPublic()
+  @ThrottleSignIn()
   @HttpCode(HttpStatus.OK)
   @ApiOperation({
     summary: "Resend the registration verification code for a pending account",
@@ -84,6 +81,7 @@ export class AuthController {
 
   @Post("login")
   @IsPublic()
+  @ThrottleSignIn()
   @HttpCode(HttpStatus.OK)
   @ApiOperation({ summary: "Login with email and password" })
   @ApiResponse({
@@ -199,11 +197,11 @@ export class AuthController {
 
   @Post("identifier/lookup")
   @IsPublic()
+  // Tighter than the other sign-in endpoints: this is the one that answers "does this account
+  // exist", so it is the one worth making expensive to sweep. Still roomy enough that a
+  // passenger correcting a typo two or three times is unaffected.
+  @ThrottleSignIn(10)
   @HttpCode(HttpStatus.OK)
-  // Tighter than the rest of the controller: this is the endpoint that answers "does this
-  // account exist", so it is the one worth making expensive to sweep. Still roomy enough
-  // that a passenger correcting a typo two or three times is unaffected.
-  @Throttle({ auth: { limit: 10, ttl: 60_000 } })
   @ApiOperation({
     summary: "Step 1 of sign-in — decide what to ask the user for next",
     description:
@@ -222,6 +220,7 @@ export class AuthController {
 
   @Post("password-setup/request")
   @IsPublic()
+  @ThrottleSignIn()
   @HttpCode(HttpStatus.OK)
   @ApiOperation({
     summary: "Send the SMS code that lets an account with no password set one",
@@ -237,6 +236,7 @@ export class AuthController {
 
   @Post("password-setup/complete")
   @IsPublic()
+  @ThrottleSignIn()
   @HttpCode(HttpStatus.OK)
   @ApiOperation({
     summary: "Redeem the code, set the password, and sign in",
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ export class AuthController {
 
   @Post("fayda/request-password-setup")
   @IsPublic()
+  @ThrottleSignIn()
   @HttpCode(HttpStatus.OK)
   @ApiOperation({
     summary: "Send OTP to phone for Fayda-verified account password setup",
@@ -277,6 +278,7 @@ export class AuthController {
 
   @Post("fayda/verify-and-login")
   @IsPublic()
+  @ThrottleSignIn()
   @HttpCode(HttpStatus.OK)
   @ApiOperation({
     summary: "Verify OTP and receive session token for Fayda-verified account",