== two JVMs (A on 8081, B on 8082), one redis-server on 6411; free-key-123 allows 5 per minute request 1 to :8081 -> 200 request 2 to :8082 -> 200 request 3 to :8081 -> 200 request 4 to :8082 -> 200 request 5 to :8081 -> 200 request 6 to :8082 -> 429 $ curl -si -H 'X-API-Key: free-key-123' http://localhost:8081/api/hello HTTP/1.1 429 X-RateLimit-Limit: 5 X-RateLimit-Remaining: 0 X-RateLimit-Reset: 60 X-RateLimit-Scope: api-key Retry-After: 12 Content-Type: application/problem+json {"type":"about:blank","title":"Too Many Requests","status":429,"detail":"Rate limit exceeded for scope 'api-key'. Retry in 12 second(s).","retryAfterSeconds":12} $ redis-cli -p 6411 --scan rl:global rl:key:ea39d5800282edc4