fix(sever): wrong rate limiter being used for result post

also lowers limit slightly to 300 and updates the generic message to be more clear

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/backend/src/api/routes/results.ts b/backend/src/api/routes/results.ts
index d8d8dfaa0..5edfb731e 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/routes/results.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/routes/results.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export default s.router(resultsContract, {
     handler: async (r) => callController(ResultController.getResults)(r),
   },
   add: {
-    middleware: [validateResultSavingEnabled, RateLimit.resultsTagsUpdate],
+    middleware: [validateResultSavingEnabled, RateLimit.resultsAdd],
     handler: async (r) => callController(ResultController.addResult)(r),
   },
   updateTags: {
diff --git a/backend/src/middlewares/rate-limit.ts b/backend/src/middlewares/rate-limit.ts
index 49736e344..660f5db24 100644
--- a/backend/src/middlewares/rate-limit.ts
+++ b/backend/src/middlewares/rate-limit.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export const customHandler = (
   _next: NextFunction,
   _options: Options
 ): void => {
-  throw new MonkeyError(429, "Too many attempts, please try again later.");
+  throw new MonkeyError(429, "Request limit reached, please try again later.");
 };
 
 const ONE_HOUR_SECONDS = 60 * 60;
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ export const resultsGetApe = rateLimit({
 
 export const resultsAdd = rateLimit({
   windowMs: ONE_HOUR_MS,
-  max: 500 * REQUEST_MULTIPLIER,
+  max: 300 * REQUEST_MULTIPLIER,
   keyGenerator: getKeyWithUid,
   handler: customHandler,
 });