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Design a persistent rate limiter that processes one domain request per second.
Enforce two sliding window constraints per domain: max 2 requests in 5 seconds and max 5 in 30 seconds.
Track global time and only count accepted requests toward future limits.

What This Tests

Hash table usage for domain-specific state management
Sliding window logic over discrete time steps
Efficient data structure operations for expiry cleanup
State persistence across function calls

Common Patterns

Sliding Window

Hashing

Accepted

92/370

Acceptance Rate24.9%

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