moved amount of accesses to more strict handling for api calls

backend/src/middleware/rateLimit.ts

@@ -41,12 +41,35 @@ const getClientIP = (req: Request): string => {
   return remoteAddress;
 };
 
+// Helper to check if an IP is a loopback address (IPv4 or IPv6)
+const isLoopbackAddress = (ip: string): boolean => {
+  // IPv4 loopback: 127.0.0.0/8
+  if (ip.startsWith('127.') || ip === 'localhost') {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  // IPv6 loopback: ::1
+  // Also handle IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses like ::ffff:127.0.0.1
+  if (ip === '::1' || ip === '::ffff:127.0.0.1') {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  // Handle full IPv6 loopback notation
+  if (ip.toLowerCase().startsWith('0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001') ||
+    ip.toLowerCase() === '0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1') {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  return false;
+};
+
 // Helper to check if request should be limited
 const shouldSkipLimit = (req: Request): boolean => {
   const skipPaths = [
     '/api/health',
     '/api/setup/status',
-    '/api/auth/validate'
+    '/api/auth/validate',
+    '/api/auth/me',
   ];
 
   // Skip for successful GET requests (data fetching)
@@ -54,9 +77,16 @@ const shouldSkipLimit = (req: Request): boolean => {
     return true;
   }
 
+  const clientIP = getClientIP(req);
+
+  // Skip for loopback addresses (local development)
+  if (isLoopbackAddress(clientIP)) {
+    console.log(`✅ Loopback address skipped: ${clientIP}`);
+    return true;
+  }
+
   // Skip for whitelisted IPs from environment
   const whitelist = process.env.RATE_LIMIT_WHITELIST?.split(',') || [];
-  const clientIP = getClientIP(req);
   if (whitelist.includes(clientIP)) {
     console.log(`✅ IP whitelisted: ${clientIP}`);
     return true;
@@ -72,8 +102,8 @@ const getRateLimitConfig = () => {
   return {
     windowMs: parseInt(process.env.RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW_MS || '900000'), // 15 minutes default
     max: isProduction
-      ? parseInt(process.env.RATE_LIMIT_MAX_REQUESTS || '1000')  // Stricter in production
-      : parseInt(process.env.RATE_LIMIT_MAX_REQUESTS || '5000'), // More lenient in development
+      ? parseInt(process.env.RATE_LIMIT_MAX_REQUESTS || '50')  // Stricter in production
+      : parseInt(process.env.RATE_LIMIT_MAX_REQUESTS || '100'), // More lenient in development
 
     // Development-specific relaxations
     skip: (req: Request) => {
@@ -112,7 +142,7 @@ export const apiLimiter = rateLimit({
 // Strict limiter for auth endpoints
 export const authLimiter = rateLimit({
   windowMs: 15 * 60 * 1000,
-  max: parseInt(process.env.AUTH_RATE_LIMIT_MAX_REQUESTS || '100'),
+  max: parseInt(process.env.AUTH_RATE_LIMIT_MAX_REQUESTS || '50'),
   message: {
     error: 'Zu viele Login-Versuche, bitte versuchen Sie es später erneut'
   },
@@ -135,7 +165,7 @@ export const authLimiter = rateLimit({
 // Separate limiter for expensive endpoints
 export const expensiveEndpointLimiter = rateLimit({
   windowMs: 15 * 60 * 1000,
-  max: parseInt(process.env.EXPENSIVE_ENDPOINT_LIMIT || '100'),
+  max: parseInt(process.env.EXPENSIVE_ENDPOINT_LIMIT || '20'),
   message: {
     error: 'Zu viele Anfragen für diese Ressource'
   },