Rate limiting
Capping how many requests a user or device can make in a period of time.
Definition
Rate limiting protects servers and accounts from abuse, such as password guessing or spamming "Resend code". Testers trigger the limit on purpose and check the message and the cool-down.
In practice
"Resend code" becomes available again only after 30 seconds, and after five resends the user must wait an hour.
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