Quota Enforcement — Flow Diagram

Withdrawn (2026-10-27). This page described a request-time quota gate for the scanner API: Valkey INCR counters per hashed IP or token, 5 s and 60 s delays, and stella_quota_* metrics. None of it was implemented, and the free-use terms no longer limit scans, so the design is withdrawn.

What is true instead:

• No scan request passes through a quota gate, and no licence term is enforced at request time. Verified against src/ on 2026-10-27: rg -n "quota:ip|quota:tid|stella_quota_|quota_anon" src returns nothing.
• The free-use limit is a licence term counted in managed placements, not scans. See the offer guide and the legal FAQ.

The withdrawn text is in the git history of this file.