Exclude `RateLimitExceededException` from fail-open checks

service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/limits/StaticRateLimiter.java

@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ public class StaticRateLimiter implements RateLimiter {
         throw new RateLimitExceededException(retryAfter);
       }
     } catch (final Exception e) {
+      if (e instanceof RateLimitExceededException rateLimitExceededException) {
+        throw rateLimitExceededException;
+      }
+
       if (!config.failOpen()) {
         throw e;
       }
@@ -81,10 +85,15 @@ public class StaticRateLimiter implements RateLimiter {
           return failedFuture(new RateLimitExceededException(retryAfter));
         })
         .exceptionally(throwable -> {
+          if (ExceptionUtils.unwrap(throwable) instanceof RateLimitExceededException rateLimitExceededException) {
+            throw ExceptionUtils.wrap(rateLimitExceededException);
+          }
+
           if (config.failOpen()) {
             return null;
           }
-          throw ExceptionUtils.wrap(new RateLimitExceededException(null));
+
+          throw ExceptionUtils.wrap(throwable);
         });
   }
 

service/src/test/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/limits/StaticRateLimiterTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 Signal Messenger, LLC
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+
+package org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.limits;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertDoesNotThrow;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertInstanceOf;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+
+import io.lettuce.core.ScriptOutputType;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletionException;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
+import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.controllers.RateLimitExceededException;
+import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.redis.ClusterLuaScript;
+import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.redis.RedisClusterExtension;
+import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.util.TestClock;
+
+class StaticRateLimiterTest {
+
+  private ClusterLuaScript validateRateLimitScript;
+
+  private static final TestClock CLOCK = TestClock.pinned(Instant.now());
+
+  @RegisterExtension
+  private static final RedisClusterExtension REDIS_CLUSTER_EXTENSION = RedisClusterExtension.builder().build();
+
+  @BeforeEach
+  void setUp() throws IOException {
+    validateRateLimitScript = ClusterLuaScript.fromResource(
+        REDIS_CLUSTER_EXTENSION.getRedisCluster(), "lua/validate_rate_limit.lua", ScriptOutputType.INTEGER);
+  }
+
+  @ParameterizedTest
+  @ValueSource(booleans = {true, false})
+  void validate(final boolean failOpen) {
+    final StaticRateLimiter rateLimiter = new StaticRateLimiter("test",
+        new RateLimiterConfig(1, Duration.ofHours(1), failOpen),
+        validateRateLimitScript,
+        REDIS_CLUSTER_EXTENSION.getRedisCluster(),
+        CLOCK);
+
+    final String key = RandomStringUtils.insecure().nextAlphanumeric(16);
+
+    assertDoesNotThrow(() -> rateLimiter.validate(key));
+    assertThrows(RateLimitExceededException.class, () -> rateLimiter.validate(key));
+  }
+
+  @ParameterizedTest
+  @ValueSource(booleans = {true, false})
+  void validateAsync(final boolean failOpen) {
+    final StaticRateLimiter rateLimiter = new StaticRateLimiter("test",
+        new RateLimiterConfig(1, Duration.ofHours(1), failOpen),
+        validateRateLimitScript,
+        REDIS_CLUSTER_EXTENSION.getRedisCluster(),
+        CLOCK);
+
+    final String key = RandomStringUtils.insecure().nextAlphanumeric(16);
+
+    assertDoesNotThrow(() -> rateLimiter.validateAsync(key).toCompletableFuture().join());
+    final CompletionException completionException =
+        assertThrows(CompletionException.class, () -> rateLimiter.validateAsync(key).toCompletableFuture().join());
+
+    assertInstanceOf(RateLimitExceededException.class, completionException.getCause());
+  }
+}