Separate credentials
ThrottleProxy keys authenticate callers to the proxy and are stripped before the upstream request.
AI application operations
Protect AI integration traffic without forwarding proxy credentials
ThrottleProxy can place workspace authentication, exact destination policy, queue and resource limits, and sanitized lifecycle evidence around a reviewed AI API integration. Provider authentication remains a separate explicit concern.
Approved destinationsBounded trafficSanitized evidence
Practical boundaries
A narrow control layer for unpredictable application bursts
Approve exact hosts
Use one public provider hostname or an explicit one-level wildcard rather than arbitrary user-supplied URLs.
Bound the work
Queue, concurrency, request size, response size, idle, and absolute-duration caps protect shared resources.
Keep provider limits authoritative
Local traffic shaping does not bypass provider quotas, contracts, or availability.
Preserve safe evidence
Use redacted stage, status, and timing context rather than prompts, response bodies, tokens, or query values.
Start with one path
Validate one non-sensitive workflow before expanding destinations or traffic volume.
Good fit
- AI features with a reviewed provider and bursty application traffic.
- Workspace teams that need consistent destination and resource policy.
- Products that want privacy-aware request-stage evidence for operations.
Not a replacement for
- Storing or injecting upstream AI provider credentials.
- Inspecting prompts or responses as a live assistant.
- Replacing the provider's own quotas, safety policy, or availability controls.
Common questions
Does ThrottleProxy store AI prompts or responses?
The implemented diagnostic path is designed to retain safe lifecycle metadata rather than raw request or response bodies.
Can I forward a ThrottleProxy key to an AI provider?
No. Proxy credentials are stripped upstream. Provider authentication requires a separate explicit mechanism that is not connected today.
Does queueing guarantee a provider request succeeds?
No. Queueing can shape local bursts, but provider quotas, errors, latency, and availability remain authoritative.
Start with one narrow integration
Use one workspace key, one exact public host, and non-sensitive test traffic.