How to Configure Multiple Thresholds for Consumers using the limit-count Plugin

[zhaoyao]

My demand scenario is as follows:

There are the following consumers: c1, c2.
There are the following routes: r1, r2.
I hope to configure different consumer count values for the limit-count plugin when accessing different routes.

For example:

Consumer c1 has a limit of 50 requests every 60 seconds when accessing route r1 and a limit of 100 requests when accessing r2.
Consumer c2 has a limit of 100 requests every 60 seconds when accessing route r1 and a limit of 200 requests when accessing r2.
Currently, the plugin configuration only allows setting one upper threshold value for limit-count.

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I have considered generating independent consumers based on the {consumer}-{route} pair to address this issue. For example, the above scenario would require configuring 4 consumers as follows:

• Consumer c1-r1: limit-count 50
• Consumer c1-r2: limit-count 100
• Consumer c2-r1: limit-count 100
• Consumer c2-r2: limit-count 200

However, this approach leads to a rapid increase in the number of consumers, making the client configuration more cumbersome. Is there a more reasonable and elegant solution?