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+from threading import Lock, Thread
+from time import time_ns, sleep
+
+
+class RateLimiter:
+    """
+    Thread-safe and blocking rate limiter.
+    * There are at most X tokens available in the limiter
+    * Tokens can't be picked faster than every Y nanoseconds
+    * Acquire will block until those conditions are met
+    * The first to request a token will also be the first to acquire one
+    """
+
+    PICK_SPACING_NS: float
+    MAX_TOKENS: int
+
+    _last_pick_time: int = 0
+    _n_tokens: int = 0
+    _queue: list[Lock] = None
+    _queue_lock: Lock = None
+    _tokens_lock: Lock = None
+    _last_pick_time_lock: Lock = None
+
+    def __init__(self, pick_spacing_ns: float, max_tokens: int) -> None:
+        self.PICK_SPACING_NS = pick_spacing_ns
+        self.MAX_TOKENS = max_tokens
+        self._last_pick_time = 0
+        self._last_pick_time_lock = Lock()
+        self._queue = []
+        self._queue_lock = Lock()
+        self._n_tokens = max_tokens
+        self._tokens_lock = Lock()
+
+    def update_queue(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Move the queue forward if possible.
+        Non-blocking, logic runs in a daemon thread.
+        """
+        thread = Thread(target=self.queue_update_thread_func, daemon=True)
+        thread.start()
+
+    def queue_update_thread_func(self) -> None:
+        """Queue-updating thread's entry point"""
+        with self._queue_lock, self._tokens_lock:
+            # Unlock as many locks in the queue as there are tokens available
+            n_unlocked = min(len(self._queue), self._n_tokens)
+            for _ in range(n_unlocked):
+                lock = self._queue.pop(0)
+                lock.release()
+            # Consume the tokens used
+            self._n_tokens -= n_unlocked
+
+    def add_to_queue(self) -> Lock:
+        """Create a lock, add it to the queue and return it"""
+        lock = Lock()
+        lock.acquire()
+        with self._queue_lock:
+            self._queue.append(lock)
+        return lock
+
+    def acquire(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Pick a token from the limiter.
+        Will block:
+        * Until your turn in queue
+        * Until the minimum pick spacing is satified
+        """
+
+        # Wait our turn in queue
+        # (no need for with since queue locks are unique, will be destroyed after that)
+        lock = self.add_to_queue()
+        self.update_queue()
+        lock.acquire()
+
+        # TODO move to queue unlock (else order is not ensured)
+        # Satisfy the minimum pick spacing
+        now = time_ns()
+        with self._last_pick_time_lock:
+            elapsed = now - self._last_pick_time
+            ns_to_sleep = self.PICK_SPACING_NS - elapsed
+            self._last_pick_time = now
+            if ns_to_sleep > 0:
+                sleep(ns_to_sleep / 10**9)
+                self._last_pick_time += ns_to_sleep
+
+    def release(self) -> None:
+        """Return a token to the bucket"""
+        with self._tokens_lock:
+            self._n_tokens += 1
+        self.update_queue()