From c3ced4c6cec165ba1fb9b9a760140ad3df4862ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: blueoom <4945756+anexplore@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2024 23:31:20 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] core[patch]: use time.monotonic() instead time.time() in
 InMemoryRateLimiter

**Description:**

The get time point method in the _consume() method of
core.rate_limiters.InMemoryRateLimiter uses time.time(), which can be
affected by system time backwards. Therefore, it is recommended to use
the monotonically increasing monotonic() to obtain the time

```python
        with self._consume_lock:
            now = time.time()  # time.time() -> time.monotonic()

            # initialize on first call to avoid a burst
            if self.last is None:
                self.last = now

            elapsed = now - self.last  # when use time.time(), elapsed may be negative when system time backwards

```
---
 libs/core/langchain_core/rate_limiters.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/libs/core/langchain_core/rate_limiters.py b/libs/core/langchain_core/rate_limiters.py
index b38702103fc..043e54cc38f 100644
--- a/libs/core/langchain_core/rate_limiters.py
+++ b/libs/core/langchain_core/rate_limiters.py
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class InMemoryRateLimiter(BaseRateLimiter):
             the caller should try again later.
         """
         with self._consume_lock:
-            now = time.time()
+            now = time.monotonic()
 
             # initialize on first call to avoid a burst
             if self.last is None: