The problem/use-case that the feature addresses

We're heavy users of Redis, with a large number of instances deployed in our production environment. In our daily work, we frequently encounter a common business need: combining INCR with EXPIRE.

For example, in a rate-limiting scenario, we need to limit the number of login attempts for players and set an expiration time for that count. This allows us to restrict a player's login attempts within a specific time frame. Previously, we accomplished this using SCRIPT LOAD and EVALSHA (because we need to incr count and set expiration atomically.)

This makes us wonder: Why doesn't Redis offer a dedicated INCREX command for this? It seems like this is a very common requirement across many different business use cases.

Description of the feature

A new command INCREX which incr a key and set expiration for it atomically.

command reference:

127.0.0.1:6379> increx nonexistent 100
(integer) 1
127.0.0.1:6379> ttl nonexistent
(integer) 99
127.0.0.1:6379> get nonexistent
"1"
127.0.0.1:6379> increx nonexistent 100
(integer) 2
127.0.0.1:6379> increx nonexistent 100
(integer) 3
127.0.0.1:6379> ttl nonexistent
(integer) 99
127.0.0.1:6379> get nonexistent
"3"

Alternatives you've considered

Currently we use script load + evalsha to do the same thing. If a dedicated INCREX command can be provided, it will be of great help in daily operation and maintenance.

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