diff --git a/config/config.exs b/config/config.exs
index 3540a88..69e3395 100644
--- a/config/config.exs
+++ b/config/config.exs
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ config :parrhesia,
     max_filter_limit: 500,
     max_tags_per_event: 256,
     max_tag_values_per_filter: 128,
+    relay_max_event_ingest_per_window: 10_000,
+    relay_event_ingest_window_seconds: 1,
     max_subscriptions_per_connection: 32,
     max_event_future_skew_seconds: 900,
     max_event_ingest_per_window: 120,
diff --git a/config/runtime.exs b/config/runtime.exs
index dbbf002..a4d7669 100644
--- a/config/runtime.exs
+++ b/config/runtime.exs
@@ -184,6 +184,16 @@ if config_env() == :prod do
         "PARRHESIA_LIMITS_MAX_TAG_VALUES_PER_FILTER",
         Keyword.get(limits_defaults, :max_tag_values_per_filter, 128)
       ),
+    relay_max_event_ingest_per_window:
+      int_env.(
+        "PARRHESIA_LIMITS_RELAY_MAX_EVENT_INGEST_PER_WINDOW",
+        Keyword.get(limits_defaults, :relay_max_event_ingest_per_window, 10_000)
+      ),
+    relay_event_ingest_window_seconds:
+      int_env.(
+        "PARRHESIA_LIMITS_RELAY_EVENT_INGEST_WINDOW_SECONDS",
+        Keyword.get(limits_defaults, :relay_event_ingest_window_seconds, 1)
+      ),
     max_subscriptions_per_connection:
       int_env.(
         "PARRHESIA_LIMITS_MAX_SUBSCRIPTIONS_PER_CONNECTION",
diff --git a/lib/parrhesia/runtime.ex b/lib/parrhesia/runtime.ex
index 77bd2f4..ce220db 100644
--- a/lib/parrhesia/runtime.ex
+++ b/lib/parrhesia/runtime.ex
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ defmodule Parrhesia.Runtime do
     [
       Parrhesia.Telemetry,
       Parrhesia.Config,
+      Parrhesia.Web.EventIngestLimiter,
       Parrhesia.Storage.Supervisor,
       Parrhesia.Subscriptions.Supervisor,
       Parrhesia.Auth.Supervisor,
diff --git a/lib/parrhesia/web/connection.ex b/lib/parrhesia/web/connection.ex
index 586ba05..5fc025f 100644
--- a/lib/parrhesia/web/connection.ex
+++ b/lib/parrhesia/web/connection.ex
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ defmodule Parrhesia.Web.Connection do
   alias Parrhesia.Protocol.Filter
   alias Parrhesia.Subscriptions.Index
   alias Parrhesia.Telemetry
+  alias Parrhesia.Web.EventIngestLimiter
   alias Parrhesia.Web.Listener
 
   @default_max_subscriptions_per_connection 32
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ defmodule Parrhesia.Web.Connection do
             drain_scheduled?: false,
             max_frame_bytes: @default_max_frame_bytes,
             max_event_bytes: @default_max_event_bytes,
+            event_ingest_limiter: EventIngestLimiter,
             max_event_ingest_per_window: @default_event_ingest_rate_limit,
             event_ingest_window_seconds: @default_event_ingest_window_seconds,
             event_ingest_window_started_at_ms: 0,
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@ defmodule Parrhesia.Web.Connection do
           drain_scheduled?: boolean(),
           max_frame_bytes: pos_integer(),
           max_event_bytes: pos_integer(),
+          event_ingest_limiter: GenServer.server() | nil,
           max_event_ingest_per_window: pos_integer(),
           event_ingest_window_seconds: pos_integer(),
           event_ingest_window_started_at_ms: integer(),
@@ -122,6 +125,7 @@ defmodule Parrhesia.Web.Connection do
       outbound_drain_batch_size: outbound_drain_batch_size(opts),
       max_frame_bytes: max_frame_bytes(opts),
       max_event_bytes: max_event_bytes(opts),
+      event_ingest_limiter: event_ingest_limiter(opts),
       max_event_ingest_per_window: max_event_ingest_per_window(opts),
       event_ingest_window_seconds: event_ingest_window_seconds(opts),
       event_ingest_window_started_at_ms: System.monotonic_time(:millisecond),
@@ -277,16 +281,23 @@ defmodule Parrhesia.Web.Connection do
 
     case maybe_allow_event_ingest(state) do
       {:ok, next_state} ->
-        case authorize_listener_write(next_state, event) do
-          :ok -> publish_event_response(next_state, event)
-          {:error, reason} -> ingest_error_response(state, event_id, reason)
-        end
+        maybe_publish_ingested_event(next_state, state, event, event_id)
 
       {:error, reason} ->
         ingest_error_response(state, event_id, reason)
     end
   end
 
+  defp maybe_publish_ingested_event(next_state, state, event, event_id) do
+    with :ok <- maybe_allow_relay_event_ingest(next_state.event_ingest_limiter),
+         :ok <- authorize_listener_write(next_state, event) do
+      publish_event_response(next_state, event)
+    else
+      {:error, reason} ->
+        ingest_error_response(state, event_id, reason)
+    end
+  end
+
   defp publish_event_response(%__MODULE__{} = state, event) do
     case Events.publish(
            event,
@@ -563,6 +574,9 @@ defmodule Parrhesia.Web.Connection do
   defp error_message_for_ingest_failure(:event_rate_limited),
     do: "rate-limited: too many EVENT messages"
 
+  defp error_message_for_ingest_failure(:relay_event_rate_limited),
+    do: "rate-limited: relay-wide EVENT ingress exceeded"
+
   defp error_message_for_ingest_failure(:event_too_large),
     do: "invalid: event exceeds max event size"
 
@@ -1547,6 +1561,16 @@ defmodule Parrhesia.Web.Connection do
     |> Keyword.get(:max_event_ingest_per_window, @default_event_ingest_rate_limit)
   end
 
+  defp event_ingest_limiter(opts) when is_list(opts) do
+    Keyword.get(opts, :event_ingest_limiter, EventIngestLimiter)
+  end
+
+  defp event_ingest_limiter(opts) when is_map(opts) do
+    Map.get(opts, :event_ingest_limiter, EventIngestLimiter)
+  end
+
+  defp event_ingest_limiter(_opts), do: EventIngestLimiter
+
   defp event_ingest_window_seconds(opts) when is_list(opts) do
     opts
     |> Keyword.get(:event_ingest_window_seconds)
@@ -1646,4 +1670,13 @@ defmodule Parrhesia.Web.Connection do
         {:error, :event_rate_limited}
     end
   end
+
+  defp maybe_allow_relay_event_ingest(nil), do: :ok
+
+  defp maybe_allow_relay_event_ingest(server) do
+    EventIngestLimiter.allow(server)
+  catch
+    :exit, {:noproc, _details} -> :ok
+    :exit, {:normal, _details} -> :ok
+  end
 end
diff --git a/lib/parrhesia/web/event_ingest_limiter.ex b/lib/parrhesia/web/event_ingest_limiter.ex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8f8407
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/parrhesia/web/event_ingest_limiter.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+defmodule Parrhesia.Web.EventIngestLimiter do
+  @moduledoc """
+  Relay-wide EVENT ingest rate limiting over a fixed time window.
+  """
+
+  use GenServer
+
+  @default_max_events_per_window 10_000
+  @default_window_seconds 1
+
+  @spec start_link(keyword()) :: GenServer.on_start()
+  def start_link(opts \\ []) do
+    case Keyword.get(opts, :name, __MODULE__) do
+      nil -> GenServer.start_link(__MODULE__, opts)
+      name -> GenServer.start_link(__MODULE__, opts, name: name)
+    end
+  end
+
+  @spec allow(GenServer.server()) :: :ok | {:error, :relay_event_rate_limited}
+  def allow(server \\ __MODULE__) do
+    GenServer.call(server, :allow)
+  end
+
+  @impl true
+  def init(opts) do
+    {:ok,
+     %{
+       max_events_per_window:
+         normalize_positive_integer(
+           Keyword.get(opts, :max_events_per_window),
+           max_events_per_window()
+         ),
+       window_ms:
+         normalize_positive_integer(Keyword.get(opts, :window_seconds), window_seconds()) * 1000,
+       window_started_at_ms: System.monotonic_time(:millisecond),
+       count: 0
+     }}
+  end
+
+  @impl true
+  def handle_call(:allow, _from, state) do
+    now_ms = System.monotonic_time(:millisecond)
+
+    cond do
+      now_ms - state.window_started_at_ms >= state.window_ms ->
+        next_state = %{state | window_started_at_ms: now_ms, count: 1}
+        {:reply, :ok, next_state}
+
+      state.count < state.max_events_per_window ->
+        next_state = %{state | count: state.count + 1}
+        {:reply, :ok, next_state}
+
+      true ->
+        {:reply, {:error, :relay_event_rate_limited}, state}
+    end
+  end
+
+  defp normalize_positive_integer(value, _default) when is_integer(value) and value > 0, do: value
+  defp normalize_positive_integer(_value, default), do: default
+
+  defp max_events_per_window do
+    case Application.get_env(:parrhesia, :limits, [])
+         |> Keyword.get(:relay_max_event_ingest_per_window) do
+      value when is_integer(value) and value > 0 -> value
+      _other -> @default_max_events_per_window
+    end
+  end
+
+  defp window_seconds do
+    case Application.get_env(:parrhesia, :limits, [])
+         |> Keyword.get(:relay_event_ingest_window_seconds) do
+      value when is_integer(value) and value > 0 -> value
+      _other -> @default_window_seconds
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/parrhesia/application_test.exs b/test/parrhesia/application_test.exs
index 3c9043a..55bb135 100644
--- a/test/parrhesia/application_test.exs
+++ b/test/parrhesia/application_test.exs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ defmodule Parrhesia.ApplicationTest do
     assert is_pid(Process.whereis(Parrhesia.Supervisor))
     assert is_pid(Process.whereis(Parrhesia.Telemetry))
     assert is_pid(Process.whereis(Parrhesia.Config))
+    assert is_pid(Process.whereis(Parrhesia.Web.EventIngestLimiter))
     assert is_pid(Process.whereis(Parrhesia.Storage.Supervisor))
     assert is_pid(Process.whereis(Parrhesia.Subscriptions.Supervisor))
     assert is_pid(Process.whereis(Parrhesia.Auth.Supervisor))
diff --git a/test/parrhesia/config_test.exs b/test/parrhesia/config_test.exs
index 2d160d0..402a7d8 100644
--- a/test/parrhesia/config_test.exs
+++ b/test/parrhesia/config_test.exs
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ defmodule Parrhesia.ConfigTest do
     assert Parrhesia.Config.get([:limits, :max_event_ingest_per_window]) == 120
     assert Parrhesia.Config.get([:limits, :max_tags_per_event]) == 256
     assert Parrhesia.Config.get([:limits, :max_tag_values_per_filter]) == 128
+    assert Parrhesia.Config.get([:limits, :relay_max_event_ingest_per_window]) == 10_000
+    assert Parrhesia.Config.get([:limits, :relay_event_ingest_window_seconds]) == 1
     assert Parrhesia.Config.get([:limits, :event_ingest_window_seconds]) == 1
     assert Parrhesia.Config.get([:limits, :auth_max_age_seconds]) == 600
     assert Parrhesia.Config.get([:limits, :max_outbound_queue]) == 256
diff --git a/test/parrhesia/web/connection_test.exs b/test/parrhesia/web/connection_test.exs
index 0d5efc5..848933d 100644
--- a/test/parrhesia/web/connection_test.exs
+++ b/test/parrhesia/web/connection_test.exs
@@ -424,6 +424,42 @@ defmodule Parrhesia.Web.ConnectionTest do
            ]
   end
 
+  test "EVENT ingest enforces relay-wide rate limits" do
+    limiter =
+      start_supervised!(
+        {Parrhesia.Web.EventIngestLimiter,
+         name: nil, max_events_per_window: 1, window_seconds: 60}
+      )
+
+    state =
+      connection_state(
+        event_ingest_limiter: limiter,
+        max_event_ingest_per_window: 10,
+        event_ingest_window_seconds: 60
+      )
+
+    first_event = valid_event(%{"content" => "first"})
+    second_event = valid_event(%{"content" => "second"})
+
+    assert {:push, {:text, first_response}, next_state} =
+             Connection.handle_in({JSON.encode!(["EVENT", first_event]), [opcode: :text]}, state)
+
+    assert JSON.decode!(first_response) == ["OK", first_event["id"], true, "ok: event stored"]
+
+    assert {:push, {:text, second_response}, ^next_state} =
+             Connection.handle_in(
+               {JSON.encode!(["EVENT", second_event]), [opcode: :text]},
+               next_state
+             )
+
+    assert JSON.decode!(second_response) == [
+             "OK",
+             second_event["id"],
+             false,
+             "rate-limited: relay-wide EVENT ingress exceeded"
+           ]
+  end
+
   test "EVENT ingest enforces max event bytes" do
     state = connection_state(max_event_bytes: 128)
 
diff --git a/test/parrhesia/web/event_ingest_limiter_test.exs b/test/parrhesia/web/event_ingest_limiter_test.exs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9890016
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parrhesia/web/event_ingest_limiter_test.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+defmodule Parrhesia.Web.EventIngestLimiterTest do
+  use ExUnit.Case, async: true
+
+  alias Parrhesia.Web.EventIngestLimiter
+
+  test "allows events up to the configured relay-wide window cap" do
+    limiter =
+      start_supervised!(
+        {EventIngestLimiter, name: nil, max_events_per_window: 2, window_seconds: 60}
+      )
+
+    assert :ok = EventIngestLimiter.allow(limiter)
+    assert :ok = EventIngestLimiter.allow(limiter)
+    assert {:error, :relay_event_rate_limited} = EventIngestLimiter.allow(limiter)
+  end
+end