// drop without counting towards preserved problems
                return false;
            }
            int currentCount = totalCount.incrementAndGet();
            getCounter(problem.getSeverity()).increment();
            if (currentCount <= maxCountLimit || dropProblemWithLowerSeverity(problem.getSeverity())) {
                getProblems(problem.getSeverity()).add(problem);

        AtomicLong counter = rateLimitCounters.computeIfAbsent(windowKey, k -> new AtomicLong(0));
        long currentCount = counter.incrementAndGet();

        // Clean up old windows periodically
        if (currentCount == 1) {
            cleanupOldRateLimitCounters(currentWindow);
        }

        return currentCount <= maxEventsPerWindow;
    }

    private void cleanupOldRateLimitCounters(long currentWindow) {