docs: Add a note on concurrency and races (#6950)

Refs #5181

Co-authored-by: Adam Johnson <me@adamj.eu>
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You'll need to remember to also set your custom throttle class in the `'DEFAULT_THROTTLE_CLASSES'` settings key, or using the `throttle_classes` view attribute.
## A note on concurrency
The built-in throttle implementations are open to [race conditions][race], so under high concurrency they may allow a few extra requests through.
If your project relies on guaranteeing the number of requests during concurrent requests, you will need to implement your own throttle class. See [issue #5181][gh5181] for more details.
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# API Reference
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[identifying-clients]: http://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=AppSuite:Grizzly#Multiple_Proxies_in_front_of_the_cluster
[cache-setting]: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/stable/ref/settings/#caches
[cache-docs]: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/stable/topics/cache/#setting-up-the-cache
[gh5181]: https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/issues/5181
[race]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_condition#Data_race