diff --git a/src/app/api/measurements/batch/route.ts b/src/app/api/measurements/batch/route.ts
index 7c9274fa3..5b8603cba 100644
--- a/src/app/api/measurements/batch/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/measurements/batch/route.ts
@@ -35,10 +35,21 @@ import { withIdempotency } from "@/lib/idempotency";
 import { mapAppleHealthEntry } from "@/lib/measurements/apple-health-mapping";
 import { validateMeasurementRange } from "@/lib/validations/measurement";
 import { deviceTypeEnum } from "@/lib/validations/source-priority";
+import { checkRateLimit } from "@/lib/rate-limit";
 import { Prisma } from "@/generated/prisma/client";
 
 const MAX_BATCH_ENTRIES = 500;
 
+// v1.4.25 W10 reconcile (security H-2): cap batch ingest at 60
+// batches per user per minute. Healthy iOS sync drains its
+// HealthKit observer queue in well under one batch per minute (the
+// observer pattern coalesces), so 60/min × 500 entries/batch =
+// 30 000 rows/min headroom — generous for legitimate use, and a
+// hard stop for a leaked wildcard token trying to saturate the
+// write pipeline.
+const BATCH_RATE_LIMIT_MAX = 60;
+const BATCH_RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW_MS = 60 * 1000;
+
 const batchEntrySchema = z.object({
   hkIdentifier: z.string().min(1).max(120),
   value: z.number().finite(),
@@ -84,6 +95,25 @@ export const POST = apiHandler(withIdempotency<[NextRequest]>(postBatch));
 async function postBatch(request: NextRequest): Promise<Response> {
   const { user } = await requireAuth();
 
+  // v1.4.25 W10 reconcile (security H-2): per-user rate limit. Without
+  // it, a leaked wildcard iOS token can sustain unbounded writes
+  // (500 rows/batch × N batches/sec) and degrade the database for
+  // every other user on the host. 60 batches/min/user is generous
+  // for healthy iOS sync and tight enough that a misbehaving client
+  // bottoms out within a minute.
+  const rl = await checkRateLimit(
+    `measurements:batch:${user.id}`,
+    BATCH_RATE_LIMIT_MAX,
+    BATCH_RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW_MS,
+  );
+  if (!rl.allowed) {
+    annotate({
+      action: { name: "measurement.batch.ingest" },
+      meta: { outcome: "rate_limited" },
+    });
+    return apiError("Too many batch submissions, try again later", 429);
+  }
+
   const { data: rawBody, error: jsonError } = await safeJson<unknown>(request);
   if (jsonError) return jsonError;
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/measurements-batch.test.ts b/tests/integration/measurements-batch.test.ts
index 9facd7fbf..6ee8a8b7e 100644
--- a/tests/integration/measurements-batch.test.ts
+++ b/tests/integration/measurements-batch.test.ts
@@ -325,6 +325,45 @@ describe("POST /api/measurements/batch (real Postgres)", () => {
     expect(stored.every((r) => r.unit === "minutes")).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  it("rate-limits a user at 60 batches per minute (security H-2)", async () => {
+    const { POST } = await import("@/app/api/measurements/batch/route");
+
+    // Pre-seed the rate-limit counter to the cap so the next call
+    // exercises the over-limit path without 60 round-trips.
+    const cap = 60;
+    const resetAt = new Date(Date.now() + 60 * 1000);
+    await getPrismaClient().$executeRaw`
+      INSERT INTO rate_limits (key, count, reset_at)
+      VALUES (${`measurements:batch:${TEST_USER_ID}`}, ${cap}, ${resetAt})
+    `;
+
+    const body = {
+      entries: [
+        {
+          hkIdentifier: "HKQuantityTypeIdentifierBodyMass",
+          value: 81.4,
+          unit: "kg",
+          startDate: "2026-05-09T07:30:00.000Z",
+          endDate: "2026-05-09T07:30:00.000Z",
+          externalId: "uuid-rate-limit-001",
+        },
+      ],
+    };
+
+    const response = await POST(makeRequest(body));
+    expect(response.status).toBe(429);
+    const json = (await response.json()) as { error: string };
+    expect(json.error).toMatch(/too many/i);
+
+    // The over-limit response must not have written anything to the
+    // measurement table — the iOS client should retry, not assume the
+    // row landed.
+    const stored = await getPrismaClient().measurement.findMany({
+      where: { userId: TEST_USER_ID },
+    });
+    expect(stored).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
   it("replays a cached response when the same Idempotency-Key is reused", async () => {
     const { POST } = await import("@/app/api/measurements/batch/route");