From 58a26116b16f9381cca2c61069a1872903c2ffab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rene Fichtmueller <renefichtmueller@MacStudio-von-Rene-8.local>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 19:40:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(blog): 3s delay between queued LLM pipelines to prevent
 nginx 429 bursts

---
 packages/api/src/routes/blog.ts | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/api/src/routes/blog.ts b/packages/api/src/routes/blog.ts
index d3a3763..3d3ac9b 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/routes/blog.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/routes/blog.ts
@@ -912,8 +912,8 @@ async function processLlmQueue(): Promise<void> {
     }
   }
   llmRunning = false;
-  // Process next item
-  if (llmQueue.length > 0) processLlmQueue();
+  // Process next item — small delay between pipelines to avoid nginx rate-limit bursts
+  if (llmQueue.length > 0) setTimeout(() => processLlmQueue(), 3000);
 }
 
 /** Run 10-Step Flexoptix Style LLM Pipeline and update draft in-place */