From 603db69b10b0912abdd9adb814f6a0926f804bef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Broque Thomas <26755000+Nezreka@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:46:37 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix Genius 429 backoff by re-raising rate limit errors from
 _make_request

---
 core/genius_client.py | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/core/genius_client.py b/core/genius_client.py
index 9bbfccc6..7ac2f36d 100644
--- a/core/genius_client.py
+++ b/core/genius_client.py
@@ -110,6 +110,12 @@ class GeniusClient:
         except requests.exceptions.Timeout:
             logger.warning(f"Genius API timeout for endpoint: {endpoint}")
             return None
+        except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as e:
+            if e.response is not None and e.response.status_code == 429:
+                # Re-raise 429s so the rate_limited decorator can handle backoff
+                raise
+            logger.error(f"Genius API request error ({endpoint}): {e}")
+            return None
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(f"Genius API request error ({endpoint}): {e}")
             return None