From 3b5b45b463c0730c4a872cef58e091b46e27b731 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CalDescent <caldescent@protonmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2021 11:21:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Give up after 5 attempts to request data in the GET
 /arbitrary APIs

---
 .../java/org/qortal/api/resource/ArbitraryResource.java    | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/main/java/org/qortal/api/resource/ArbitraryResource.java b/src/main/java/org/qortal/api/resource/ArbitraryResource.java
index 90a687c0..e0dc257f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/qortal/api/resource/ArbitraryResource.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/qortal/api/resource/ArbitraryResource.java
@@ -464,12 +464,19 @@ public class ArbitraryResource {
 		ArbitraryDataReader arbitraryDataReader = new ArbitraryDataReader(name, ArbitraryDataFile.ResourceIdType.NAME, service, identifier);
 		try {
 
+			int attempts = 0;
+
 			// Loop until we have data
 			while (!Controller.isStopping()) {
+				attempts++;
 				try {
 					arbitraryDataReader.loadSynchronously(rebuild);
 					break;
 				} catch (MissingDataException e) {
+					if (attempts > 5) {
+						// Give up after 5 attempts
+						throw ApiExceptionFactory.INSTANCE.createCustomException(request, ApiError.INVALID_CRITERIA, "Data unavailable. Please try again later.");
+					}
 					continue;
 				}
 			}