From 3b5b84729fbfc159b36a545f8e79eae03f1aa032 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Gullickson <16152721+ericgullickson@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 21:30:31 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix: increase VIN decode timeout to 60s for Gemini cold start
 (refs #229)

Default 10s API client timeout caused frontend "Failed to decode" errors
when Gemini engine cold-starts (34s+ on first call).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 frontend/src/features/vehicles/api/vehicles.api.ts | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/frontend/src/features/vehicles/api/vehicles.api.ts b/frontend/src/features/vehicles/api/vehicles.api.ts
index d4c93f1..49ab6dd 100644
--- a/frontend/src/features/vehicles/api/vehicles.api.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/features/vehicles/api/vehicles.api.ts
@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ export const vehiclesApi = {
    * Requires Pro or Enterprise tier
    */
   decodeVin: async (vin: string): Promise<DecodedVehicleData> => {
-    const response = await apiClient.post('/vehicles/decode-vin', { vin });
+    const response = await apiClient.post('/vehicles/decode-vin', { vin }, {
+      timeout: 60000 // 60 seconds for Gemini cold start
+    });
     return response.data;
   }
 };