From d26602631e030f59ef0f0098633b7f4909db87bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Viren070 <viren070@protonmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025 20:36:15 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: ignore recursion checks for certain requests

---
 packages/core/src/utils/http.ts | 5 +++--
 packages/core/src/utils/rpdb.ts | 5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/http.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/http.ts
index 2a10a774..b1fc1df6 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/http.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/http.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ export function makeRequest(
   url: string,
   timeout: number,
   headers: HeadersInit = {},
-  forwardIp?: string
+  forwardIp?: string,
+  ignoreRecursion?: boolean
 ) {
   const useProxy = shouldProxy(url);
   headers = new Headers(headers);
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ export function makeRequest(
   // block recursive requests
   const key = `${url}-${forwardIp}`;
   const currentCount = urlCount.get(key, false) ?? 0;
-  if (currentCount > Env.RECURSION_THRESHOLD_LIMIT) {
+  if (currentCount > Env.RECURSION_THRESHOLD_LIMIT && !ignoreRecursion) {
     logger.warn(
       `Detected possible recursive requests to ${url}. Current count: ${currentCount}. Blocking request.`
     );
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/rpdb.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/rpdb.ts
index 93029330..dfa2aa81 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/rpdb.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/rpdb.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ export class RPDB {
   public async validateApiKey() {
     const response = await makeRequest(
       `https://api.ratingposterdb.com/${this.apiKey}/isValid`,
-      5000
+      5000,
+      undefined,
+      undefined,
+      true
     );
     if (!response.ok) {
       throw new Error(