From 90fedc6fa319f2a82eca34a538954ea31b274eeb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Flaminel <flm.marius@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 21:48:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] added timeout to DataContext lock acquisition

---
 .../Features/Seeker/Controllers/SeekerConfigController.cs   | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/code/backend/Cleanuparr.Api/Features/Seeker/Controllers/SeekerConfigController.cs b/code/backend/Cleanuparr.Api/Features/Seeker/Controllers/SeekerConfigController.cs
index cbe4f423..2a34c33d 100644
--- a/code/backend/Cleanuparr.Api/Features/Seeker/Controllers/SeekerConfigController.cs
+++ b/code/backend/Cleanuparr.Api/Features/Seeker/Controllers/SeekerConfigController.cs
@@ -85,7 +85,11 @@ public sealed class SeekerConfigController : ControllerBase
     [HttpPut("seeker")]
     public async Task<IActionResult> UpdateSeekerConfig([FromBody] UpdateSeekerConfigRequest request)
     {
-        await DataContext.Lock.WaitAsync();
+        if (!await DataContext.Lock.WaitAsync(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30)))
+        {
+            return StatusCode(503, "Database is busy, please try again");
+        }
+
         try
         {
             var config = await _dataContext.SeekerConfigs.FirstAsync();