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app/Services/Vision/AiArtworkVectorSearchService.php

@@ -58,10 +58,12 @@ final class AiArtworkVectorSearchService
      */
     private function downloadArtworkImage(Artwork $artwork, string $url): ?array
     {
+        // Runs synchronously in the web request path — keep the budget tight
+        // so a slow origin can't pin an FPM worker for 20s+.
         $response = Http::accept('*/*')
-            ->connectTimeout(5)
-            ->timeout(20)
-            ->retry(1, 200, throw: false)
+            ->connectTimeout(2)
+            ->timeout(6)
+            ->retry(0)
             ->get($url);
 
         if (! $response->ok()) {
@@ -91,6 +93,10 @@ final class AiArtworkVectorSearchService
             return [];
         }
 
+        if ($this->client->circuitOpen()) {
+            throw new RuntimeException('Vector gateway temporarily unavailable (circuit open after a recent failure).');
+        }
+
         $fileFailure = null;
 
         try {