From a2371370bc5795971347ba6d46be290cf9bb4862 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: paulo-ocean <paulo@oceanprotocol.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:10:37 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] add a cap on the max retries to avoid any abuse

---
 src/services/Aquarius.ts | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/services/Aquarius.ts b/src/services/Aquarius.ts
index b84bdad62..6aa8c5dc5 100644
--- a/src/services/Aquarius.ts
+++ b/src/services/Aquarius.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ export class Aquarius {
     maxRetries: number = 100
   ): Promise<Asset> {
     let tries = 0
+    // lets have a cap to prevent possible abuse as well
+    if (maxRetries > 500) {
+      LoggerInstance.warn('Max Limit exceeded, defaulting to 500 retries.')
+      maxRetries = 500
+    }
     do {
       try {
         const path = this.aquariusURL + '/api/aquarius/assets/ddo/' + did