From 2fb467d2e52401e0d3117752f8c9ac6c9ee25162 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nate Emmert <nmemmert@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:56:31 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Weather proxy: fall back to the classic request if 15-minute
 data is rejected

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 app/server.js | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/server.js b/app/server.js
index 2f061d0..35e4a6d 100644
--- a/app/server.js
+++ b/app/server.js
@@ -714,7 +714,14 @@ app.get('/api/weather', async (req, res) => {
       precipitation_unit: useMetric ? 'mm' : 'inch'
     });
 
-    const r = await fetchWithRetry(`https://api.open-meteo.com/v1/forecast?${params}`, { attempts: 3, timeoutMs: 12000, retryDelayMs: 500 });
+    let r;
+    try {
+      // Single quick attempt with 15-minute rain data; if Open-Meteo rejects it, fall back to the classic request
+      r = await fetchWithRetry(`https://api.open-meteo.com/v1/forecast?${params}`, { attempts: 1, timeoutMs: 12000 });
+    } catch (firstErr) {
+      params.delete('minutely_15'); params.delete('forecast_minutely_15');
+      r = await fetchWithRetry(`https://api.open-meteo.com/v1/forecast?${params}`, { attempts: 3, timeoutMs: 12000, retryDelayMs: 500 });
+    }
     const data = await r.json();
     setCache(cacheKey, data);
     return res.json(data);