Bug Description

While testing PDF input (~11 questions) with "Use Wikipedia" enabled, I encountered an SSL EOF error originating from the MediaWiki API call.

• The exception propagates up the request path and results in a 500 response from /get_mcq .Hence leading to unending request and failures .

Current Behavior

• External MediaWiki SSL failure is not handled
• Entire request fails
• No graceful fallback
• User receives generic 500

Expected Behavior

If Wikipedia augmentation fails:

• Log warning
• Continue quiz generation without Wikipedia enrichment
• Return structured success response
• Optionally notify user enrichment was skipped

Steps to Reproduce

1. Upload a larger PDF (tested with ~10–11 questions)
2. Enable "Use Wikipedia"
3. Submit request
4. Backend returns 500 with SSLError (EOF occurred in violation of protocol)

Logs and Screenshots

 (Caused by SSLError(SSLEOFError(8, 'EOF occurred in violation of protocol (_ssl.c:2427)')))
127.0.0.1 - - [12/Feb/2026 23:44:09] "POST /get_mcq HTTP/1.1" 500 -

Environment Details

No response

Impact

High - Major feature is broken

Code of Conduct

• I have joined the Discord server and will post updates there
• I have searched existing issues to avoid duplicates