From e08a8af7ad306281e375c02230226e2195a449cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sudhanshu-NITR <sudhanshu.kadam.99@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 23:41:09 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix API user quota logic flaw

Prior to this fix, the application bypassed quota incrementation
for brand new API key requests. This assigns the dictionary and
allows it to fall through to the proper count increment logic.
---
 app/routes/api.py | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/routes/api.py b/app/routes/api.py
index f6e4b12..bc0f5ff 100644
--- a/app/routes/api.py
+++ b/app/routes/api.py
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ def check_quota(api_key: str) -> bool:
     
     if api_key not in user_quotas:
         user_quotas[api_key] = {"count": 0, "date": today}
-        return True
         
     # reset quota daily
     if user_quotas[api_key]["date"] != today: