From ef2ff0c58c9c43155d55d92d5192078a95beab25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike McGhen <mcghenmike@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 18:39:08 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Increase minimum check interval to 60 seconds

PokemonCenter's Imperva bot protection bans IPs that hit
too frequently. 10 seconds was too aggressive.

- New minimum: 60 seconds
- New default: 90 seconds
- Updated popup UI to reflect safer limits

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 chrome-extension/background.js | 4 ++--
 chrome-extension/popup.html    | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/chrome-extension/background.js b/chrome-extension/background.js
index 67618d2..e44e0a5 100644
--- a/chrome-extension/background.js
+++ b/chrome-extension/background.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 const DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
   discordWebhook: "",
-  checkIntervalSeconds: 15, // Now in SECONDS, not minutes!
+  checkIntervalSeconds: 90, // Minimum 60 to avoid PokemonCenter bot detection
   enabled: true,
   urls: [
     "https://www.pokemoncenter.com/category/tcg-cards?sort=relevance"
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ function scheduleNextCheck() {
     return;
   }
 
-  const intervalMs = Math.max(10, config.checkIntervalSeconds) * 1000; // Min 10 seconds
+  const intervalMs = Math.max(60, config.checkIntervalSeconds) * 1000; // Min 60 seconds to avoid bot detection
 
   setTimeout(async () => {
     if (!isChecking && config.enabled) {
diff --git a/chrome-extension/popup.html b/chrome-extension/popup.html
index c896c78..34127dd 100644
--- a/chrome-extension/popup.html
+++ b/chrome-extension/popup.html
@@ -215,8 +215,8 @@
   <div class="row">
     <div>
       <label>Check Interval (seconds)</label>
-      <input type="number" id="interval" min="10" max="300" value="15">
-      <small>Min 10 sec. Recommended: 15-30 sec</small>
+      <input type="number" id="interval" min="60" max="300" value="90">
+      <small>Min 60 sec to avoid bans. Recommended: 90 sec</small>
     </div>
   </div>