another fix for human choices

frontend/src/composables/useFightPolling.ts

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export function useFightPolling(fightId: Ref<string>) {
   async function loadFight(): Promise<string | null> {
     try {
       const res = await fetch(`/api/fights/${fightId.value}`)
+      if (res.status === 429) return null // Rate limited, skip this poll
       if (res.ok) {
         const data = await res.json()
         liveRounds.value = data.rounds?.length || 0

frontend/src/composables/useHumanChallenge.ts

@@ -97,11 +97,19 @@ export function useHumanChallenge(
     }
   }
 
+  let pollBackoff = 0
+
   async function pollForChallenge() {
     if (!myBotId.value) return
     try {
       const res = await fetch(`/api/fights/${fightId.value}/challenge/${myBotId.value}`)
+      if (res.status === 429) {
+        // Back off on rate limit — skip next few polls
+        pollBackoff = Math.min(pollBackoff + 2, 8)
+        return
+      }
       if (!res.ok) return
+      pollBackoff = Math.max(0, pollBackoff - 1) // Recover gradually
       const data = await res.json()
 
       if (data.pending) {
@@ -130,8 +138,12 @@ export function useHumanChallenge(
 
   function startHumanPolling() {
     if (!myBotId.value) return
+    pollBackoff = 0
     void pollForChallenge()
-    humanPollHandle = setInterval(() => { void pollForChallenge() }, 400)
+    humanPollHandle = setInterval(() => {
+      if (pollBackoff > 0) { pollBackoff--; return }
+      void pollForChallenge()
+    }, 800)
   }
 
   function stopHumanPolling() {

frontend/src/pages/FightPage.vue

@@ -197,19 +197,8 @@ function wireSSE() {
       })
       scrollLiveLog()
     },
-    async onHumanChallenge(sseData) {
-      if (myBot.value) {
-        try {
-          const res = await fetch(`/api/fights/${fightId.value}/challenge/${myBot.value.id}`)
-          if (res.ok) {
-            const fullData = await res.json()
-            if (fullData.pending) {
-              handleSSEChallenge(fullData)
-              return
-            }
-          }
-        } catch { /* fall through */ }
-      }
+    onHumanChallenge(sseData) {
+      // SSE now includes choices directly — no secondary fetch needed
       handleSSEChallenge(sseData)
     },
     onRoundEnd(data) {
@@ -539,6 +528,9 @@ async function fightAgain(botId: string) {
   liveHpA.value = 100
   liveHpB.value = 100
   liveCurrentRound.value = 0
+  // Stop ALL old polling/connections before starting new fight
+  stopHumanPolling()
+  stopPolling()
   disconnectSSE()
 
   try {

frontend/src/pages/HumanFightPage.vue

@@ -123,9 +123,15 @@ function handleKeyboard(e: KeyboardEvent) {
   }
 }
 
+let pollBackoff = 0
+
 function startPolling() {
+  pollBackoff = 0
   pollForChallenge()
-  pollHandle = setInterval(pollForChallenge, 600)
+  pollHandle = setInterval(() => {
+    if (pollBackoff > 0) { pollBackoff--; return }
+    pollForChallenge()
+  }, 800)
 }
 
 function stopPolling() {
@@ -172,7 +178,9 @@ async function pollForChallenge() {
 
   try {
     const res = await fetch(`/api/fights/${fightId.value}/challenge/${myBotId.value}`)
+    if (res.status === 429) { pollBackoff = Math.min(pollBackoff + 2, 8); return }
     if (!res.ok) return
+    pollBackoff = Math.max(0, pollBackoff - 1)
     const data = await res.json()
 
     // Reset error tracking on success