apps/api/src/vehicles/vehicles.service.ts

@@ -511,8 +511,11 @@ export class VehiclesService {
     const corgiKnown = false;
     let brandName: string | null = null;
 
-    // ── Parallel: PartsCatalogs + EMEX (EMEX capped at 3s) ──────────────
-    const EMEX_RACE_MS = 3000;
+    // ── Parallel: PartsCatalogs + EMEX (EMEX capped by EMEX_RACE_MS) ──────────────
+    // EMEX HTTP scrapes typically answer in ~4-5s; the old 3s cap abandoned those
+    // wins and forced a PL24 fallback that doesn't cover EMEX-only brands. Give EMEX
+    // a realistic window (env-tunable), still well inside the 25s decode budget.
+    const EMEX_RACE_MS = Number(process.env.EMEX_RACE_MS) || 8000;
 
     const pcatStart = Date.now();
     let pcatResolved = false;
@@ -544,7 +547,7 @@ export class VehiclesService {
         }
       });
 
-    // Emex result capped at 3s — if it doesn't arrive in time, falls back to PL24
+    // Emex result capped by EMEX_RACE_MS — if it doesn't arrive in time, fall back to PL24
     const emexTimedPromise = Promise.race([
       emexBasePromise,
       new Promise<null>((resolve) => setTimeout(() => resolve(null), EMEX_RACE_MS)),