diff --git a/server/providers/overpass.js b/server/providers/overpass.js
index a9726f22b..bf6004ac6 100644
--- a/server/providers/overpass.js
+++ b/server/providers/overpass.js
@@ -204,10 +204,8 @@ function overpassProxy({ routing = {} } = {}) {
             return;
           }
         }
-        if (preflight.source === 'DISK') {
-          _overpassCache.set(cacheKey, preflight.payload);
-          trimOverpassCache();
-        }
+        // Preflight already published the disk hit to memory; only trim.
+        if (preflight.source === 'DISK') trimOverpassCache();
         sendOverpassResponse(
           res,
           preflight.payload,
diff --git a/server/providers/overpass/cache.js b/server/providers/overpass/cache.js
index 5e88c3f19..b1a09908a 100644
--- a/server/providers/overpass/cache.js
+++ b/server/providers/overpass/cache.js
@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ function writeOverpassDisk(cacheKey, payload) {
 /**
  * Resolve every cache/coalescing layer before admitting a request to the local
  * upstream rate limiter. The injected limiter callback is invoked exactly once
- * for a complete cache miss and never for memory, in-flight, or disk hits.
+ * for a complete cache miss and never for memory, in-flight, or disk hits. A
+ * caller that joined a reservation rejected by another client's limiter
+ * retries with its own limiter instead of inheriting that 429.
  * Exported so the admission ordering can be tested without a Vite server.
  *
  * @param {object} options
@@ -103,25 +105,30 @@ async function resolveOverpassPreflight({
   now = Date.now(),
   cacheMs = OVERPASS_CACHE_MS,
 }) {
-  const cached = memoryCache.get(cacheKey);
-  if (overpassPayloadIsData(cached) && now - cached.cachedAt <= cacheMs)
-    return { source: 'HIT', payload: cached };
+  for (;;) {
+    const cached = memoryCache.get(cacheKey);
+    if (overpassPayloadIsData(cached) && now - cached.cachedAt <= cacheMs)
+      return { source: 'HIT', payload: cached };
 
-  // Reserve synchronously before disk I/O. The owner retains the reservation
-  // through upstream admission, fetch and cache publication.
-  const request = coalesceProxyRequest(inFlight, cacheKey, async () => {
-    const disk = await readDisk();
-    if (overpassPayloadIsData(disk)) {
-      memoryCache.set(cacheKey, disk);
-      return { source: 'DISK', payload: disk };
-    }
-    if (!allowUpstream()) return { source: 'RATE_LIMITED', payload: null };
-    return { source: 'UPSTREAM', payload: await loadUpstream() };
-  });
-  const result = await request.promise;
-  return request.shared && result.source !== 'RATE_LIMITED'
-    ? { ...result, source: 'INFLIGHT' }
-    : result;
+    // Reserve synchronously before disk I/O. The owner retains the reservation
+    // through its own upstream admission, fetch and cache publication.
+    const request = coalesceProxyRequest(inFlight, cacheKey, async () => {
+      const disk = await readDisk();
+      if (overpassPayloadIsData(disk)) {
+        memoryCache.set(cacheKey, disk);
+        return { source: 'DISK', payload: disk };
+      }
+      if (!allowUpstream()) return { source: 'RATE_LIMITED', payload: null };
+      return { source: 'UPSTREAM', payload: await loadUpstream() };
+    });
+    const result = await request.promise;
+    if (!request.shared) return result;
+    // The owner's quota rejection belongs to the owner's client. The rejected
+    // reservation is released before joiners resume, so retry and let this
+    // caller own the next reservation (or join an admitted one) on its quota.
+    if (result.source === 'RATE_LIMITED') continue;
+    return { ...result, source: 'INFLIGHT' };
+  }
 }
 
 /** Return only last-good Overpass data, regardless of its age. */
diff --git a/src/data/overpassProxy.test.mjs b/src/data/overpassProxy.test.mjs
index 7f9b117ae..4a3b5780f 100644
--- a/src/data/overpassProxy.test.mjs
+++ b/src/data/overpassProxy.test.mjs
@@ -249,3 +249,34 @@ test('cold disk lookup is single-flight through upstream publication and quota a
   await resolveOverpassPreflight({ ...options, readDisk: async () => null });
   assert.equal(upstreams, 2, 'a rejected reservation does not poison the next retry');
 });
+
+test('a joined client retries admission with its own quota after another client is rate limited', async () => {
+  const inFlight = new Map();
+  let release;
+  const disk = new Promise((resolve) => { release = resolve; });
+  let reads = 0, upstreams = 0;
+  const admissions = { a: 0, b: 0, c: 0 };
+  const quota = { a: false, b: true, c: false };
+  const payload = { status: 200, body: '{"elements":[]}' };
+  const client = (name) => resolveOverpassPreflight({
+    cacheKey: 'quota', memoryCache: new Map(), inFlight,
+    readDisk: () => { reads++; return reads === 1 ? disk : null; },
+    allowUpstream: () => { admissions[name]++; return quota[name]; },
+    loadUpstream: async () => { upstreams++; return payload; },
+  });
+  // A (quota exhausted) owns the cold reservation; B (quota available) and
+  // C (quota exhausted) join it while the disk lookup is pending.
+  const pending = [client('a'), client('b'), client('c')];
+  await Promise.resolve();
+  assert.equal(inFlight.size, 1);
+  release(null);
+  const [a, b, c] = await Promise.all(pending);
+  assert.equal(a.source, 'RATE_LIMITED', "A's own quota still rejects A");
+  assert.equal(b.source, 'UPSTREAM', 'B is admitted on its own quota');
+  assert.equal(b.payload, payload);
+  assert.equal(c.source, 'INFLIGHT', "C coalesces onto B's admitted fetch");
+  assert.equal(c.payload, payload);
+  assert.deepEqual(admissions, { a: 1, b: 1, c: 0 });
+  assert.equal(upstreams, 1);
+  assert.equal(inFlight.size, 0);
+});