diff --git a/app/Controllers/RestAuthenticationController.php b/app/Controllers/RestAuthenticationController.php
index c6ea35c..02bf50f 100755
--- a/app/Controllers/RestAuthenticationController.php
+++ b/app/Controllers/RestAuthenticationController.php
@@ -873,6 +873,7 @@ class RestAuthenticationController extends AdminController
 
                     // Call the third-party API function
                     $apiResponse = $this->callThirdPartyAPI($this->request->getJSON(),'getVerifiedHrData');
+                     recordRateLimitFailure();
                     return $this->respond(['status' => 'failed','code' => 404,'data' => "" , 'post_enrollment'=> json_decode($apiResponse, true)],200);
                 }
 
@@ -881,6 +882,7 @@ class RestAuthenticationController extends AdminController
 
                 // Call the third-party API function
                 $apiResponse = $this->callThirdPartyAPI($this->request->getJSON(),'getVerifiedHrData');
+                 recordRateLimitFailure();
                 return $this->respond(['status' => 'failed','code' => 404,'data' => "" , 'post_enrollment'=> json_decode($apiResponse, true)],200);
             }
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
diff --git a/app/Helpers/utility_helper.php b/app/Helpers/utility_helper.php
index bac046f..b07a22c 100755
--- a/app/Helpers/utility_helper.php
+++ b/app/Helpers/utility_helper.php
@@ -877,6 +877,7 @@ function generateFingerprint(bool $exclude_ua = false): string
 
         // Record user-level failure
         if (!empty($identity)) {
+            log_message('error','user block called in recordRateLimitFailure with' .$identity.' - '. $context );
             $limiter->recordUserFailure($identity, $context);
         }
     }
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