diff --git a/web/src/app/api/releases/[id]/search/route.test.ts b/web/src/app/api/releases/[id]/search/route.test.ts
index 4861a54..688fd60 100644
--- a/web/src/app/api/releases/[id]/search/route.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/app/api/releases/[id]/search/route.test.ts
@@ -23,4 +23,17 @@ describe("POST /api/releases/[id]/search", () => {
   it("404s an unknown release", async () => {
     expect((await POST(new Request("http://localhost/x", { method: "POST" }), ctx("nope"))).status).toBe(404);
   });
+
+  it("does not enqueue a duplicate while a non-terminal job is active", async () => {
+    const r = await prisma.monitoredRelease.create({
+      data: { artistMbid: "a1", artistName: "John Mayer", rgMbid: "rg-dup", album: "Continuum", secondaryTypes: [], monitored: true },
+    });
+    const first = await POST(new Request("http://localhost/x", { method: "POST" }), ctx(r.id));
+    expect((await first.json()).enqueued).toBe(true);
+    // the first job is in a non-terminal state ('requested'); a second search must no-op
+    const second = await POST(new Request("http://localhost/x", { method: "POST" }), ctx(r.id));
+    expect(second.status).toBe(202);
+    expect((await second.json()).enqueued).toBe(false);
+    expect(await prisma.request.count({ where: { monitoredReleaseId: r.id } })).toBe(1);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/web/src/app/api/releases/[id]/search/route.ts b/web/src/app/api/releases/[id]/search/route.ts
index 3e8e07f..5882c5a 100644
--- a/web/src/app/api/releases/[id]/search/route.ts
+++ b/web/src/app/api/releases/[id]/search/route.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,16 @@ export async function POST(_request: Request, { params }: { params: Promise<{ id
   const release = await prisma.monitoredRelease.findUnique({ where: { id } });
   if (!release) return Response.json({ error: "not found" }, { status: 404 });
 
+  const activeJob = await prisma.job.findFirst({
+    where: {
+      request: { monitoredReleaseId: release.id },
+      state: { notIn: ["imported", "needs_attention"] },
+    },
+  });
+  if (activeJob) {
+    return Response.json({ enqueued: false }, { status: 202 });
+  }
+
   await prisma.request.create({
     data: {
       artist: release.artistName,