diff --git a/server-rs/crates/platform-image/src/vector_engine/raw_edit.rs b/server-rs/crates/platform-image/src/vector_engine/raw_edit.rs
index 00ff1b9a0..17f882636 100644
--- a/server-rs/crates/platform-image/src/vector_engine/raw_edit.rs
+++ b/server-rs/crates/platform-image/src/vector_engine/raw_edit.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use serde_json::Value;
 
 use super::{
     audit::build_failure_audit,
+    budget::{effective_request_timeout_ms, request_budget_exhausted_error},
     constants::{GPT_IMAGE_2_MODEL, VECTOR_ENGINE_PROVIDER},
     error::PlatformImageError,
     request::vector_engine_images_edit_url,
@@ -132,8 +133,20 @@ pub async fn create_vector_engine_raw_image_edit(
         );
     }
 
+    let Some(request_timeout_ms) =
+        effective_request_timeout_ms(settings.request_timeout_ms, settings.request_deadline)
+    else {
+        return Err(request_budget_exhausted_error(
+            url.as_str(),
+            failure_context,
+            Some(GPT_IMAGE_2_MODEL),
+            Some(started_at.elapsed().as_millis() as u64),
+            prompt_chars,
+            reference_image_count,
+        ));
+    };
     let client = reqwest::Client::builder()
-        .timeout(Duration::from_millis(settings.request_timeout_ms.max(1)))
+        .timeout(Duration::from_millis(request_timeout_ms))
         .http1_only()
         .build()
         .map_err(|error| invalid_config(error.to_string()))?;