Public x402/free API routes currently time out or return 504

[TateLyman]

I ran a no-payment availability check against the public AgentData x402 surface because the homepage currently advertises the paid endpoints as live on Base mainnet.

Observed from a US network on 2026-05-20 around 02:33 UTC:

• GET https://agentdata-api.com/api/prices returned a Cloudflare 504 instead of a 402 Payment Required challenge.
• GET https://agentdata-api.com/api/try/prices timed out after 8s with no response.
• GET https://agentdata-api.com/api/try/sentiment timed out after 8s with no response.
• The paid endpoint preflight for /api/prices did return 204 with useful CORS/payment headers, so the edge/preflight path appears reachable while the origin request path is not.

Scanner command used:

npx --yes x402-surface-check@latest --endpoint --method GET https://agentdata-api.com/api/prices --origin https://agentdata-api.com --json

Key 504 body fields:

{
  "error_name": "origin_gateway_timeout",
  "retryable": true,
  "retry_after": 120,
  "owner_action_required": true,
  "zone": "agentdata-api.com"
}

Expected behavior for the paid route: a no-payment GET /api/prices should return a structured x402 402 Payment Required challenge so agents can read the payment requirements and retry with payment.

I did not send payment headers, wallet signatures, or private credentials. This was only a public no-payment readiness probe.