diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
index 55e548115..aa1a0e5ca 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/article/index.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import { ContentParseError } from '../../utils/errors'
 import {
   authorized,
   generateSlug,
+  isParsingTimeout,
   pageError,
   stringToHash,
   userDataToUser,
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ const FORCE_PUPPETEER_URLS = [
   /twitter\.com\/(?:#!\/)?(\w+)\/status(?:es)?\/(\d+)(?:\/.*)?/,
   /^((?:https?:)?\/\/)?((?:www|m)\.)?((?:youtube\.com|youtu.be))(\/(?:[\w-]+\?v=|embed\/|v\/)?)([\w-]+)(\S+)?$/,
 ]
-const UNPARSEABLE_CONTENT = 'We were unable to parse this page.'
+const UNPARSEABLE_CONTENT = '<p>We were unable to parse this page.</p>'
 
 export type CreateArticlesSuccessPartial = Merge<
   CreateArticleSuccess,
@@ -416,17 +417,8 @@ export const getArticleResolver: ResolverFn<
       return { errorCodes: [ArticleErrorCode.NotFound] }
     }
 
-    if (
-      page.state === ArticleSavingRequestStatus.Processing &&
-      new Date(page.savedAt).getTime() < new Date().getTime() - 1000 * 30
-    ) {
-      page.content = `<p>${UNPARSEABLE_CONTENT}</p>`
-      page.description = UNPARSEABLE_CONTENT
-      page.state = ArticleSavingRequestStatus.Failed
-      await updatePage(page.id, page, {
-        uid: claims.uid,
-        pubsub,
-      })
+    if (isParsingTimeout(page)) {
+      page.content = UNPARSEABLE_CONTENT
     }
 
     return {
diff --git a/packages/api/src/resolvers/article_saving_request/index.ts b/packages/api/src/resolvers/article_saving_request/index.ts
index d4a542fb5..1b8f2764e 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/resolvers/article_saving_request/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/resolvers/article_saving_request/index.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import {
   ArticleSavingRequestError,
   ArticleSavingRequestErrorCode,
+  ArticleSavingRequestStatus,
   ArticleSavingRequestSuccess,
   CreateArticleSavingRequestError,
   CreateArticleSavingRequestErrorCode,
@@ -9,7 +10,11 @@ import {
   MutationCreateArticleSavingRequestArgs,
   QueryArticleSavingRequestArgs,
 } from '../../generated/graphql'
-import { authorized, pageToArticleSavingRequest } from '../../utils/helpers'
+import {
+  authorized,
+  isParsingTimeout,
+  pageToArticleSavingRequest,
+} from '../../utils/helpers'
 import { createPageSaveRequest } from '../../services/create_page_save_request'
 import { getPageById } from '../../elastic/pages'
 import { isErrorWithCode } from '../user'
@@ -62,8 +67,12 @@ export const articleSavingRequestResolver = authorized<
     user = await models.user.get(page.userId)
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-empty
   } catch (error) {}
-  if (user && page)
+  if (user && page) {
+    if (isParsingTimeout(page)) {
+      page.state = ArticleSavingRequestStatus.Succeeded
+    }
     return { articleSavingRequest: pageToArticleSavingRequest(user, page) }
+  }
 
   return { errorCodes: [ArticleSavingRequestErrorCode.NotFound] }
 })
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/helpers.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/helpers.ts
index f5499fd56..73c0abdc9 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/helpers.ts
@@ -202,6 +202,14 @@ export const pageToArticleSavingRequest = (
   updatedAt: page.updatedAt || new Date(),
 })
 
+export const isParsingTimeout = (page: Page): boolean => {
+  return (
+    // page processed more than 30 seconds ago
+    page.state === ArticleSavingRequestStatus.Processing &&
+    new Date(page.savedAt).getTime() < new Date().getTime() - 1000 * 30
+  )
+}
+
 export const validatedDate = (
   date: Date | string | undefined
 ): Date | undefined => {