From fe1753c0ade3a0d19f1547c5d1fce7e56b0b7a74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Heath=20Dutton=F0=9F=95=B4=EF=B8=8F?=
 <heathdutton@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2026 00:42:58 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: reject degenerate polygons in AOI area validation

---
 frontend/src/utils/geo/geo-utils.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/geo/geo-utils.ts b/frontend/src/utils/geo/geo-utils.ts
index 8b910455..782cdae9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils/geo/geo-utils.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/geo/geo-utils.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export const validateGeoJSONArea = (geojsonFeature: Feature) => {
   const area = calculateGeoJSONArea(geojsonFeature);
 
   if (!area || isNaN(area) || area === Infinity || area === 0) {
-    return false;
+    return true;
   }
   return area < MIN_TRAINING_AREA_SIZE || area > MAX_TRAINING_AREA_SIZE;
 };