diff --git a/crates/lib/api_clients/openai_sora_client/src/requests/image_gen/image_gen_status.rs b/crates/lib/api_clients/openai_sora_client/src/requests/image_gen/image_gen_status.rs
index dd47760fec..4862926110 100644
--- a/crates/lib/api_clients/openai_sora_client/src/requests/image_gen/image_gen_status.rs
+++ b/crates/lib/api_clients/openai_sora_client/src/requests/image_gen/image_gen_status.rs
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ pub struct InpaintItem {
   pub r#type: String,
   pub preset_id: Option<String>,
   pub generation_id: Option<String>,
-  pub upload_media_id: String,
+  pub upload_media_id: Option<String>,
   pub frame_index: i32,
   pub source_start_frame: i32,
 }
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ impl StatusRequest {
 
 /// Gets the status of image generation tasks from Sora API
 pub async fn get_image_gen_status(status_request: &StatusRequest, credentials: &SoraCredentialSet) -> Result<VideoGenStatusResponse, SoraError> {
-  
+
   let bearer_header = match credentials.jwt_bearer_token.as_ref()  {
     Some(bearer) => bearer.to_authorization_header_value(),
     None => {
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     let creds = SoraCredentials { bearer_token: bearer, cookie, sentinel: Some(sentinel) };
     let new_creds = SoraCredentialSet::from_legacy_credentials(&creds)?;
-    
+
     // Get the task status for a specific task
     // let response = get_image_gen_status(&StatusRequest::new(None, Some("task_01jr9yvpfyetx9r7qvvx38scna".to_string())), &creds).await?;
 
diff --git a/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/flags/DevConsoleFlags.ts b/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/flags/DevConsoleFlags.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2f02578243
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/flags/DevConsoleFlags.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+
+// This is used to do things such as disable job polling in the dev console.
+
+export const SetDevFlag = (flagName: string, value: any) => {
+  if (!!!(window as any)._dev_flags) {
+    (window as any)._dev_flags = {};
+  }
+  (window as any)._dev_flags[flagName] = value;
+}
+
+export const GetDevFlag = (flagName: string) => {
+  if (!!(window as any)._dev_flags && flagName in (window as any)._dev_flags) {
+    return (window as any)._dev_flags[flagName];
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+export const DisableJobPolling = () => {
+  SetDevFlag("disable_job_polling", true);
+}
+
+export const EnableJobPolling = () => {
+  SetDevFlag("disable_job_polling", false);
+}
+
+export const IsJobPollingDisabled = () : boolean => {
+  return GetDevFlag("disable_job_polling") === true;
+}
+
+(window as any).setDevFlag = SetDevFlag;
+(window as any).getDevFlag = GetDevFlag;
+
+(window as any).disableJobPolling = DisableJobPolling;
+(window as any).enableJobPolling = EnableJobPolling;
+
+
diff --git a/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/hooks/useActiveJobs/utilities.ts b/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/hooks/useActiveJobs/utilities.ts
index 4da3db7378..f68cf8f755 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/hooks/useActiveJobs/utilities.ts
+++ b/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/hooks/useActiveJobs/utilities.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 import { ToastTypes } from "~/enums";
 import { addToast, setJobs } from "~/signals";
 import { JobsApi } from "~/Classes/ApiManager/JobsApi";
+import { IsJobPollingDisabled } from "~/flags/DevConsoleFlags";
+
 export async function PollRecentJobs() {
   const jobsApi = new JobsApi();
 
+  if (IsJobPollingDisabled()) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   const response = await jobsApi.ListRecentJobs();
   if (response.success && response.data) {
     setJobs(response.data);
diff --git a/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/pages/PageEnigma/comps/GenerateModals/Activity.tsx b/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/pages/PageEnigma/comps/GenerateModals/Activity.tsx
index 5bb2ea6375..e76c5e879e 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/pages/PageEnigma/comps/GenerateModals/Activity.tsx
+++ b/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/pages/PageEnigma/comps/GenerateModals/Activity.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { useEffect, useState, useRef, useCallback } from "react";
 import { JobsApi } from "~/Classes/ApiManager/JobsApi";
 import { toast } from "@storyteller/ui-toaster";
 import { ActiveJob } from "~/pages/PageEnigma/models";
+import { IsJobPollingDisabled } from "~/flags/DevConsoleFlags";
 // TODO ensure we de-dupe all this extra code.
 interface CompletedItem {
   token: string;
@@ -85,6 +86,9 @@ export function Activity() {
     let mounted = true;
 
     async function fetchJobs() {
+      if (IsJobPollingDisabled()) {
+        return;
+      }
       try {
         const jobsApi = new JobsApi();
         const response = await jobsApi.ListRecentJobs();