diff --git a/apps/web/src/hooks/use-bulk-import.ts b/apps/web/src/hooks/use-bulk-import.ts
index 502c897..1774e11 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/hooks/use-bulk-import.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/hooks/use-bulk-import.ts
@@ -73,32 +73,39 @@ export function useBulkImport(): BulkImportHook {
 
 				setState((s) => ({ ...s, completed: alreadyCached }));
 
+				const batches: { code: string }[][] = [];
 				for (let i = 0; i < uncached.length; i += BATCH_SIZE) {
-					const batch = uncached.slice(i, i + BATCH_SIZE);
-					// biome-ignore lint/performance/noAwaitInLoops: sequential batching is intentional to avoid overwhelming the server with too many concurrent requests
-					await Promise.allSettled(
-						batch.map(async ({ code }) => {
-							const url = getDefaultFetchUrl(code, baseUrl);
-							try {
-								await fetchAndCacheSource(code, url);
-								countersRef.current.completed++;
-							} catch (err) {
-								countersRef.current.failed++;
-								console.warn(
-									`[bulk-import] FAILED ${code} (${url}):`,
-									err instanceof Error ? err.message : err,
-								);
-							}
-							setState({
-								status: "loading",
-								total,
-								completed: countersRef.current.completed,
-								failed: countersRef.current.failed,
-							});
-						}),
-					);
+					batches.push(uncached.slice(i, i + BATCH_SIZE));
 				}
 
+				await batches.reduce(
+					(chain, batch) =>
+						chain.then(() =>
+							Promise.allSettled(
+								batch.map(async ({ code }) => {
+									const url = getDefaultFetchUrl(code, baseUrl);
+									try {
+										await fetchAndCacheSource(code, url);
+										countersRef.current.completed++;
+									} catch (err) {
+										countersRef.current.failed++;
+										console.warn(
+											`[bulk-import] FAILED ${code} (${url}):`,
+											err instanceof Error ? err.message : err,
+										);
+									}
+									setState({
+										status: "loading",
+										total,
+										completed: countersRef.current.completed,
+										failed: countersRef.current.failed,
+									});
+								}),
+							),
+						),
+					Promise.resolve() as Promise<unknown>,
+				);
+
 				await refreshCache();
 
 				const { completed, failed } = countersRef.current;
diff --git a/scripts/check-lint-ignores.mjs b/scripts/check-lint-ignores.mjs
index 6ebd137..b4d552c 100644
--- a/scripts/check-lint-ignores.mjs
+++ b/scripts/check-lint-ignores.mjs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { execSync } from "node:child_process";
 import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
 
 // ── Configuration ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-const MAX_SOURCE_IGNORES = 4;
+const MAX_SOURCE_IGNORES = 3;
 const MAX_TEST_IGNORES = 3;
 
 /** Rule prefixes that must never be suppressed. */