diff --git a/modules/services/nominatim.js b/modules/services/nominatim.js
index 8031f7326..b5434306a 100644
--- a/modules/services/nominatim.js
+++ b/modules/services/nominatim.js
@@ -6,13 +6,22 @@ import { utilQsString } from '../util/index';
 
 
 var apibase = 'https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/',
+    inflight = {},
     nominatimCache;
 
 
 export default {
 
-    init: function() { nominatimCache = rbush(); },
-    reset: function() { nominatimCache = rbush(); },
+    init: function() {
+        inflight = {};
+        nominatimCache = rbush();
+    },
+
+    reset: function() {
+        _.forEach(inflight, function(req) { req.abort(); });
+        inflight = {};
+        nominatimCache = rbush();
+    },
 
 
     countryCode: function (location, callback) {
@@ -24,32 +33,37 @@ export default {
             return callback(null, countryCodes[0].data);
         }
 
-        d3.json(apibase + 'reverse?' +
-            utilQsString({
-                format: 'json',
-                addressdetails: 1,
-                lat: location[1],
-                lon: location[0]
-            }), function(err, result) {
-                if (err)
-                    return callback(err);
-                else if (result && result.error)
-                    return callback(result.error);
+        var params = { format: 'json', addressdetails: 1, lat: location[1], lon: location[0] };
+        var url = apibase + 'reverse?' + utilQsString(params);
+        if (inflight[url]) return;
 
-                var extent = geoExtent(location).padByMeters(1000);
-                nominatimCache.insert(_.assign(extent.bbox(),
-                    { data: result.address.country_code }
-                ));
+        inflight[url] = d3.json(url, function(err, result) {
+            delete inflight[url];
 
-                callback(null, result.address.country_code);
-            }
-        );
+            if (err)
+                return callback(err);
+            else if (result && result.error)
+                return callback(result.error);
+
+            var extent = geoExtent(location).padByMeters(1000);
+            nominatimCache.insert(_.assign(extent.bbox(),
+                { data: result.address.country_code }
+            ));
+
+            callback(null, result.address.country_code);
+        });
     },
 
 
     search: function (val, callback) {
         var searchVal = encodeURIComponent(val);
-        d3.json(apibase + 'search/' + searchVal + '?limit=10&format=json', callback);
+        var url = apibase + 'search/' + searchVal + '?limit=10&format=json';
+        if (inflight[url]) return;
+
+        inflight[url] = d3.json(url, function(err, result) {
+            delete inflight[url];
+            callback(err, result);
+        });
     }
 
 };
diff --git a/modules/services/taginfo.js b/modules/services/taginfo.js
index 8c019072e..78dcde620 100644
--- a/modules/services/taginfo.js
+++ b/modules/services/taginfo.js
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import * as d3 from 'd3';
 import _ from 'lodash';
-import { utilQsString } from '../util/index';
+import { utilQsString } from '../util';
 
 
-var endpoint = 'https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/api/4/',
+var apibase = 'https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/api/4/',
+    inflight = {},
+    popularKeys = {},
     taginfoCache = {},
     tag_sorts = {
         point: 'count_nodes',
@@ -33,31 +35,31 @@ var endpoint = 'https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/api/4/',
     };
 
 
-function sets(parameters, n, o) {
-    if (parameters.geometry && o[parameters.geometry]) {
-        parameters[n] = o[parameters.geometry];
+function sets(params, n, o) {
+    if (params.geometry && o[params.geometry]) {
+        params[n] = o[params.geometry];
     }
-    return parameters;
+    return params;
 }
 
 
-function setFilter(parameters) {
-    return sets(parameters, 'filter', tag_filters);
+function setFilter(params) {
+    return sets(params, 'filter', tag_filters);
 }
 
 
-function setSort(parameters) {
-    return sets(parameters, 'sortname', tag_sorts);
+function setSort(params) {
+    return sets(params, 'sortname', tag_sorts);
 }
 
 
-function setSortMembers(parameters) {
-    return sets(parameters, 'sortname', tag_sort_members);
+function setSortMembers(params) {
+    return sets(params, 'sortname', tag_sort_members);
 }
 
 
-function clean(parameters) {
-    return _.omit(parameters, 'geometry', 'debounce');
+function clean(params) {
+    return _.omit(params, 'geometry', 'debounce');
 }
 
 
@@ -129,146 +131,189 @@ function sortKeys(a, b) {
 }
 
 
-var debounced = _.debounce(d3.json, 100, true);
+var debouncedRequest = _.debounce(request, 500, { leading: false });
+
+function request(url, params, exactMatch, callback, loaded) {
+    if (inflight[url]) return;
+
+    if (checkCache(url, params, exactMatch, callback)) return;
+
+    inflight[url] = d3.json(url, function (err, data) {
+        delete inflight[url];
+        loaded(err, data);
+    });
+}
 
 
-function request(url, debounce, callback) {
-    if (taginfoCache[url]) {
-        callback(null, taginfoCache[url]);
-    } else if (debounce) {
-        debounced(url, done);
-    } else {
-        d3.json(url, done);
-    }
+function checkCache(url, params, exactMatch, callback) {
+    var rp = params.rp || 25,
+        testQuery = params.query || '',
+        testUrl = url;
 
-    function done(err, data) {
-        if (!err) {
-            taginfoCache[url] = data;
+    do {
+        var hit = taginfoCache[testUrl];
+
+        // exact match, or shorter match yielding fewer than max results (rp)
+        if (hit && (url === testUrl || hit.length < rp)) {
+            callback(null, hit);
+            return true;
         }
-        callback(err, data);
-    }
+
+        // don't try to shorten the query
+        if (exactMatch || !testQuery.length) return false;
+
+        // do shorten the query to see if we already have a cached result
+        // that has returned fewer than max results (rp)
+        testQuery = testQuery.slice(0, -1);
+        testUrl = url.replace(/&query=(.*?)&/, '&query=' + testQuery + '&');
+    } while (testQuery.length >= 0);
+
+    return false;
 }
 
 
 export default {
 
-    init: function() { taginfoCache = {}; },
-    reset: function() { taginfoCache = {}; },
+    init: function() {
+        inflight = {};
+        taginfoCache = {};
+        popularKeys = {};
 
-
-    keys: function(parameters, callback) {
-        var debounce = parameters.debounce;
-        parameters = clean(setSort(parameters));
-        request(endpoint + 'keys/all?' +
-            utilQsString(_.extend({
-                rp: 10,
-                sortname: 'count_all',
-                sortorder: 'desc',
-                page: 1
-            }, parameters)), debounce, function(err, d) {
-                if (err) {
-                    callback(err);
-                } else {
-                    var f = filterKeys(parameters.filter);
-                    callback(null, d.data.filter(f).sort(sortKeys).map(valKey));
-                }
-            }
-        );
+        // Fetch popular keys.  We'll exclude these from `values`
+        // lookups because they stress taginfo, and they aren't likely
+        // to yield meaningful autocomplete results.. see #3955
+        var params = { rp: 100, sortname: 'values_all', sortorder: 'desc', page: 1, debounce: false };
+        this.keys(params, function(err, data) {
+            if (err) return;
+            data.forEach(function(d) {
+                if (d === 'opening_hours') return;  // exception
+                popularKeys[d.value] = true;
+            });
+        });
     },
 
 
-    multikeys: function(parameters, callback) {
-        var debounce = parameters.debounce;
-        parameters = clean(setSort(parameters));
-        var prefix = parameters.query;
-        request(endpoint + 'keys/all?' +
-            utilQsString(_.extend({
-                rp: 25,
-                sortname: 'count_all',
-                sortorder: 'desc',
-                page: 1
-            }, parameters)), debounce, function(err, d) {
-                if (err) {
-                    callback(err);
-                } else {
-                    var f = filterMultikeys(prefix);
-                    callback(null, d.data.filter(f).map(valKey));
-                }
-            }
-        );
+    reset: function() {
+        _.forEach(inflight, function(req) { req.abort(); });
+        inflight = {};
     },
 
 
-    values: function(parameters, callback) {
-        var debounce = parameters.debounce;
-        parameters = clean(setSort(setFilter(parameters)));
-        request(endpoint + 'key/values?' +
-            utilQsString(_.extend({
-                rp: 25,
-                sortname: 'count_all',
-                sortorder: 'desc',
-                page: 1
-            }, parameters)), debounce, function(err, d) {
-                if (err) {
-                    callback(err);
-                } else {
-                    // In most cases we prefer taginfo value results with lowercase letters.
-                    // A few OSM keys expect values to contain uppercase values (see #3377).
-                    // This is not an exhaustive list (e.g. `name` also has uppercase values)
-                    // but these are the fields where taginfo value lookup is most useful.
-                    var re = /network|taxon|genus|species|brand|grape_variety|_hours|_times/;
-                    var allowUpperCase = (parameters.key.match(re) !== null);
-                    var f = filterValues(allowUpperCase);
-                    callback(null, d.data.filter(f).map(valKeyDescription));
-                }
-            }
-        );
-    },
+    keys: function(params, callback) {
+        var doRequest = params.debounce ? debouncedRequest : request;
+        params = clean(setSort(params));
+        params = _.extend({ rp: 10, sortname: 'count_all', sortorder: 'desc', page: 1 }, params);
 
-
-    roles: function(parameters, callback) {
-        var debounce = parameters.debounce;
-        var geometry = parameters.geometry;
-        parameters = clean(setSortMembers(parameters));
-        request(endpoint + 'relation/roles?' +
-            utilQsString(_.extend({
-                rp: 25,
-                sortname: 'count_all_members',
-                sortorder: 'desc',
-                page: 1
-            }, parameters)), debounce, function(err, d) {
-                if (err) {
-                    callback(err);
-                } else {
-                    var f = filterRoles(geometry);
-                    callback(null, d.data.filter(f).map(roleKey));
-                }
-            }
-        );
-    },
-
-
-    docs: function(parameters, callback) {
-        var debounce = parameters.debounce;
-        parameters = clean(setSort(parameters));
-
-        var path = 'key/wiki_pages?';
-        if (parameters.value) path = 'tag/wiki_pages?';
-        else if (parameters.rtype) path = 'relation/wiki_pages?';
-
-        request(endpoint + path + utilQsString(parameters), debounce, function(err, d) {
+        var url = apibase + 'keys/all?' + utilQsString(params);
+        doRequest(url, params, false, callback, function(err, d) {
             if (err) {
                 callback(err);
             } else {
+                var f = filterKeys(params.filter);
+                var result = d.data.filter(f).sort(sortKeys).map(valKey);
+                taginfoCache[url] = result;
+                callback(null, result);
+            }
+        });
+    },
+
+
+    multikeys: function(params, callback) {
+        var doRequest = params.debounce ? debouncedRequest : request;
+        params = clean(setSort(params));
+        params = _.extend({ rp: 25, sortname: 'count_all', sortorder: 'desc', page: 1 }, params);
+        var prefix = params.query;
+
+        var url = apibase + 'keys/all?' + utilQsString(params);
+        doRequest(url, params, true, callback, function(err, d) {
+            if (err) {
+                callback(err);
+            } else {
+                var f = filterMultikeys(prefix);
+                var result = d.data.filter(f).map(valKey);
+                taginfoCache[url] = result;
+                callback(null, result);
+            }
+        });
+    },
+
+
+    values: function(params, callback) {
+        // Exclude popular keys from values lookups.. see #3955
+        var key = params.key;
+        if (key && popularKeys[key]) {
+            callback(null, []);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var doRequest = params.debounce ? debouncedRequest : request;
+        params = clean(setSort(setFilter(params)));
+        params = _.extend({ rp: 25, sortname: 'count_all', sortorder: 'desc', page: 1 }, params);
+
+        var url = apibase + 'key/values?' + utilQsString(params);
+        doRequest(url, params, false, callback, function(err, d) {
+            if (err) {
+                callback(err);
+            } else {
+                // In most cases we prefer taginfo value results with lowercase letters.
+                // A few OSM keys expect values to contain uppercase values (see #3377).
+                // This is not an exhaustive list (e.g. `name` also has uppercase values)
+                // but these are the fields where taginfo value lookup is most useful.
+                var re = /network|taxon|genus|species|brand|grape_variety|_hours|_times/;
+                var allowUpperCase = (params.key.match(re) !== null);
+                var f = filterValues(allowUpperCase);
+
+                var result = d.data.filter(f).map(valKeyDescription);
+                taginfoCache[url] = result;
+                callback(null, result);
+            }
+        });
+    },
+
+
+    roles: function(params, callback) {
+        var doRequest = params.debounce ? debouncedRequest : request;
+        var geometry = params.geometry;
+        params = clean(setSortMembers(params));
+        params = _.extend({ rp: 25, sortname: 'count_all_members', sortorder: 'desc', page: 1 }, params);
+
+        var url = apibase + 'relation/roles?' + utilQsString(params);
+        doRequest(url, params, true, callback, function(err, d) {
+            if (err) {
+                callback(err);
+            } else {
+                var f = filterRoles(geometry);
+                var result = d.data.filter(f).map(roleKey);
+                taginfoCache[url] = result;
+                callback(null, result);
+            }
+        });
+    },
+
+
+    docs: function(params, callback) {
+        var doRequest = params.debounce ? debouncedRequest : request;
+        params = clean(setSort(params));
+
+        var path = 'key/wiki_pages?';
+        if (params.value) path = 'tag/wiki_pages?';
+        else if (params.rtype) path = 'relation/wiki_pages?';
+
+        var url = apibase + path + utilQsString(params);
+        doRequest(url, params, true, callback, function(err, d) {
+            if (err) {
+                callback(err);
+            } else {
+                taginfoCache[url] = d.data;
                 callback(null, d.data);
             }
         });
     },
 
 
-    endpoint: function(_) {
-        if (!arguments.length) return endpoint;
-        endpoint = _;
+    apibase: function(_) {
+        if (!arguments.length) return apibase;
+        apibase = _;
         return this;
     }
 
diff --git a/test/spec/services/taginfo.js b/test/spec/services/taginfo.js
index 7ffff2840..fab95b44e 100644
--- a/test/spec/services/taginfo.js
+++ b/test/spec/services/taginfo.js
@@ -4,7 +4,16 @@ describe('iD.serviceTaginfo', function() {
     beforeEach(function() {
         server = sinon.fakeServer.create();
         taginfo = iD.services.taginfo;
-        taginfo.reset();
+
+        // prepopulate popular keys list with "name"
+        taginfo.init();
+        server.respondWith('GET',
+            new RegExp('\/keys\/all.*sortname=values_all'),
+            [200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+                '{"data":[{"count_all":56136034,"key":"name","count_all_fraction":0.0132}]}']
+        );
+        server.respond();
+        server = sinon.fakeServer.create();
     });
 
     afterEach(function() {
@@ -15,55 +24,67 @@ describe('iD.serviceTaginfo', function() {
         return iD.utilStringQs(url.substring(url.indexOf('?') + 1));
     }
 
+
     describe('#keys', function() {
         it('calls the given callback with the results of the keys query', function() {
             var callback = sinon.spy();
             taginfo.keys({query: 'amen'}, callback);
 
-            server.respondWith('GET', new RegExp('https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/api/4/keys/all'),
+            server.respondWith('GET', /\/keys\/all/,
                 [200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
-                    '{"data":[{"count_all":5190337,"key":"amenity","count_all_fraction":1.0}]}']);
+                    '{"data":[{"count_all":5190337,"key":"amenity","count_all_fraction":1.0}]}']
+            );
             server.respond();
 
             expect(query(server.requests[0].url)).to.eql(
-                {query: 'amen', page: '1', rp: '10', sortname: 'count_all', sortorder: 'desc'});
-            expect(callback).to.have.been.calledWith(null, [{'title':'amenity', 'value':'amenity'}]);
+                {query: 'amen', page: '1', rp: '10', sortname: 'count_all', sortorder: 'desc'}
+            );
+            expect(callback).to.have.been.calledWith(
+                null, [{'title':'amenity', 'value':'amenity'}]
+            );
         });
 
         it('includes popular keys', function() {
             var callback = sinon.spy();
             taginfo.keys({query: 'amen'}, callback);
 
-            server.respondWith('GET', new RegExp('https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/api/4/keys/all'),
+            server.respondWith('GET', /\/keys\/all/,
                 [200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
-                    '{"data":[{"count_all":5190337,"key":"amenity","count_all_fraction":1.0, "count_nodes_fraction":1.0},'
-                              + '{"count_all":1,"key":"amenityother","count_all_fraction":0.0, "count_nodes_fraction":0.0}]}']);
+                    '{"data":[{"count_all":5190337,"key":"amenity","count_all_fraction":1.0,"count_nodes_fraction":1.0},'
+                          + '{"count_all":1,"key":"amenityother","count_all_fraction":0.0,"count_nodes_fraction":0.0}]}']
+            );
             server.respond();
 
-            expect(callback).to.have.been.calledWith(null, [{'title':'amenity', 'value':'amenity'}]);
+            expect(callback).to.have.been.calledWith(
+                null, [{'title':'amenity', 'value':'amenity'}]
+            );
         });
 
         it('includes popular keys with an entity type filter', function() {
             var callback = sinon.spy();
             taginfo.keys({query: 'amen', filter: 'nodes'}, callback);
 
-            server.respondWith('GET', new RegExp('https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/api/4/keys/all'),
+            server.respondWith('GET', /\/keys\/all/,
                 [200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
                     '{"data":[{"count_all":5190337,"count_nodes":500000,"key":"amenity","count_all_fraction":1.0, "count_nodes_fraction":1.0},'
-                            + '{"count_all":1,"key":"amenityother","count_all_fraction":0.0, "count_nodes":100}]}']);
+                            + '{"count_all":1,"key":"amenityother","count_all_fraction":0.0, "count_nodes":100}]}']
+            );
             server.respond();
 
-            expect(callback).to.have.been.calledWith(null, [{'title':'amenity', 'value':'amenity'}]);
+            expect(callback).to.have.been.calledWith(
+                null, [{'title':'amenity', 'value':'amenity'}]
+            );
         });
 
         it('includes unpopular keys with a wiki page', function() {
             var callback = sinon.spy();
             taginfo.keys({query: 'amen'}, callback);
 
-            server.respondWith('GET', new RegExp('https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/api/4/keys/all'),
+            server.respondWith('GET', /\/keys\/all/,
                 [200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
                     '{"data":[{"count_all":5190337,"key":"amenity","count_all_fraction":1.0, "count_nodes_fraction":1.0},'
-                            + '{"count_all":1,"key":"amenityother","count_all_fraction":0.0, "count_nodes_fraction":0.0, "in_wiki": true}]}']);
+                            + '{"count_all":1,"key":"amenityother","count_all_fraction":0.0, "count_nodes_fraction":0.0, "in_wiki": true}]}']
+            );
             server.respond();
 
             expect(callback).to.have.been.calledWith(null, [
@@ -76,12 +97,16 @@ describe('iD.serviceTaginfo', function() {
             var callback = sinon.spy();
             taginfo.keys({query: 'ref'}, callback);
 
-            server.respondWith('GET', new RegExp('https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/api/4/keys/all'),
+            server.respondWith('GET', /\/keys\/all/,
                 [200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
-                    '{"data":[{"key":"ref:bag","count_all":9790586,"count_all_fraction":0.0028},{"key":"ref","count_all":7933528,"count_all_fraction":0.0023}]}']);
+                    '{"data":[{"key":"ref:bag","count_all":9790586,"count_all_fraction":0.0028},' +
+                            '{"key":"ref","count_all":7933528,"count_all_fraction":0.0023}]}']
+            );
             server.respond();
 
-            expect(callback).to.have.been.calledWith(null, [{'title':'ref', 'value':'ref'},{'title':'ref:bag', 'value':'ref:bag'}]);
+            expect(callback).to.have.been.calledWith(
+                null, [{'title':'ref', 'value':'ref'},{'title':'ref:bag', 'value':'ref:bag'}]
+            );
         });
     });
 
@@ -90,40 +115,50 @@ describe('iD.serviceTaginfo', function() {
             var callback = sinon.spy();
             taginfo.multikeys({query: 'recycling:'}, callback);
 
-            server.respondWith('GET', new RegExp('https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/api/4/keys/all'),
+            server.respondWith('GET', /\/keys\/all/,
                 [200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
-                    '{"data":[{"count_all":69593,"key":"recycling:glass","count_all_fraction":0.0}]}']);
+                    '{"data":[{"count_all":69593,"key":"recycling:glass","count_all_fraction":0.0}]}']
+            );
             server.respond();
 
             expect(query(server.requests[0].url)).to.eql(
-                {query: 'recycling:', page: '1', rp: '25', sortname: 'count_all', sortorder: 'desc'});
-            expect(callback).to.have.been.calledWith(null, [{'title':'recycling:glass', 'value':'recycling:glass'}]);
+                {query: 'recycling:', page: '1', rp: '25', sortname: 'count_all', sortorder: 'desc'}
+            );
+            expect(callback).to.have.been.calledWith(
+                null, [{'title':'recycling:glass', 'value':'recycling:glass'}]
+            );
         });
 
         it('excludes multikeys with extra colons', function() {
             var callback = sinon.spy();
             taginfo.multikeys({query: 'service:bicycle:'}, callback);
 
-            server.respondWith('GET', new RegExp('https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/api/4/keys/all'),
+            server.respondWith('GET', /\/keys\/all/,
                 [200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
-                    '{"data":[{"count_all":4426,"key":"service:bicycle:retail","count_all_fraction":0.0},'
-                            + '{"count_all":22,"key":"service:bicycle:retail:ebikes","count_all_fraction":0.0}]}']);
+                    '{"data":[{"count_all":4426,"key":"service:bicycle:retail","count_all_fraction":0.0},' +
+                            '{"count_all":22,"key":"service:bicycle:retail:ebikes","count_all_fraction":0.0}]}']
+            );
             server.respond();
 
-            expect(callback).to.have.been.calledWith(null, [{'title':'service:bicycle:retail', 'value':'service:bicycle:retail'}]);
+            expect(callback).to.have.been.calledWith(
+                null, [{'title':'service:bicycle:retail', 'value':'service:bicycle:retail'}]
+            );
         });
 
         it('excludes multikeys with wrong prefix', function() {
             var callback = sinon.spy();
             taginfo.multikeys({query: 'service:bicycle:'}, callback);
 
-            server.respondWith('GET', new RegExp('https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/api/4/keys/all'),
+            server.respondWith('GET', /\/keys\/all/,
                 [200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
-                    '{"data":[{"count_all":4426,"key":"service:bicycle:retail","count_all_fraction":0.0},'
-                            + '{"count_all":22,"key":"disused:service:bicycle","count_all_fraction":0.0}]}']);
+                    '{"data":[{"count_all":4426,"key":"service:bicycle:retail","count_all_fraction":0.0},' +
+                            '{"count_all":22,"key":"disused:service:bicycle","count_all_fraction":0.0}]}']
+            );
             server.respond();
 
-            expect(callback).to.have.been.calledWith(null, [{'title':'service:bicycle:retail', 'value':'service:bicycle:retail'}]);
+            expect(callback).to.have.been.calledWith(
+                null, [{'title':'service:bicycle:retail', 'value':'service:bicycle:retail'}]
+            );
         });
     });
 
@@ -132,37 +167,59 @@ describe('iD.serviceTaginfo', function() {
             var callback = sinon.spy();
             taginfo.values({key: 'amenity', query: 'par'}, callback);
 
-            server.respondWith('GET', new RegExp('https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/api/4/key/values'),
+            server.respondWith('GET', /\/key\/values/,
                 [200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
-                    '{"data":[{"value":"parking","description":"A place for parking cars", "fraction":0.1}]}']);
+                    '{"data":[{"value":"parking","description":"A place for parking cars", "fraction":0.1}]}']
+            );
             server.respond();
 
             expect(query(server.requests[0].url)).to.eql(
-                {key: 'amenity', query: 'par', page: '1', rp: '25', sortname: 'count_all', sortorder: 'desc'});
-            expect(callback).to.have.been.calledWith(null, [{'value':'parking','title':'A place for parking cars'}]);
+                {key: 'amenity', query: 'par', page: '1', rp: '25', sortname: 'count_all', sortorder: 'desc'}
+            );
+            expect(callback).to.have.been.calledWith(
+                null, [{'value':'parking','title':'A place for parking cars'}]
+            );
         });
 
         it('includes popular values', function() {
             var callback = sinon.spy();
             taginfo.values({key: 'amenity', query: 'par'}, callback);
 
-            server.respondWith('GET', new RegExp('https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/api/4/key/values'),
+            server.respondWith('GET', /\/key\/values/,
                 [200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
                     '{"data":[{"value":"parking","description":"A place for parking cars", "fraction":1.0},' +
-                              '{"value":"party","description":"A place for partying", "fraction":0.0}]}']);
+                              '{"value":"party","description":"A place for partying", "fraction":0.0}]}']
+            );
             server.respond();
 
-            expect(callback).to.have.been.calledWith(null, [{'value':'parking','title':'A place for parking cars'}]);
+            expect(callback).to.have.been.calledWith(
+                null, [{'value':'parking','title':'A place for parking cars'}]
+            );
+        });
+
+        it('does not get values for extremely popular keys', function() {
+            var callback = sinon.spy();
+            taginfo.values({key: 'name', query: 'ste'}, callback);
+
+            server.respondWith('GET', /\/key\/values/,
+                [200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+                    '{"data":[{"value":"Rue Pasteur","description":"", "fraction":0.0001},' +
+                              '{"value":"Via Trieste","description":"", "fraction":0.0001}]}']
+            );
+            server.respond();
+
+            expect(callback).to.have.been.calledWith(null, []);
         });
 
         it('includes unpopular values with a wiki page', function() {
             var callback = sinon.spy();
             taginfo.values({key: 'amenity', query: 'par'}, callback);
 
-            server.respondWith('GET', new RegExp('https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/api/4/key/values'),
+            server.respondWith('GET', /\/key\/values/,
                 [200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
-                    '{"data":[{"value":"parking","description":"A place for parking cars", "fraction":1.0},'
-                            + '{"value":"party","description":"A place for partying", "fraction":0.0, "in_wiki": true}]}']);
+                    '{"data":[{"value":"parking","description":"A place for parking cars", "fraction":1.0},' +
+                            '{"value":"party","description":"A place for partying", "fraction":0.0, "in_wiki": true}]}']
+            );
             server.respond();
 
             expect(callback).to.have.been.calledWith(null, [
@@ -175,29 +232,33 @@ describe('iD.serviceTaginfo', function() {
             var callback = sinon.spy();
             taginfo.values({key: 'amenity', query: 'par'}, callback);
 
-            server.respondWith('GET', new RegExp('https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/api/4/key/values'),
+            server.respondWith('GET', /\/key\/values/,
                 [200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
                     '{"data":[{"value":"parking","description":"A place for parking cars", "fraction":0.2},'
                             + '{"value":"PArking","description":"A common mispelling", "fraction":0.2},'
                             + '{"value":"parking;partying","description":"A place for parking cars *and* partying", "fraction":0.2},'
                             + '{"value":"parking, partying","description":"A place for parking cars *and* partying", "fraction":0.2},'
-                            + '{"value":"*","description":"", "fraction":0.2}]}']);
+                            + '{"value":"*","description":"", "fraction":0.2}]}']
+            );
             server.respond();
 
-            expect(callback).to.have.been.calledWith(null, [{'value':'parking','title':'A place for parking cars'}]);
+            expect(callback).to.have.been.calledWith(
+                null, [{'value':'parking','title':'A place for parking cars'}]
+            );
         });
 
         it('includes network values with capital letters and some punctuation', function() {
             var callback = sinon.spy();
             taginfo.values({key: 'network', query: 'us'}, callback);
 
-            server.respondWith('GET', new RegExp('https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/api/4/key/values'),
+            server.respondWith('GET', /\/key\/values/,
                 [200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
                     '{"data":[{"value":"US:TX:FM","description":"Farm to Market Roads in the U.S. state of Texas.", "fraction":0.34},'
                             + '{"value":"US:KY","description":"Primary and secondary state highways in the U.S. state of Kentucky.", "fraction":0.31},'
                             + '{"value":"US:US","description":"U.S. routes in the United States.", "fraction":0.19},'
                             + '{"value":"US:I","description":"Interstate highways in the United States.", "fraction":0.11},'
-                            + '{"value":"US:MD","description":"State highways in the U.S. state of Maryland.", "fraction":0.06}]}']);
+                            + '{"value":"US:MD","description":"State highways in the U.S. state of Maryland.", "fraction":0.06}]}']
+            );
             server.respond();
 
             expect(callback).to.have.been.calledWith(null, [
@@ -213,36 +274,45 @@ describe('iD.serviceTaginfo', function() {
             var callback = sinon.spy();
             taginfo.values({key: 'genus', query: 'qu'}, callback);
 
-            server.respondWith('GET', new RegExp('https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/api/4/key/values'),
+            server.respondWith('GET', /\/key\/values/,
                 [200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
-                    '{"data":[{"value":"Quercus","description":"Oak", "fraction":0.5}]}']);
+                    '{"data":[{"value":"Quercus","description":"Oak", "fraction":0.5}]}']
+            );
             server.respond();
 
-            expect(callback).to.have.been.calledWith(null, [{'value':'Quercus','title':'Oak'}]);
+            expect(callback).to.have.been.calledWith(
+                null, [{'value':'Quercus','title':'Oak'}]
+            );
         });
 
         it('includes biological taxon values with capital letters', function() {
             var callback = sinon.spy();
             taginfo.values({key: 'taxon', query: 'qu'}, callback);
 
-            server.respondWith('GET', new RegExp('https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/api/4/key/values'),
+            server.respondWith('GET', /\/key\/values/,
                 [200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
-                    '{"data":[{"value":"Quercus robur","description":"Oak", "fraction":0.5}]}']);
+                    '{"data":[{"value":"Quercus robur","description":"Oak", "fraction":0.5}]}']
+            );
             server.respond();
 
-            expect(callback).to.have.been.calledWith(null, [{'value':'Quercus robur','title':'Oak'}]);
+            expect(callback).to.have.been.calledWith(
+                null, [{'value':'Quercus robur','title':'Oak'}]
+            );
         });
 
         it('includes biological species values with capital letters', function() {
             var callback = sinon.spy();
             taginfo.values({key: 'species', query: 'qu'}, callback);
 
-            server.respondWith('GET', new RegExp('https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/api/4/key/values'),
+            server.respondWith('GET', /\/key\/values/,
                 [200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
-                    '{"data":[{"value":"Quercus robur","description":"Oak", "fraction":0.5}]}']);
+                    '{"data":[{"value":"Quercus robur","description":"Oak", "fraction":0.5}]}']
+            );
             server.respond();
 
-            expect(callback).to.have.been.calledWith(null, [{'value':'Quercus robur','title':'Oak'}]);
+            expect(callback).to.have.been.calledWith(
+                null, [{'value':'Quercus robur','title':'Oak'}]
+            );
         });
     });
 
@@ -251,14 +321,16 @@ describe('iD.serviceTaginfo', function() {
             var callback = sinon.spy();
             taginfo.roles({rtype: 'route', query: 's', geometry: 'relation'}, callback);
 
-            server.respondWith('GET', new RegExp('https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/api/4/relation/roles'),
+            server.respondWith('GET', /\/relation\/roles/,
                 [200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
                     '{"data":[{"role":"stop","count_relation_members_fraction":0.1757},' +
-                             '{"role":"south","count_relation_members_fraction":0.0035}]}']);
+                             '{"role":"south","count_relation_members_fraction":0.0035}]}']
+            );
             server.respond();
 
             expect(query(server.requests[0].url)).to.eql(
-                {rtype: 'route', query: 's', page: '1', rp: '25', sortname: 'count_relation_members', sortorder: 'desc'});
+                {rtype: 'route', query: 's', page: '1', rp: '25', sortname: 'count_relation_members', sortorder: 'desc'}
+            );
             expect(callback).to.have.been.calledWith(null, [
                 {'value': 'stop', 'title': 'stop'},
                 {'value': 'south', 'title': 'south'}
@@ -271,15 +343,18 @@ describe('iD.serviceTaginfo', function() {
             var callback = sinon.spy();
             taginfo.docs({key: 'amenity', value: 'parking'}, callback);
 
-            server.respondWith('GET', new RegExp('https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/api/4/tag/wiki_page'),
+            server.respondWith('GET', /\/tag\/wiki_page/,
                 [200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
-                    '{"data":[{"on_way":false,"lang":"en","on_area":true,"image":"File:Car park2.jpg"}]}']);
+                    '{"data":[{"on_way":false,"lang":"en","on_area":true,"image":"File:Car park2.jpg"}]}']
+            );
             server.respond();
 
             expect(query(server.requests[0].url)).to.eql(
-                {key: 'amenity', value: 'parking'});
-            expect(callback).to.have.been.calledWith(null,
-                [{'on_way':false,'lang':'en','on_area':true,'image':'File:Car park2.jpg'}]);
+                {key: 'amenity', value: 'parking'}
+            );
+            expect(callback).to.have.been.calledWith(
+                null, [{'on_way':false,'lang':'en','on_area':true,'image':'File:Car park2.jpg'}]
+            );
         });
     });