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Startup migrations in src/instrumentation.ts ran right away with no wait for the database. When the database wasn't reachable yet, the server stayed up but returned 5xx errors on every request, and some connection errors made startup re-run the 2.0.0 data migration. This PR waits for the database and exits cleanly on failure.

Description

• Wait for the database (src/migrations/retry.ts): waitForDatabase() retries a side-effect-free SELECT 1 probe with exponential backoff (1s, 2s, 4s, 8s, 16s, then 30s) within a 60s total wall-clock limit. A timeout race keeps a probe that never returns from blocking startup forever. Only the probe is retried. Migrations are not, because they modify the database and files.
• Exit on failure (terminateAfterMigrationFailure()): logs the error, flushes stdout and stderr so the log reaches Docker, then calls process.exit(1). Next.js caches a rejected register() promise for the life of the process, so before this change a failed migration left a running server that answered every request with a 5xx and never got restarted.
• Stricter version detection (src/migrations/index.ts): getCurrentVersion() now returns null (pre-2.0.0) only for Prisma error P2021 (table does not exist). Connection and permission errors are rethrown instead of being treated as an old database, which previously triggered convertExistingFilesToWebP() again and reset schema_version.

Checklist

• I have read CONTRIBUTING.md in its entirety
• I have performed a self-review of my own code
• I have added unit tests to cover my changes
• The last commit successfully passed pre-commit checks
• Any AI code was thoroughly reviewed by me

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Application startup now waits for the database to become available before applying migrations, retrying temporary connection failures within a time limit.
  • Migration failures are reported more reliably, including when output cannot be flushed, before the application exits.
  • Database errors unrelated to a missing migration table are no longer treated as an initial migration state.
  • Startup now stops retrying when the database readiness time limit is reached.

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Walkthrough

Startup now checks database readiness before running migrations. Readiness checks retry with capped delays and a 60-second default timeout. Startup errors are logged, output streams are flushed, and the process exits with code 1. Migration-version lookup rethrows errors other than Prisma error P2021.

Changes: Migration startup

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Database readiness retries src/migrations/retry.ts, src/migrations/retry.test.ts	Adds configurable retry delays and a wall-clock timeout. Tests cover success, retries, capped delays, and checks that do not settle.
Migration failure termination src/migrations/retry.ts, src/migrations/retry.test.ts	Adds migration-error logging, output flushing, and exit handling. Tests cover flush success and failure.
Migration startup integration src/migrations/index.ts, src/instrumentation.ts	Adds a read-only database check and limits absent-metadata handling to Prisma error P2021. Startup waits for database readiness before running migrations and sends errors to the termination handler.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Instrumentation as instrumentation.register
  participant Readiness as waitForDatabase
  participant Check as checkDatabaseConnection
  participant Database
  participant Migrations as runMigrations
  participant Termination as terminateAfterMigrationFailure
  Instrumentation->>Readiness: wait using the database check
  Readiness->>Check: run readiness check
  Check->>Database: SELECT 1
  Database-->>Check: query result or error
  Readiness-->>Instrumentation: resolve or reject
  alt Readiness and migrations succeed
    Instrumentation->>Migrations: run migrations
  else Readiness or migrations fail
    Instrumentation->>Termination: handle error
  end

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Suggested reviewers: krokosik

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to ff020

Startup now waits for the database with bounded retries and exits with a failure code if a migration fails. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains in the reviewed changes.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title "fix: wait for database and exit on startup migration failure" matches the main changes. The PR adds waitForDatabase() to retry a database readiness probe before migrations run, adds termina…
Description check		The description covers the problem, the fix, and the checklist, and it follows the template's Description and Checklist sections. It explains the wait-for-database retry logic, the exit-on-failure beh…
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The title "fix: wait for database and exit on startup migration failure" matches the main changes. The PR adds waitForDatabase() to retry a database readiness probe before migrations run, adds terminateAfterMigrationFailure() to log, flush output, and exit with code 1 on migration failure, and narrows getCurrentVersion() error handling to P2021.

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The description covers the problem, the fix, and the checklist, and it follows the template's Description and Checklist sections. It explains the wait-for-database retry logic, the exit-on-failure behavior, and the stricter version detection. It omits the Demo section, which the template marks as optional when a demonstration is possible. The checklist is fully ticked, but the description does not name the added unit tests or report their results, and it does not reference a related issue number.

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Redact credentials before logging database errors.

Line 38 and Line 79 pass the complete error to the logger. The new test supplies an error containing a password-bearing database URL and confirms that the logger receives that error unchanged. If a production database error contains a connection URL, these calls put its password in application logs. Log a redacted error at both sites, and test that the password does not appear in logged output. The URL in the test is a fixture, not evidence of a committed credential. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @src/instrumentation.ts:
- Line 16: Move the Promise.all dynamic imports for migrations and
migrations/retry inside the try block in the migration startup flow, so
import-time failures reach the existing catch and terminateAfterMigrationFailure
path.

Review comments at @src/migrations/retry.ts:
- Line 43: Bound the wait at the flush call in the migration failure path so a
pending stdout or stderr write cannot prevent the existing exit(1) from running.
Ensure the deadline triggers exit even if flush never settles, while preserving
the current handling of flush rejection.

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