From 1990a990c337ef0cf90287701c4fae81290d7be9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: argusagent <argus@sweetwork.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:22:06 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(share): return 503 when app is still initializing (#5677)

---
 apps/server/src/share/routes.ts | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/apps/server/src/share/routes.ts b/apps/server/src/share/routes.ts
index 80544fd998..6c41d368de 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/share/routes.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/share/routes.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,15 @@ import type SNote from "./shaca/entities/snote.js";
 import type SAttachment from "./shaca/entities/sattachment.js";
 import { getDefaultTemplatePath, renderNoteContent } from "./content_renderer.js";
 import utils from "../services/utils.js";
+import { isShareDbReady } from "./sql.js";
 
+function assertShareDbReady(res: Response): boolean {
+    if (!isShareDbReady()) {
+        res.status(503).send("The application is still initializing. Please try again in a moment.");
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
 function addNoIndexHeader(note: SNote, res: Response) {
     if (note.isLabelTruthy("shareDisallowRobotIndexing")) {
         res.setHeader("X-Robots-Tag", "noindex");