Keep stale virtual member copy when the remote lookup fails

2026-10-25 19:06:58 +11:00
parent e5313342ba
commit de80fd84c2
2 changed files with 17 additions and 2 deletions
@@ -548,8 +548,8 @@ func (e *Engine) fetchAlpineMember(ctx context.Context, name, dir string) (*Alpi
 // the background, one refresh per member at a time; the next merge picks it up.
 func staleMember[T any](ctx context.Context, e *Engine, key, name string, fetch func(context.Context) (*T, error)) (*T, error) {
 	sk := key + "\x00" + name
-	remote, err := e.getRemote(ctx, name)
-	if err != nil || !remote.ServeStale {
+	// A failed lookup keeps the copy: a transient DB error must not force a blocking fetch.
+	if remote, err := e.getRemote(ctx, name); err == nil && !remote.ServeStale {
 		e.mu.Lock()
 		delete(e.stale, sk)
 		e.mu.Unlock()