fix(startup): add strict mongo preflight in production

README.md

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 - Preferred: set a full `MONGO_URL` (example: `mongodb://user:pass@host:27017/indiekit?authSource=admin`).
 - If `MONGO_URL` is not set, set `MONGO_USERNAME` and `MONGO_PASSWORD` explicitly; config builds the URL from `MONGO_USERNAME`, `MONGO_PASSWORD`, `MONGO_HOST`, `MONGO_PORT`, `MONGO_DATABASE`, `MONGO_AUTH_SOURCE`.
 - Startup scripts now fail fast when `MONGO_URL` is absent and `MONGO_USERNAME` is missing, to avoid silent auth mismatches.
+- Startup now runs `scripts/preflight-mongo-connection.mjs` before boot. In `NODE_ENV=production` this is strict and aborts start on Mongo auth/connect failures.
 - For `MongoServerError: Authentication failed`, first verify `MONGO_PASSWORD`, then try `MONGO_AUTH_SOURCE=admin`.
 
 ## Content paths
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@
 - `start.sh` is intentionally ignored by Git (`.gitignore`) so server secrets are not committed.
 - Use `start.example.sh` as the tracked template and keep real credentials in environment variables (or `.env` on the server).
 - Startup scripts parse `.env` with the `dotenv` parser (not shell `source`), so values containing spaces are handled safely.
-- Startup scripts run patch helpers before boot (`scripts/patch-lightningcss.mjs`, `scripts/patch-endpoint-media-scope.mjs`, `scripts/patch-endpoint-files-upload-route.mjs`, `scripts/patch-frontend-serviceworker-file.mjs`, `scripts/patch-conversations-collection-guards.mjs`).
+- Startup scripts run preflight + patch helpers before boot (`scripts/preflight-mongo-connection.mjs`, `scripts/patch-lightningcss.mjs`, `scripts/patch-endpoint-media-scope.mjs`, `scripts/patch-endpoint-files-upload-route.mjs`, `scripts/patch-frontend-serviceworker-file.mjs`, `scripts/patch-conversations-collection-guards.mjs`).
 - The media scope patch fixes a known upstream issue where file uploads can fail if the token scope is `create update delete` without explicit `media`.
 - The files upload route patch fixes browser multi-upload by posting to `/files/upload` (session-authenticated) instead of direct `/media` calls without bearer token.
 - The frontend serviceworker patch ensures `@indiekit/frontend/lib/serviceworker.js` exists at runtime to avoid ENOENT in the offline/service worker route.

package.json

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
     "postinstall": "node scripts/patch-lightningcss.mjs && node scripts/patch-endpoint-media-scope.mjs && node scripts/patch-endpoint-files-upload-route.mjs && node scripts/patch-frontend-serviceworker-file.mjs && node scripts/patch-conversations-collection-guards.mjs",
-    "serve": "node scripts/patch-lightningcss.mjs && node scripts/patch-endpoint-media-scope.mjs && node scripts/patch-endpoint-files-upload-route.mjs && node scripts/patch-frontend-serviceworker-file.mjs && node scripts/patch-conversations-collection-guards.mjs && node node_modules/@indiekit/indiekit/bin/cli.js serve --config indiekit.config.mjs",
+    "serve": "node scripts/preflight-mongo-connection.mjs && node scripts/patch-lightningcss.mjs && node scripts/patch-endpoint-media-scope.mjs && node scripts/patch-endpoint-files-upload-route.mjs && node scripts/patch-frontend-serviceworker-file.mjs && node scripts/patch-conversations-collection-guards.mjs && node node_modules/@indiekit/indiekit/bin/cli.js serve --config indiekit.config.mjs",
     "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
   },
   "keywords": [],

scripts/preflight-mongo-connection.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import { MongoClient } from "mongodb";
+
+import config from "../indiekit.config.mjs";
+
+const strictMode =
+  process.env.REQUIRE_MONGO === "1" ||
+  (process.env.REQUIRE_MONGO !== "0" && process.env.NODE_ENV === "production");
+
+const hasMongoUrl = Boolean(process.env.MONGO_URL);
+const mongoUser = process.env.MONGO_USERNAME || process.env.MONGO_USER || "";
+const hasMongoPassword = Boolean(process.env.MONGO_PASSWORD);
+
+if (!hasMongoUrl && (!mongoUser || !hasMongoPassword)) {
+  const message =
+    "[preflight] Missing Mongo credentials: set MONGO_URL or MONGO_USERNAME + MONGO_PASSWORD.";
+
+  if (strictMode) {
+    console.error(message);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  console.warn(`${message} Continuing because strict mode is disabled.`);
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
+const mongodbUrl = config.application?.mongodbUrl;
+
+if (!mongodbUrl) {
+  const message = "[preflight] MongoDB URL could not be resolved from configuration.";
+
+  if (strictMode) {
+    console.error(message);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  console.warn(`${message} Continuing because strict mode is disabled.`);
+  process.exit(0);
+}
+
+const client = new MongoClient(mongodbUrl, { connectTimeoutMS: 5000 });
+
+try {
+  await client.connect();
+  await client.db().command({ ping: 1 });
+  console.log("[preflight] MongoDB connection OK");
+} catch (error) {
+  const message = `[preflight] MongoDB connection failed: ${error.message}`;
+
+  if (strictMode) {
+    console.error(message);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  console.warn(`${message} Continuing because strict mode is disabled.`);
+} finally {
+  try {
+    await client.close();
+  } catch {
+    // no-op
+  }
+}

start.example.sh

@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ fi
 
 export NODE_ENV="${NODE_ENV:-production}"
 
+# Verify MongoDB credentials/connectivity before launching server.
+/usr/local/bin/node scripts/preflight-mongo-connection.mjs
+
 # Ensure runtime dependency patches are applied even if node_modules already exists.
 /usr/local/bin/node scripts/patch-lightningcss.mjs
 /usr/local/bin/node scripts/patch-endpoint-media-scope.mjs