From 4c2a317f248fe6efc0192af9c678d322ea8af2c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: LukeGus <bugattiguy527@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 16:16:14 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: electron backend not starting

---
 electron/main.cjs                    |  6 +++++-
 src/backend/database/database.ts     | 13 ++++++++-----
 src/backend/starter.ts               |  3 ++-
 src/ui/auth/ElectronLoginForm.tsx    | 13 +++++--------
 src/ui/auth/ElectronServerConfig.tsx |  3 ++-
 src/ui/locales/en.json               |  3 ++-
 6 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/electron/main.cjs b/electron/main.cjs
index aceef2c9..4e34f161 100644
--- a/electron/main.cjs
+++ b/electron/main.cjs
@@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ app.commandLine.appendSwitch("--enable-features=NetworkService");
 
 let mainWindow = null;
 let backendProcess = null;
+let backendStartFailed = false;
 let tray = null;
 let isQuitting = false;
 
@@ -657,6 +658,9 @@ function startBackendServer() {
 
     backendProcess.on("exit", (code, signal) => {
       logToFile(`Backend process exited with code ${code}, signal ${signal}`);
+      if (!resolved && code !== 0) {
+        backendStartFailed = true;
+      }
       backendProcess = null;
       if (!resolved) {
         resolved = true;
@@ -1092,7 +1096,7 @@ ipcMain.handle("get-platform", () => {
 
 ipcMain.handle("get-embedded-server-status", () => {
   return {
-    running: backendProcess !== null && !backendProcess.killed,
+    running: backendProcess !== null && !backendProcess.killed && !backendStartFailed,
     embedded: !isDev,
     dataDir: isDev ? null : getBackendDataDir(),
   };
diff --git a/src/backend/database/database.ts b/src/backend/database/database.ts
index 01a109ff..0c1ec5f7 100644
--- a/src/backend/database/database.ts
+++ b/src/backend/database/database.ts
@@ -2021,12 +2021,15 @@ httpServer.on("error", (err: NodeJS.ErrnoException) => {
   throw err;
 });
 
-httpServer.listen(HTTP_PORT, async () => {
-  if (!fs.existsSync(uploadsDir)) {
-    fs.mkdirSync(uploadsDir, { recursive: true });
-  }
+export const serverReady = new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+  httpServer.listen(HTTP_PORT, async () => {
+    if (!fs.existsSync(uploadsDir)) {
+      fs.mkdirSync(uploadsDir, { recursive: true });
+    }
 
-  await initializeSecurity();
+    await initializeSecurity();
+    resolve();
+  });
 });
 
 const sslConfig = AutoSSLSetup.getSSLConfig();
diff --git a/src/backend/starter.ts b/src/backend/starter.ts
index 7685a7dc..a6d8aed8 100644
--- a/src/backend/starter.ts
+++ b/src/backend/starter.ts
@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ import {
       },
     );
 
-    await import("./database/database.js");
+    const dbServer = await import("./database/database.js");
+    await (dbServer as unknown as { serverReady: Promise<void> }).serverReady;
     await import("./ssh/terminal.js");
     await import("./ssh/tunnel.js");
     await import("./ssh/file-manager.js");
diff --git a/src/ui/auth/ElectronLoginForm.tsx b/src/ui/auth/ElectronLoginForm.tsx
index 9824a30f..affa510e 100644
--- a/src/ui/auth/ElectronLoginForm.tsx
+++ b/src/ui/auth/ElectronLoginForm.tsx
@@ -143,14 +143,11 @@ export function ElectronLoginForm({
               {t("serverConfig.changeServer")}
             </span>
           </button>
-          {!isEmbeddedServer && (
-            <div className="flex-1 mx-4 text-center">
-              <span className="text-muted-foreground text-sm truncate block">
-                {displayUrl}
-              </span>
-            </div>
-          )}
-          {isEmbeddedServer && <div className="flex-1" />}
+          <div className="flex-1 mx-4 text-center">
+            <span className="text-muted-foreground text-sm truncate block">
+              {isEmbeddedServer ? t("serverConfig.localServer") : displayUrl}
+            </span>
+          </div>
           <button
             onClick={handleRefresh}
             className="p-2 text-foreground hover:text-primary transition-colors"
diff --git a/src/ui/auth/ElectronServerConfig.tsx b/src/ui/auth/ElectronServerConfig.tsx
index 6d1430ec..d5051a81 100644
--- a/src/ui/auth/ElectronServerConfig.tsx
+++ b/src/ui/auth/ElectronServerConfig.tsx
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ export function ElectronServerConfig({
     setError(null);
 
     try {
-      const maxRetries = 10;
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 1500));
+      const maxRetries = 15;
       for (let i = 0; i < maxRetries; i++) {
         if (await probeBackend()) {
           setEmbeddedMode(true);
diff --git a/src/ui/locales/en.json b/src/ui/locales/en.json
index fbe9eb3f..67849169 100644
--- a/src/ui/locales/en.json
+++ b/src/ui/locales/en.json
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
     "useEmbedded": "Use Local Server",
     "embeddedDesc": "Run Termix with the built-in local server (no remote server needed)",
     "embeddedConnecting": "Connecting to local server...",
-    "embeddedNotReady": "Local server is not ready yet. Please wait a moment and try again."
+    "embeddedNotReady": "Local server is not ready yet. Please wait a moment and try again.",
+    "localServer": "Local Server"
   },
   "versionCheck": {
     "error": "Version Check Error",