2.6 - Graceful Degradation & Fallbacks

[isaaceliape]

High Priority Stability Task

Add fallback mechanisms for failures.

Fallbacks Needed

Logger

• Fallback to console if pino fails
• Handle ENOSPC (disk full)
• Handle EACCES (permission denied)

Module Loading

• Fallback if module fails to load
• Clear error messages
• Suggest fixes

Network Operations

• Retry logic (3 attempts)
• Timeout (10s)
• Offline mode

File Operations

• Atomic writes (write to temp, then rename)
• Backup before overwrite
• Rollback on failure

Acceptance Criteria

• Installation never crashes silently
• Always provides actionable error message
• Degrades gracefully, not catastrophically

Estimated

1.5 days

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Phase: 02 - Stability
Priority: High
Sprint: 2