From 67edb1c5d3724492dfb0346ea259922ea30ec178 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Yumatov <mike.yumatov@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:44:40 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix: build better-sqlite3 native addon so backend can start
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Yarn 4 disables package build scripts by default, so better-sqlite3's
native addon was never compiled. Without better_sqlite3.node the backend's
SQLite database client fails ("Could not locate the bindings file"),
catalog-backend initialization throws, backend.start() never completes, and
every /api/catalog/* route 404s — surfacing as an empty catalog in the UI
(readiness stays 503 "Backend has not started yet").

Opt better-sqlite3 into building via dependenciesMeta so the addon compiles
on install.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 package.json | 5 +++++
 yarn.lock    | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a9d71e0..79f804e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,5 +15,10 @@
     "@jest/environment-jsdom-abstract": "^30.2.0",
     "concurrently": "^10.0.0",
     "jsdom": "^29.0.0"
+  },
+  "dependenciesMeta": {
+    "better-sqlite3": {
+      "built": true
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index fab9a06..35b8056 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -23096,6 +23096,9 @@ __metadata:
     "@jest/environment-jsdom-abstract": "npm:^30.2.0"
     concurrently: "npm:^10.0.0"
     jsdom: "npm:^29.0.0"
+  dependenciesMeta:
+    better-sqlite3:
+      built: true
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft