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Problem

If the main entry chunk's CSS or JS fails to load once, for example a single dropped request through the T3 Connect relay, the web app goes straight to "T3 Code failed to start" and never retries. The vite:preloadError listener that reloads once through the existing chunk reload guard was registered in main.tsx. That is the module whose load just failed, so the listener didn't exist yet, and bootstrap.ts passed the error to showBootError.

Reproduced on main 48a2923: production vp build served by the real server, Firefox and Chromium (Playwright), aborting the first /assets/main-*.css or /assets/main-*.js request. The page shows the boot error after one document load.

Change

• The vite:preloadError listener moves unchanged from main.tsx into handleChunkLoadErrors() in lib/chunkReloadGuard.ts. bootstrap.ts registers it before import("./main").
• Main-chunk and route-chunk failures now go through one listener, so each failure gets one reload decision.
• Its flags live in a shared chunkLoadState. main.tsx reads them as before: it doesn't render or clear the guard while a reload is pending.
• bootstrap.ts doesn't show the boot error while a reload is pending.
• A failure that repeats after the one reload still shows the boot error. The sessionStorage guard is unchanged, so this can't loop.

Scope and approval

Fixes #26437

Verification

• apps/web/src/bootstrap.test.ts (new):
  • "reloads once instead of showing the boot error when the main chunk fails to load" fails on main with expected "location.reload" to be called 1 times, but got 0 times, and passes here.
  • "shows the boot error when the main chunk fails again after the reload" guards against a reload loop.
  • I checked by mutation that making showBootError unconditional fails the first test.
• vp test run src/bootstrap.test.ts src/lib/chunkReloadGuard.test.ts: 5/5 pass. vp run check:changed: all pass.

Runtime transcript. Production builds of main 48a2923 (Before) and this branch (After), each served by its own server with fresh state. Each variant runs in a fresh browser context with one asset request aborted. Results were the same in Chromium and Firefox 150. Loads are document loads.

Variant	Before (48a2923)	After (6c7c95c)
control	1 load, app renders	1 load, app renders
main CSS fails once	1 load, "T3 Code failed to start"	2 loads, app renders, guard cleared
main JS fails once	1 load, "T3 Code failed to start"	2 loads, app renders, guard cleared
main CSS fails every time	1 load, "T3 Code failed to start"	2 loads, "T3 Code failed to start", guard set (no loop)
/pair route chunk fails once	2 loads, app renders	2 loads, app renders (unchanged)
/pair route chunk fails every time	3 loads, "Something went wrong."	3 loads, "Something went wrong." (unchanged)

• Main runs during the reload: when only the CSS failed, preventDefault() lets main run while the reload is pending, and it doesn't render. In both browsers the reloaded document still starts at /pair#token=… or /pair?token=…, so one-time credentials in the URL survive the reload.
• Not checked: Safari, the Electron desktop shell, and a real relay. The mechanism is the bundler's preload helper, which is the same on all of them.

The relay's cache-control on /assets/* and logging of cloudflared request errors, also raised in the issue, are not part of this change.

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Verdict: Approved at 6c7c95c

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Main-chunk load failures now use the existing one-time reload recovery before showing a boot error. The session-storage guard remains in place to prevent reload loops, keeping the change narrowly bounded.

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Walkthrough

The bootstrap now registers chunk-load error handling before loading the main module. Shared state coordinates reload scheduling and boot-error display. Tests cover the first reload attempt and the case where a reload was already attempted.

Changes: Main chunk-load recovery

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Early preload handling apps/web/src/lib/chunkReloadGuard.ts, apps/web/src/bootstrap.ts, apps/web/src/bootstrap.test.ts	The bootstrap registers the preload-error handler before importing main and exports the startup promise. Tests check that a first failure triggers one reload without showing the boot error, while a stored reload marker leads to the boot error without another reload.
Shared startup state apps/web/src/main.tsx	The main module uses shared failure and reload-scheduled flags instead of local flags and a local preload-error listener. Startup skips boot-error handling when a reload is scheduled and clears the reload guard when no chunk-load failure occurred.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~12 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related PRs

• pingdotgg/t3code#21626: Changes the same chunk reload guard and main-module handling for lazy-import failures.
• pingdotgg/t3code#25929: Verifies production web boot and detects the boot-error screen.

Suggested reviewers: maria-rcks, t3dotgg

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 6c7c9

The app should reload once after a main-chunk failure. A focused test would strengthen coverage; no merge-blocking issue was found.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title "fix(web): a failed main chunk load reloads once instead of showing the boot error" matches the main change. The PR moves the vite:preloadError listener into a shared handler so a failed mai…
Description check		The description covers the problem, the change, verification, and a scope reference. The Problem and Change sections are complete and specific. The Scope and approval section links the issue (pingdotg…
Linked Issues check		Issue [#26437] requires the main-chunk preload failure to use the one-time chunk reload path before main loads. bootstrap.ts calls handleChunkLoadErrors() before import("./main"). The shared s…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changes are limited to bootstrap error handling, shared chunk-reload state, listener registration, and regression tests. These changes directly support issue [#26437]. No unrelated implementation …

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The title "fix(web): a failed main chunk load reloads once instead of showing the boot error" matches the main change. The PR moves the vite:preloadError listener into a shared handler so a failed main-chunk load triggers one reload instead of the boot error. The title is a conventional commit, single sentence, and specific to the changed behavior.

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The description covers the problem, the change, verification, and a scope reference. The Problem and Change sections are complete and specific. The Scope and approval section links the issue (#26437) but does not include the maintainer approval comment or an explicit justification for a small fix without a prior discussion, which the template asks for. Verification is detailed, with test names, results, a mutation check, and a before/after runtime table. The template's Scope section is only partly satisfied, so the description is mostly complete.

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Issue [#26437] requires the main-chunk preload failure to use the one-time chunk reload path before main loads. bootstrap.ts calls handleChunkLoadErrors() before import("./main"). The shared state prevents showBootError while reload is scheduled. The new bootstrap tests cover the first failure and the repeated failure after the session-storage guard is set. The relay caching and cloudflared logging items are separate concerns and are not coding requirements for this fix.

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The changes are limited to bootstrap error handling, shared chunk-reload state, listener registration, and regression tests. These changes directly support issue [#26437]. No unrelated implementation is established by the reviewed evidence.

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apps/web/src/bootstrap.test.ts: 1

1-68: Trivial · Stability & Availability · Quick win

Exercise the real main.tsx startup after a prevented preload error.

Vite does not throw the preload error after event.preventDefault(), so the real import("./main") can reach main.tsx. The mock throws immediately after dispatching the event, which bypasses main.tsx and its startup promise. Add a focused test that asserts no render and no guard clearing while reload is pending.

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Review comment at @apps/web/src/bootstrap.test.ts around lines 1 - 68:
Add a focused bootstrap test that exercises the real main.tsx startup after a
prevented Vite preload error, rather than relying only on the mocked ./main
module that throws immediately. Verify that rendering does not occur and the
reload guard is not cleared while reload is pending.

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- Around line 1-68: Add a focused bootstrap test that exercises the real
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