@bobfrankston/rmfmail 1.1.211 → 1.1.213

package/client/app.js

@@ -5089,9 +5089,30 @@ optAutomarkDelay?.addEventListener("change", () => {
     }
 });
 const isApp = typeof mailxapi !== "undefined" && mailxapi?.isApp;
-// Wait for server ready signal, then fetch version
-const versionPromise = getVersion();
+// Wait for server ready signal, then fetch version. getVersion is idempotent
+// and trivial; msger occasionally drops the startup IPC (see api-client note),
+// so retry with backoff rather than leaving "(??)" + a "service error" banner
+// up forever for a cosmetic version read (Bob 2026-06-02). A short per-action
+// timeout (mailxapi.js) makes each failed attempt give up in 5s.
+async function getVersionWithRetry(attempts = 5) {
+    for (let i = 0; i < attempts; i++) {
+        try {
+            return await getVersion();
+        }
+        catch (e) {
+            if (i === attempts - 1) {
+                console.warn("getVersion failed after retries:", e);
+                return {};
+            }
+            await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 1500));
+        }
+    }
+    return {};
+}
+const versionPromise = getVersionWithRetry();
 versionPromise.then((d) => {
+    if (!d || !d.version)
+        return; // all retries dropped — leave the prior text, no scary banner
     const els = document.querySelectorAll(".app-version");
     const storage = d.storage || {};
     const storageLabel = storage.provider && storage.provider !== "local"