@bobfrankston/rmfmail 1.1.212 → 1.1.213

package/client/app.ts

@@ -4750,9 +4750,24 @@ optAutomarkDelay?.addEventListener("change", () => {
 declare const mailxapi: { isApp: boolean; platform: string; ensureServer: () => Promise<boolean>; getVersion: () => Promise<any> } | undefined;
 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): Promise<any> {
+    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: any) => {
+    if (!d || !d.version) return;   // all retries dropped — leave the prior text, no scary banner
     const els = document.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>(".app-version");
     const storage = d.storage || {};
     const storageLabel = storage.provider && storage.provider !== "local"

package/client/lib/mailxapi.js

@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@
         // turned a slow-but-fine search into "mailxapi timeout:
         // searchMessages". Local search stays fast and well under any limit.
         searchMessages: 120000,
+        // getVersion reads package.json — instant. The only way it "times out"
+        // is msger silently dropping the IPC (see api-client note). A short
+        // ceiling makes the client detect the drop fast and retry, instead of
+        // staring at "(??)" + a scary "service error" banner for 30s (Bob
+        // 2026-06-02). The app.ts version display retries on this rejection.
+        getVersion: 5000,
     };
     function callNode(action, params) {
         var id = String(++_callbackId);

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@bobfrankston/rmfmail",
-  "version": "1.1.212",
+  "version": "1.1.213",
   "description": "Local-first email client with IMAP sync and standalone native app",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "bin/mailx.js",