fix: start HTTP server before background init to prevent bad gateway

src/index.ts

@@ -21,30 +21,6 @@ import cuid from "cuid";
 // Setup global event debugger in non-production environments
 if (Bun.env.NODE_ENV == "development") setupEventDebugger();
 
-// Ensure administrator role exists
-const existingAdmin = await prisma.role.findFirst({
-  where: { moniker: "administrator" },
-  include: { users: { include: { roles: true } } },
-});
-
-if (!existingAdmin) {
-  const id = cuid();
-  const created = await prisma.role.create({
-    data: {
-      id,
-      moniker: "administrator",
-      title: "Admin",
-      permissions: signPermissions({
-        issuer: "roles",
-        subject: id,
-        permissions: ["*"],
-      }),
-    },
-    include: { users: { include: { roles: true } } },
-  });
-  events.emit("role:created", new RoleController(created));
-}
-
 // Helper to run a startup sync safely — failures are logged but never crash the process.
 const safeStartup = async (label: string, fn: () => Promise<void>) => {
   try {
@@ -57,6 +33,56 @@ const safeStartup = async (label: string, fn: () => Promise<void>) => {
   }
 };
 
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Start the HTTP server FIRST so the pod is reachable immediately.
+// All data-sync tasks run afterwards and are non-blocking.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Bun.serve({
+  port: PORT,
+  websocket: engine.handler().websocket,
+  fetch: (req, server) => {
+    const url = new URL(req.url);
+
+    if (url.pathname.startsWith("/socket.io/")) {
+      return engine.handleRequest(req, server as any);
+    }
+
+    return app.fetch(req, server);
+  },
+});
+
+console.log(`[startup] Server listening on port ${PORT}`);
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Background initialisation — none of this blocks the server.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// Ensure administrator role exists
+await safeStartup("ensureAdminRole", async () => {
+  const existingAdmin = await prisma.role.findFirst({
+    where: { moniker: "administrator" },
+    include: { users: { include: { roles: true } } },
+  });
+
+  if (!existingAdmin) {
+    const id = cuid();
+    const created = await prisma.role.create({
+      data: {
+        id,
+        moniker: "administrator",
+        title: "Admin",
+        permissions: signPermissions({
+          issuer: "roles",
+          subject: id,
+          permissions: ["*"],
+        }),
+      },
+      include: { users: { include: { roles: true } } },
+    });
+    events.emit("role:created", new RoleController(created));
+  }
+});
+
 // Refresh the internal list of companies every minute
 await safeStartup("refreshCompanies", refreshCompanies);
 setInterval(() => {
@@ -98,17 +124,3 @@ setInterval(() => {
     .syncSites()
     .catch((err) => console.error("[interval] syncSites failed", err));
 }, 60 * 1000);
-
-Bun.serve({
-  port: PORT,
-  websocket: engine.handler().websocket,
-  fetch: (req, server) => {
-    const url = new URL(req.url);
-
-    if (url.pathname.startsWith("/socket.io/")) {
-      return engine.handleRequest(req, server as any);
-    }
-
-    return app.fetch(req, server);
-  },
-});