From 680a63e3dee5bf2748eaf844b4e9b838d2859f16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam <2363879+adamdotdevin@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 19:16:50 -0600
Subject: fix(desktop): better error messages on connection failure

---
 packages/desktop/src/context/global-sync.tsx | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

(limited to 'packages/desktop/src/context')

diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/context/global-sync.tsx b/packages/desktop/src/context/global-sync.tsx
index 27a89e7bc..ae40555d6 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/src/context/global-sync.tsx
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/context/global-sync.tsx
@@ -295,6 +295,15 @@ function createGlobalSync() {
   })
 
   async function bootstrap() {
+    const health = await globalSDK.client.global.health().then((x) => x.data)
+    if (!health?.healthy) {
+      setGlobalStore(
+        "error",
+        new Error(`Could not connect to server. Is there a server running at \`${globalSDK.url}\`?`),
+      )
+      return
+    }
+
     return Promise.all([
       retry(() =>
         globalSDK.client.path.get().then((x) => {
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