Keep startup ready after individual file failures

src/modules/main/ModuleLiveSyncMain.ts

@@ -42,8 +42,11 @@ export class ModuleLiveSyncMain extends AbstractModule {
                 return false;
             }
         }
-        const isInitialized = await this.services.databaseEvents.initialiseDatabase(false, false);
+        // Ordinary start-up may continue when individual files could not be
+        // processed. Explicit Fetch and Rebuild flows retain the strict default.
+        const isInitialized = await this.services.databaseEvents.initialiseDatabase(false, false, false, true);
         if (!isInitialized) {
+            this._log($msg("Ui.Common.LocalDatabaseInitialisationFailed"), LOG_LEVEL_NOTICE);
             //TODO:stop all sync.
             return false;
         }

src/modules/main/ModuleLiveSyncMain.unit.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { LOG_LEVEL_NOTICE } from "@vrtmrz/livesync-commonlib/compat/common/types";
+
+vi.mock("@/common/events.ts", () => ({
+    EVENT_LAYOUT_READY: "layout-ready",
+    EVENT_PLUGIN_LOADED: "plugin-loaded",
+    EVENT_REQUEST_RELOAD_SETTING_TAB: "reload-setting-tab",
+    EVENT_SETTING_SAVED: "setting-saved",
+    eventHub: {
+        emitEvent: vi.fn(),
+        onEvent: vi.fn(),
+    },
+}));
+
+vi.mock("@/common/translation", () => ({
+    $msg: (message: string) => message,
+    setLang: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+import { ModuleLiveSyncMain } from "./ModuleLiveSyncMain.ts";
+
+describe("ModuleLiveSyncMain", () => {
+    it("reports a database preparation failure at the application boundary", async () => {
+        const initialiseDatabase = vi.fn(async () => false);
+        const log = vi.fn();
+        const host = {
+            core: {
+                services: {
+                    appLifecycle: {
+                        onLayoutReady: vi.fn(async () => true),
+                    },
+                },
+            },
+            services: {
+                databaseEvents: { initialiseDatabase },
+            },
+            settings: {
+                suspendFileWatching: false,
+                suspendParseReplicationResult: false,
+            },
+            _log: log,
+        };
+
+        const result = await ModuleLiveSyncMain.prototype._onLiveSyncReady.call(host as never);
+
+        expect(result).toBe(false);
+        expect(initialiseDatabase).toHaveBeenCalledWith(false, false, false, true);
+        expect(log).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Ui.Common.LocalDatabaseInitialisationFailed", LOG_LEVEL_NOTICE);
+    });
+});