[PR #280] [MERGED] fix: unstick repos in 'mirroring' on transient errors (fixes #268) #3555

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📋 Pull Request Information

Original PR: https://github.com/RayLabsHQ/gitea-mirror/pull/280
Author: @arunavo4
Created: 5/3/2026
Status: ✅ Merged
Merged: 5/4/2026
Merged by: @arunavo4

Base: main ← Head: fix/issue-268-stuck-mirroring

📝 Commits (2)

4351f4e fix: hoist migrateSucceeded above try so catch can update DB on failure (fixes #268)
bf0a2cd test: replace integration test with structural source check (#268)

📊 Changes

2 files changed (+140 additions, -6 deletions)

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➕ src/lib/gitea-mirror-failure-recovery.test.ts (+132 -0)
📝 src/lib/gitea.ts (+8 -6)

📄 Description

Summary

Fixes #268 — repos stuck in mirroring state after transient network errors, with no failure entry in the activity log
Hoists let migrateSucceeded above the try block in mirrorGithubRepoToGitea and mirrorGitHubRepoToGiteaOrg so the catch block can actually read it
Adds regression tests that fail without the fix with the exact production error message

Root cause

let migrateSucceeded = false; was declared inside the try block. let is block-scoped, so the catch block at the bottom of the same function couldn't see it. When any operation inside try threw (timeout to Gitea, 4xx/5xx, etc.), the catch block crashed with ReferenceError: migrateSucceeded is not defined before it could:

update the repo to status: "failed"
clear mirroredLocation
write a "failed" activity-log entry
re-throw the original error

So the repo was permanently stuck in mirroring, no failure log appeared, and the user-visible error on retry was the misleading Failed to mirror repository: migrateSucceeded is not defined instead of the real cause.

This was visible in elpastorios's logs on the issue:

Error while mirroring repository <REPO>: Network error: The operation timed out.
Retrying repository <REPO> (attempt 1): Failed to mirror repository: migrateSucceeded is not defined

The first line is the catch's console.error (runs before the bad reference); the second is the wrapper from mirrorGitHubOrgRepoToGiteaOrg's outer catch at gitea.ts:1857.

TypeScript was already flagging Cannot find name 'migrateSucceeded' at the catch lines — but esbuild strips types during build, so the bug shipped.

Introduced in #236.

What this fix does NOT cover

The trigger — Gitea's /repos/migrate timing out client-side while continuing in the background — still leaves orphan repos that retries see and rename to repo-1, repo-2 (the duplicates in elpastorios's screenshot). That's a separate fix; options include probing Gitea after a timeout, raising the migrate timeout, or making generateUniqueRepoName aware of orphans owned by this user. Worth following up on but out of scope here — this PR stops the bleeding so transient errors no longer leave repos permanently stuck.

Test plan

New regression tests in src/lib/gitea-mirror-failure-recovery.test.ts cover both mirrorGithubRepoToGitea and mirrorGitHubRepoToGiteaOrg. They force httpPost to reject and assert:
- the thrown error preserves the original message (not migrateSucceeded is not defined)
- the DB is updated with status: "failed" and mirroredLocation: ""
- createMirrorJob is called with status: "failed"
Verified tests fail on the buggy code with Received: "migrateSucceeded is not defined" — exact production error
bun test — 233 pass, 0 fail across 39 files
Manual verification on a Gitea instance: trigger a mirror against an unreachable Gitea URL, confirm the repo lands in failed and a failure entry appears in Activity Logs

_{🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.}

## 📋 Pull Request Information **Original PR:** https://github.com/RayLabsHQ/gitea-mirror/pull/280 **Author:** [@arunavo4](https://github.com/arunavo4) **Created:** 5/3/2026 **Status:** ✅ Merged **Merged:** 5/4/2026 **Merged by:** [@arunavo4](https://github.com/arunavo4) **Base:** `main` ← **Head:** `fix/issue-268-stuck-mirroring` --- ### 📝 Commits (2) - [`4351f4e`](https://github.com/RayLabsHQ/gitea-mirror/commit/4351f4e233ce9b0a28e3bca4859b2bf28044ab4b) fix: hoist migrateSucceeded above try so catch can update DB on failure (fixes #268) - [`bf0a2cd`](https://github.com/RayLabsHQ/gitea-mirror/commit/bf0a2cd54aa9cf6f99f3922c237b7cf365c40a6d) test: replace integration test with structural source check (#268) ### 📊 Changes **2 files changed** (+140 additions, -6 deletions) <details> <summary>View changed files</summary> ➕ `src/lib/gitea-mirror-failure-recovery.test.ts` (+132 -0) 📝 `src/lib/gitea.ts` (+8 -6) </details> ### 📄 Description ## Summary - Fixes [#268](https://github.com/RayLabsHQ/gitea-mirror/issues/268) — repos stuck in `mirroring` state after transient network errors, with no failure entry in the activity log - Hoists `let migrateSucceeded` above the `try` block in `mirrorGithubRepoToGitea` and `mirrorGitHubRepoToGiteaOrg` so the `catch` block can actually read it - Adds regression tests that fail without the fix with the exact production error message ## Root cause `let migrateSucceeded = false;` was declared *inside* the `try` block. `let` is block-scoped, so the `catch` block at the bottom of the same function couldn't see it. When any operation inside `try` threw (timeout to Gitea, 4xx/5xx, etc.), the catch block crashed with `ReferenceError: migrateSucceeded is not defined` *before* it could: - update the repo to `status: "failed"` - clear `mirroredLocation` - write a `"failed"` activity-log entry - re-throw the original error So the repo was permanently stuck in `mirroring`, no failure log appeared, and the user-visible error on retry was the misleading `Failed to mirror repository: migrateSucceeded is not defined` instead of the real cause. This was visible in elpastorios's logs on the issue: ``` Error while mirroring repository <REPO>: Network error: The operation timed out. Retrying repository <REPO> (attempt 1): Failed to mirror repository: migrateSucceeded is not defined ``` The first line is the catch's `console.error` (runs before the bad reference); the second is the wrapper from `mirrorGitHubOrgRepoToGiteaOrg`'s outer catch at `gitea.ts:1857`. TypeScript was already flagging `Cannot find name 'migrateSucceeded'` at the catch lines — but esbuild strips types during build, so the bug shipped. Introduced in #236. ## What this fix does NOT cover The *trigger* — Gitea's `/repos/migrate` timing out client-side while continuing in the background — still leaves orphan repos that retries see and rename to `repo-1`, `repo-2` (the duplicates in elpastorios's screenshot). That's a separate fix; options include probing Gitea after a timeout, raising the migrate timeout, or making `generateUniqueRepoName` aware of orphans owned by this user. Worth following up on but out of scope here — this PR stops the bleeding so transient errors no longer leave repos permanently stuck. ## Test plan - [x] New regression tests in `src/lib/gitea-mirror-failure-recovery.test.ts` cover both `mirrorGithubRepoToGitea` and `mirrorGitHubRepoToGiteaOrg`. They force `httpPost` to reject and assert: - the thrown error preserves the original message (not `migrateSucceeded is not defined`) - the DB is updated with `status: "failed"` and `mirroredLocation: ""` - `createMirrorJob` is called with `status: "failed"` - [x] Verified tests fail on the buggy code with `Received: "migrateSucceeded is not defined"` — exact production error - [x] `bun test` — 233 pass, 0 fail across 39 files - [ ] Manual verification on a Gitea instance: trigger a mirror against an unreachable Gitea URL, confirm the repo lands in `failed` and a failure entry appears in Activity Logs --- <sub>🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.</sub>

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Reference: github-starred/gitea-mirror#3555