Server now silently fails with no PostgreSQL

Chrono/Server/Controllers/NotesController.cs

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ public class NotesController : ControllerBase
 
     [HttpGet("{cardName}")]
     public async Task<ActionResult<CardNote>> GetNote(string cardName)
+    {
+        try
         {
             var note = await _context.CardNotes.FindAsync(cardName);
             if (note == null)
@@ -25,9 +27,17 @@ public class NotesController : ControllerBase
             }
             return Ok(note);
         }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            Console.WriteLine($"[WARNING] Could not retrieve note from database: {ex.Message}");
+            return Ok(new CardNote { CardName = cardName, Note = "" });
+        }
+    }
 
     [HttpPost]
     public async Task<ActionResult<CardNote>> UpdateNote(CardNote note)
+    {
+        try
         {
             var existing = await _context.CardNotes.FindAsync(note.CardName);
             if (existing == null)
@@ -40,6 +50,12 @@ public class NotesController : ControllerBase
             }
 
             await _context.SaveChangesAsync();
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            Console.WriteLine($"[WARNING] Could not save note to database: {ex.Message}");
+        }
+        
         return Ok(note);
     }
 }

Chrono/Server/Program.cs

@@ -10,16 +10,31 @@ builder.Services.AddRazorPages();
 
 var connectionString = builder.Configuration.GetConnectionString("DefaultConnection");
 builder.Services.AddDbContext<AppDbContext>(options =>
-    options.UseNpgsql(connectionString));
+{
+    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(connectionString))
+    {
+        options.UseNpgsql(connectionString);
+    }
+});
 
 var app = builder.Build();
 
 // Apply migrations
 using (var scope = app.Services.CreateScope())
+{
+    try
     {
         var db = scope.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<AppDbContext>();
+        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(connectionString))
+        {
             db.Database.Migrate();
         }
+    }
+    catch (Exception ex)
+    {
+        Console.WriteLine($"[WARNING] Database migration failed: {ex.Message}. The application will continue without a database connection.");
+    }
+}
 
 // Configure the HTTP request pipeline.
 if (app.Environment.IsDevelopment())

Chrono/Web/Web.csproj

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
         <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
         <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
         <OverrideHtmlAssetPlaceholders>false</OverrideHtmlAssetPlaceholders>
+        <StaticWebAssetsFingerprintingEnabled>false</StaticWebAssetsFingerprintingEnabled>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>

Chrono/Web/wwwroot/index.html

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Inter:wght@400;500;600;700;800&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"/>
     <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap-icons@1.11.3/font/bootstrap-icons.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
     <link href="/lib/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
-    <link href="/_content/Telerik.UI.for.Blazor/css/kendo-theme-default/all.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
+    <link href="/_content/Telerik.UI.for.Blazor/css/kendo-theme-bootstrap/all.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
     <link href="/css/app.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
     <link href="/Web.styles.css" rel="stylesheet"/>
     <script src="/_content/Telerik.UI.for.Blazor/js/telerik-blazor.js" defer></script>