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Retry Postgres queue initialization after a transient failure - #1269

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initialize() still shares one in-flight #doInitialize() promise among concurrent callers, then awaits it. On rejection it sets #initPromise to undefined and rethrows, so a later call starts a new attempt. After PostgresMessageQueue.initialize() fails once, that same instance keeps failing and sends no further SQL. enqueue(), getDepth(), and listen() all wait on initialization, so a transient database error leaves the queue unusable until the application constructs a new one.

Tests for this live in packages/postgres/src/mq.test.ts.

Fixes #1268

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initialize() still shares one in-flight #doInitialize() promise among
concurrent callers, then awaits it. On rejection it sets #initPromise to
undefined and rethrows, so a later call starts a new attempt. After a
successful initialization, further calls return without issuing more
SQL. Tests cover a non-race statement timeout that fails on the first
statement, a following initialize() that reaches the database and then
stays cached, and two overlapping callers that share one rejection
before a subsequent call begins again. The @fedify/postgres changelog
records the fix.

Fixes fedify-dev#1268

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PostgresMessageQueue.initialize() now clears its cached promise after a failed initialization. Concurrent calls share the in-flight attempt, and a later call can retry. Tests cover failure, retry, and cached success. Changelog entries document the change.

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Postgres queue initialization

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Retry failed initialization
packages/postgres/src/mq.ts, packages/postgres/src/mq.test.ts, changes.d/postgres/retry-queue-initialization.md, CHANGES.md
A failed initialization clears the cached promise so a later call can retry. Tests verify shared concurrent failure, successful retry, and cached success. Changelog entries describe the behavior.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: retrying Postgres queue initialization after a transient failure.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Issue #1268 requires shared pending initialization, rejection cleanup, retry on a later call, and regression coverage. packages/postgres/src/mq.ts keeps #initPromise shared, awaits it, clears it o…
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### @fedify/postgres

- Fixed `PostgresMessageQueue` so it retries initialization after a
transient failure. Later enqueue and listen calls work on the same
instance. [[#1268]]

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Remove the direct CHANGES.md edit.

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Thanks for looking into #1268 and putting together a fix. I'm going to close this pull request for process reasons, not because the change is wrong—the fix itself looks like it's on the right track.

Fedify's contribution guide asks first-time contributors to get an accepted issue and a maintainer assignment before opening a pull request. AI-assisted pull requests from outside contributors may only address accepted issues. Nobody assigned #1268 to you, so this PR arrived before a maintainer had a chance to steer the work.

There's also a concrete problem with the submission: the base branch is wrong. This is a bug fix, and per the branch policy it must target the oldest maintenance branch that contains the bug. That is 2.0-maintenance, not main.

None of this is meant to discourage you. This one is urgent and needs a patch release today, so I'll take care of the fix myself. If you'd still like to contribute, please pick another issue from the tracker, comment on it, and wait for a maintainer to assign it before opening a pull request—that's the path that lets us accept your work. Thanks again.

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Postgres queue initialization permanently caches transient failures

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