fix: bootstrap registry on first workspace list

backend/src/workspaces/registry.ts

@@ -155,6 +155,12 @@ export class WorkspaceRegistry {
   }
 
   async list(): Promise<WorkspaceRevision[]> {
+    const active = await this.tryActiveState();
+    if (active) return active.revisions;
+    // A clean installation has no active snapshot until the first registry operation. Keep
+    // this lazy so health/startup remain available when Git is temporarily unreachable, while
+    // still refusing corrupted existing state (tryActiveState throws instead of returning none).
+    await this.bootstrap();
     return (await this.activeState()).revisions;
   }
 

backend/test/workspace-registry.test.ts

@@ -254,6 +254,21 @@ test("bootstraps a checkout and activates a validated immutable snapshot", async
   });
 });
 
+test("first list lazily bootstraps a clean registry", async () => {
+  const remote = await fixture();
+  const root = join(remote.root, "registry");
+  const registry = new WorkspaceRegistry(config(root, remote.remote));
+
+  await expect(registry.list()).resolves.toEqual([
+    expect.objectContaining({
+      id: "psd-clinical",
+      commit: remote.initialCommit,
+      state: "operational",
+    }),
+  ]);
+  expect(existsSync(join(root, "state", "active.json"))).toBe(true);
+});
+
 test("publishes create, update, and delete with the configured Git author identity", async () => {
   const remote = await fixture();
   const registry = new WorkspaceRegistry(config(join(remote.root, "registry"), remote.remote, {

scripts/unified-deployment-smoke.sh

@@ -630,6 +630,27 @@ task13_report_server_workspace_failure() {
   else
     printf '%s\n' '(empty response)' >&2
   fi
+  printf '%s\n' '--- sanitized registry integrity probe ---' >&2
+  {
+    task13_compose exec -T core node --input-type=module -e '
+      const { loadConfig } = await import("/app/backend/dist/config.js");
+      const { WorkspaceRegistry } = await import("/app/backend/dist/workspaces/registry.js");
+      const registry = new WorkspaceRegistry(loadConfig(process.env).workspaceRegistry);
+      try {
+        const revisions = await registry.list();
+        for (const revision of revisions) await registry.read(revision.id);
+        console.log(JSON.stringify({ ok: true, revisions: revisions.length }));
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.log(JSON.stringify({
+          ok: false,
+          name: error instanceof Error ? error.name : "UnknownError",
+          code: error && typeof error === "object" && "code" in error ? error.code : "unknown",
+          message: error instanceof Error ? error.message : "Unknown registry failure",
+        }));
+        process.exitCode = 1;
+      }
+    ' 2>&1 || printf '%s\n' '(registry integrity probe unavailable)'
+  } | tail -n 20 | task13_sanitize >&2
   printf '%s\n' '--- sanitized core logs (last 100 lines) ---' >&2
   {
     task13_compose logs --no-color --tail 100 core 2>&1 \
@@ -1063,6 +1084,11 @@ task13_self_test_server_workspace_diagnostics() {
   printf '%s\n' \
     '{"error":"workspace_invalid","detail":"password=fixture-known-secret"}' >"$response"
   task13_compose() {
+    if [[ "$*" == "exec -T core node --input-type=module -e "* ]]; then
+      printf '%s\n' \
+        '{"name":"WorkspaceRegistryError","code":"workspace_invalid","message":"Workspace snapshot integrity check failed"}'
+      return 0
+    fi
     [[ "$*" == "logs --no-color --tail 100 core" ]] \
       || task13_fail "server diagnostics requested an unexpected Compose command"
     while [[ "$i" -le 150 ]]; do
@@ -1083,6 +1109,8 @@ task13_self_test_server_workspace_diagnostics() {
     || task13_fail "server diagnostics omit the unexpected HTTP status"
   [[ "$output" == *'workspace_invalid'* ]] \
     || task13_fail "server diagnostics omit the generic response"
+  [[ "$output" == *'Workspace snapshot integrity check failed'* ]] \
+    || task13_fail "server diagnostics omit the bounded internal registry reason"
   [[ "$output" == *'core-log-051'* && "$output" != *'core-log-050'* ]] \
     || task13_fail "server diagnostics do not bound core logs to the last 100 lines"
   count="$(grep -Ec '^core-log-[0-9]{3}' <<<"$output")"