From 20134a6b35954ed693d489523470ab9078f75a94 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Evelyn Osman <ashex@chipnick.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 10:34:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] bugfix: tolerate torn audit log lines in readRecent

---
 server/src/auditLog.ts | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/server/src/auditLog.ts b/server/src/auditLog.ts
index 80b2984..3fac264 100644
--- a/server/src/auditLog.ts
+++ b/server/src/auditLog.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ export async function readRecent(limit = 50): Promise<AuditEntry[]> {
     .split("\n")
     .filter(Boolean)
     .slice(-limit)
-    .map((line) => JSON.parse(line) as AuditEntry)
+    .map((line) => {
+      try {
+        return JSON.parse(line) as AuditEntry;
+      } catch {
+        return null; // torn line from a crash mid-append — skip, don't 500
+      }
+    })
+    .filter((e): e is AuditEntry => e !== null)
     .reverse();
 }
-- 
2.51.2