From 453139780b7c45ed7ddd00cd5dbee01f28f3cb2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zef Hemel <zef@zef.me>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 07:59:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix: initial sync handling

---
 client/boot.ts   | 5 +++++
 client/client.ts | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/client/boot.ts b/client/boot.ts
index 465ae97e..0f7fe20e 100644
--- a/client/boot.ts
+++ b/client/boot.ts
@@ -326,6 +326,11 @@ async function cachedFetch(path: string): Promise<string> {
         throw offlineError;
       }
     }
+    if (response.status === 404) {
+      // File doesn't exist yet (e.g., CONFIG.md before first sync)
+      // Return empty string without caching, so next boot re-fetches
+      return "";
+    }
     if (response.type === "opaqueredirect") {
       // We received an opaque redirect, there's little sensible we can do than unregister service workers and reload
       console.log(
diff --git a/client/client.ts b/client/client.ts
index b4170894..08e162d6 100644
--- a/client/client.ts
+++ b/client/client.ts
@@ -880,10 +880,19 @@ export class Client {
   async handleServiceWorkerMessage(message: ServiceWorkerSourceMessage) {
     switch (message.type) {
       case "space-sync-complete": {
+        const isFirstSync = !this.fullSyncCompleted;
         this.fullSyncCompleted = true;
         // Trigger version-bump reindex if needed (must happen here, not in a plug,
         // because the plug may not be loaded yet when the first sync completes)
         void this.objectIndex.ensureFullIndex(this.space);
+
+        if (isFirstSync && message.operations > 0) {
+          // First sync pulled new content — reload the current page
+          // (it may have been empty because the file didn't exist locally yet)
+          void this.reloadEditor();
+          // Re-evaluate CONFIG and space scripts now that sync has pulled them
+          void this.clientSystem.reloadState();
+        }
         break;
       }
       case "online-status": {