From 40cff2893cf7ac3bb176d3ae7e19cc8530a029e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zack Pollard <zackpollard@ymail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2025 12:35:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: metadata service init failure should halt server startup
 (#17356)

---
 server/src/services/metadata.service.ts | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/server/src/services/metadata.service.ts b/server/src/services/metadata.service.ts
index 1e17f63283f..402ccbbac79 100644
--- a/server/src/services/metadata.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/metadata.service.ts
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ export class MetadataService extends BaseService {
       this.logger.log(`Initialized local reverse geocoder`);
     } catch (error: Error | any) {
       this.logger.error(`Unable to initialize reverse geocoding: ${error}`, error?.stack);
+      throw new Error(`Metadata service init failed`);
     }
   }