Implemented offline-first fast-paths and hardened API/Layout resilience. Added reactive offline banner, root error page, and ghost site fallbacks to handle server downtime and connection loss without crashing.

src/routes/+layout.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ import { lookup_site_domain } from '$lib/ae_core/ae_core__site';
 import type { key_val } from '$lib/stores/ae_stores';
 import type { ae_SiteDomain } from '$lib/types/ae_types';
 
+export const ssr = false;
+export const prerender = false;
+
 import {
     PUBLIC_AE_API_PROTOCOL,
     PUBLIC_AE_API_SERVER,
@@ -104,25 +107,41 @@ export async function load({ fetch, params, parent, route, url }) {
 
     const fqdn = url.host;
 
-    const result = await lookup_site_domain({
-        api_cfg: ae_api_init,
-        fqdn,
-        view: 'base',
-        log_lvl
-    }).catch((err) => {
-        console.log('Site lookup failed in root layout.', err);
-        error(500, {
-            message: 'Site lookup aborted or failed! Check network and API.'
-        });
-    });
-
-    if (result === null) {
-        error(403, {
-            message: 'The site lookup failed! Check that the domain name is configured and enabled.'
+    let result: ae_SiteDomain | null = null;
+    try {
+        result = await lookup_site_domain({
+            api_cfg: ae_api_init,
+            fqdn,
+            view: 'base',
+            log_lvl
         });
+    } catch (err) {
+        console.error('Site lookup critical failure in root layout.', err);
     }
 
-    const json_data = result;
+    if (result === null) {
+        console.warn('Site lookup returned null. Attempting emergency ghost fallback.');
+        // This is a last resort if the internal library fallback also failed
+        result = {
+            id: 'ghost',
+            id_random: 'ghost',
+            account_id_random: 'ghost',
+            account_code: 'ghost',
+            account_name: 'Ghost Account',
+            site_id_random: 'ghost',
+            site_domain_id_random: 'ghost',
+            enable: '1',
+            header_image_path: '',
+            style_href: '',
+            google_tracking_id: '',
+            access_code_kv_json: {},
+            cfg_json: {},
+            access_key: '',
+            site_domain_access_key: ''
+        } as any;
+    }
+
+    const json_data = result as any;
     account_id = json_data.account_id_random;
     data_struct.account_id = json_data.account_id_random;
     ae_acct.account_id = json_data.account_id_random;