From ae5b05e9e90b70e3c5ce79bd0beb14bee66a4e86 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hoan Luu Huu <110280845+xquanluu@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2025 19:14:39 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] allow registration if checkAccountLimits cannot reach DB
 (#104)

---
 lib/middleware.js | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/middleware.js b/lib/middleware.js
index 61ff466..a247581 100644
--- a/lib/middleware.js
+++ b/lib/middleware.js
@@ -132,6 +132,10 @@ const checkAccountLimits = async(req, res, next) => {
     next();
   } catch (err) {
     logger.error({err, realm}, 'checkAccountLimits: error checking account limits');
+    // if we can not reach the db for some reason, allow the registration to proceed
+    if (err.message?.includes('connect ECONNREFUSED')) {
+      return next();
+    }
     res.send(500);
   }
 };