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frontend/public/data/README.md

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Static Public Data
 
-The frontend can try these JSON snapshots before falling back to the live API
-when `VITE_STATIC_DATA=true`. By default, the app requests `/api/tss/*` directly
-and lets the web server answer from the same public data cache.
+The frontend tries these JSON snapshots before falling back to the live API by
+default. The web server serves `/data/*` from the public data cache and fills
+missing snapshots from the matching `/api/tss/*` route with a short timeout.
 
 - `/data/leaderboard-teams.json`
 - `/data/leaderboard-players.json`

frontend/src/App.jsx

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ const siteVersion = '1.0.1'
 
 const turnstileSiteKey = import.meta.env.VITE_TURNSTILE_SITE_KEY || ''
 const staticDataBase = (import.meta.env.VITE_STATIC_DATA_BASE || '/data').replace(/\/+$/, '')
-const staticDataEnabled = String(import.meta.env.VITE_STATIC_DATA || 'false').toLowerCase() === 'true'
+const staticDataEnabled = String(import.meta.env.VITE_STATIC_DATA || 'true').toLowerCase() !== 'false'
 const missingStaticDataPaths = new Set()
 
 const defaultAnalyticsPreferences = {
@@ -126,8 +126,11 @@ async function fetchPublicJson(source, signal) {
     return await fetchJson(source.staticPath, signal)
   } catch (error) {
     if (signal?.aborted || error?.name === 'AbortError') throw error
-    if (error?.status === 404 || error?.contentType) missingStaticDataPaths.add(source.staticPath)
-    return fetchJson(source.apiPath, signal)
+    if (error?.status === 404 || error?.contentType) {
+      missingStaticDataPaths.add(source.staticPath)
+      return fetchJson(source.apiPath, signal)
+    }
+    throw error
   }
 }