From b47cc8748d6bc358e1c8fc1d19165f4e851b7f5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Catherine Renelle <32781029+catrenelle@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 21:45:13 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add docker-entrypoint.sh to retry DB connection on startup

The app container starts before DNS resolution is ready,
causing prisma db push to fail. Entrypoint now retries
until the database is reachable.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 Dockerfile           |  5 ++++-
 docker-entrypoint.sh | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 docker-entrypoint.sh

diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 6907973..3faec82 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -35,4 +35,7 @@ RUN mkdir -p /app/uploads
 
 EXPOSE 3000
 
-CMD ["sh", "-c", "npx prisma db push --skip-generate && node server.js"]
+COPY docker-entrypoint.sh ./
+RUN chmod +x docker-entrypoint.sh
+
+CMD ["./docker-entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker-entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b49c43e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+echo "Waiting for database..."
+until npx prisma db push --skip-generate 2>/dev/null; do
+  echo "Database not ready, retrying in 3s..."
+  sleep 3
+done
+
+echo "Database schema synced. Starting server..."
+exec node server.js