1 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/wallet.ts b/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/wallet.ts
index 5a6cfb96b..dfe7b2395 100644
--- a/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/wallet.ts
+++ b/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/wallet.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import {
   StoredBackupList,
   TalerError,
   TalerErrorCode,
+  TalerProtocolTimestamp,
   TalerUriAction,
   TestingWaitTransactionRequest,
   TimerAPI,
@@ -168,6 +169,7 @@ import {
   importDb,
   openStoredBackupsDatabase,
   openTalerDatabase,
+  timestampProtocolToDb,
 } from "./db.js";
 import {
   computeDepositTransactionStatus,
@@ -646,6 +648,21 @@ async function dispatchRequestInternal<Op extends WalletApiOperation>(
     }
     case WalletApiOperation.InitWallet: {
       logger.trace("initializing wallet");
+      // Write to the DB to make sure that we're failing early in
+      // case the DB is not writeable.
+      try {
+        await ws.db.runReadWriteTx(["config"], async (tx) => {
+          tx.config.put({
+            key: ConfigRecordKey.LastInitInfo,
+            value: timestampProtocolToDb(TalerProtocolTimestamp.now()),
+          });
+        });
+      } catch (e) {
+        logger.error("error writing to database during initialization");
+        throw TalerError.fromDetail(TalerErrorCode.WALLET_DB_UNAVAILABLE, {
+          innerError: getErrorDetailFromException(e),
+        });
+      }
       ws.initCalled = true;
       if (ws.config.testing.skipDefaults) {
         logger.trace("skipping defaults");
@@ -1324,8 +1341,8 @@ async function handleCoreApiRequest(
   id: string,
   payload: unknown,
 ): Promise<CoreApiResponse> {
-  await ws.ensureWalletDbOpen();
   try {
+    await ws.ensureWalletDbOpen();
     const result = await dispatchRequestInternal(ws, operation as any, payload);
     return {
       type: "response",