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app/api/files/[...key]/route.ts

@@ -47,15 +47,20 @@ export async function GET(
 
   // ── Hetzner first, local disk fallback ───────────────────────────────────
   // Check object storage first (all new uploads go there directly; migrated
-  // files live there too). Results are cached in process memory after the
-  // first check so subsequent range requests pay no extra latency.
-  // Fall back to local disk only for files that haven't been migrated yet.
-  let stat: fs.Stats;
+  // files live there too). Each try/catch is isolated so a Hetzner error
+  // never prevents local files from being served.
   try {
     if (await hetznerKeyExists(relativePath)) {
       const hetznerUrl = await generateHetznerStreamUrl(relativePath, 3600);
       return NextResponse.redirect(hetznerUrl, 302);
     }
+  } catch {
+    // Hetzner unavailable or misconfigured — fall through to local disk
+  }
+
+  // Local disk fallback (unmigrated files, or if Hetzner is unreachable)
+  let stat: fs.Stats;
+  try {
     stat = fs.statSync(filePath);
   } catch {
     return new NextResponse("Not found", { status: 404 });