feat(startup): display migration errors using system modal

src/services/migration.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { crash } from "./utils.js";
 import resourceDir from "./resource_dir.js";
 import appInfo from "./app_info.js";
 import cls from "./cls.js";
+import { t } from "i18next";
 
 interface MigrationInfo {
     dbVersion: number;
@@ -18,9 +19,7 @@ async function migrate() {
     const currentDbVersion = getDbVersion();
 
     if (currentDbVersion < 214) {
-        log.error("Direct migration from your current version is not supported. Please upgrade to the latest v0.60.4 first and only then to this version.");
-
-        await crash();
+        await crash(t("migration.old_version"));
         return;
     }
 
@@ -83,10 +82,7 @@ async function migrate() {
 
                 log.info(`Migration to version ${mig.dbVersion} has been successful.`);
             } catch (e: any) {
-                log.error(`error during migration to version ${mig.dbVersion}: ${e.stack}`);
-                log.error("migration failed, crashing hard"); // this is not very user-friendly :-/
-
-                crash();
+                crash(t("migration.error_message", { version: mig.dbVersion, stack: e.stack }));
                 break; // crash() is sometimes async
             }
         }
@@ -136,11 +132,7 @@ async function migrateIfNecessary() {
     const currentDbVersion = getDbVersion();
 
     if (currentDbVersion > appInfo.dbVersion && process.env.TRILIUM_IGNORE_DB_VERSION !== "true") {
-        log.error(
-            `Current DB version ${currentDbVersion} is newer than the current DB version ${appInfo.dbVersion}, which means that it was created by a newer and incompatible version of Trilium. Upgrade to the latest version of Trilium to resolve this issue.`
-        );
-
-        await crash();
+        await crash(t("migration.wrong_db_version", { version: currentDbVersion, targetVersion: appInfo.dbVersion }));
     }
 
     if (!isDbUpToDate()) {

src/services/utils.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import path from "path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
 import { dirname, join } from "path";
 import type NoteMeta from "./meta/note_meta.js";
+import log from "./log.js";
+import { t } from "i18next";
 
 const randtoken = generator({ source: "crypto" });
 
@@ -105,10 +107,13 @@ export function escapeRegExp(str: string) {
     return str.replace(/([.*+?^=!:${}()|\[\]\/\\])/g, "\\$1");
 }
 
-export async function crash() {
+export async function crash(message: string) {
     if (isElectron) {
-        (await import("electron")).app.exit(1);
+        const electron = await import("electron");
+        electron.dialog.showErrorBox(t("modals.error_title"), message);
+        electron.app.exit(1);
     } else {
+        log.error(message);
         process.exit(1);
     }
 }

translations/en/server.json

@@ -272,5 +272,13 @@
     "today": "Open today's journal note",
     "new-note": "New note",
     "show-windows": "Show windows"
+  },
+  "migration": {
+    "old_version": "Direct migration from your current version is not supported. Please upgrade to the latest v0.60.4 first and only then to this version.",
+    "error_message": "Error during migration to version {{version}}: {{stack}}",
+    "wrong_db_version": "Current DB version {{version}} is newer than the current DB version {{targetVersion}}, which means that it was created by a newer and incompatible version of Trilium. Upgrade to the latest version of Trilium to resolve this issue."
+  },
+  "modals": {
+    "error_title": "Error"
   }
 }

translations/ro/server.json

@@ -272,5 +272,13 @@
     "today": "Mergi la notița de astăzi",
     "tooltip": "TriliumNext Notes",
     "show-windows": "Afișează ferestrele"
+  },
+  "migration": {
+    "error_message": "Eroare la migrarea către versiunea {{version}}: {{stack}}",
+    "old_version": "Nu se poate migra la ultima versiune direct de la versiunea dvs. Actualizați mai întâi la versiunea v0.60.4 și ulterior la această versiune.",
+    "wrong_db_version": "Versiunea actuală a bazei de date ({{version}}) este mai nouă decât versiunea de bază de date suportată de aplicație ({{targetVersion}}), ceea ce înseamnă că a fost creată de către o versiune mai nouă de Trilium. Actualizați aplicația la ultima versiune pentru a putea continua."
+  },
+  "modals": {
+    "error_title": "Eroare"
   }
 }