From aa80570da4f448a5dd354b2e2cb79dd81ad84a2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tanner Collin <git@tannercollin.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:49:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Display network error on API fetch failure

Co-authored-by: aider (gemini/gemini-2.5-pro) <aider@aider.chat>
---
 webclient/src/Feed.js | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/webclient/src/Feed.js b/webclient/src/Feed.js
index 66d9841..4681d20 100644
--- a/webclient/src/Feed.js
+++ b/webclient/src/Feed.js
@@ -10,7 +10,12 @@ function Feed({ updateCache }) {
 
 	useEffect(() => {
 		fetch('/api')
-			.then(res => res.json())
+			.then(res => {
+				if (!res.ok) {
+					throw new Error(`Server responded with ${res.status} ${res.statusText}`);
+				}
+				return res.json();
+			})
 			.then(
 				async (result) => {
 					const newApiStories = result.stories;