Handle db creation race conditions

hosting/docker-compose.test.yaml

@@ -37,19 +37,6 @@ services:
       timeout: 20s
       retries: 3
 
-  couch-init:
-    image: curlimages/curl
-    environment:
-      PUT_CALL: "curl -u ${COUCH_DB_USER}:${COUCH_DB_PASSWORD} -X PUT couchdb-service:5984"
-    depends_on:
-      - couchdb-service
-    command:
-      [
-        "sh",
-        "-c",
-        "sleep 10 && $${PUT_CALL}/_users && $${PUT_CALL}/_replicator; fg;",
-      ]
-
   redis-service:
     restart: on-failure
     image: redis

packages/backend-core/src/db/couch/DatabaseImpl.ts

@@ -58,7 +58,14 @@ export class DatabaseImpl implements Database {
       throw new Error("DB does not exist")
     }
     if (!exists) {
-      await DatabaseImpl.nano.db.create(this.name)
+      try {
+        await DatabaseImpl.nano.db.create(this.name)
+      } catch (err: any) {
+        // Handling race conditions
+        if (err.statusCode !== 412) {
+          throw err
+        }
+      }
     }
     return DatabaseImpl.nano.db.use(this.name)
   }

packages/server/src/app.ts

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import * as redis from "./utilities/redis"
 import { events, logging, middleware } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import { initialise as initialiseWebsockets } from "./websocket"
 import { startup } from "./startup"
-import { retry } from "./utilities/retry"
 const Sentry = require("@sentry/node")
 const destroyable = require("server-destroy")
 
@@ -81,11 +80,7 @@ server.on("close", async () => {
 })
 
 export default server.listen(env.PORT || 0, async () => {
-  if (!env.isTest()) {
-    await startup(app, server)
-  } else {
-    await retry(async () => await startup(app, server))
-  }
+  await startup(app, server)
 })
 
 const shutdown = () => {