From b6ffc25755dc88296d69dac8d4739f1448d2fc10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Timothy J. Aveni" <tja@berkeley.edu>
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2026 21:36:58 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Stop deploy from reconfiguring central backend

---
 tofu/runtime/deploy.ts | 35 +++++------------------------------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tofu/runtime/deploy.ts b/tofu/runtime/deploy.ts
index 25b6cf9..43b368d 100644
--- a/tofu/runtime/deploy.ts
+++ b/tofu/runtime/deploy.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ const repoRoot = process.env.QUIXOS_REPO_ROOT ?? path.resolve(sourceScriptDir, "
 const scriptDir = process.env.QUIXOS_RUNTIME_DIR ?? path.resolve(repoRoot, "tofu/runtime");
 const amiBuilderDir = path.resolve(scriptDir, "../ami-builder");
 const centralDir = path.resolve(scriptDir, "../central");
-const centralInitBackendScript = path.join(centralDir, "init-backend.sh");
 const legacyResolvedAmiVarsFile = "resolved-ami.auto.tfvars.json";
 const resolvedDeployVarsFile = "zz-qx-deploy.auto.tfvars.json";
 
@@ -171,27 +170,6 @@ const capture = (command, args, options = {}) =>
 const captureMaybe = (command, args, options = {}) =>
   run(command, args, { ...options, capture: true, allowFailure: true });
 
-let centralBackendReconfigured = false;
-const reconfigureCentralBackend = (env) => {
-  if (centralBackendReconfigured || !fs.existsSync(centralDir)) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  if (fs.existsSync(centralInitBackendScript)) {
-    run(centralInitBackendScript, ["-reconfigure"], {
-      cwd: centralDir,
-      env,
-    });
-  } else {
-    run("tofu", ["init", "-reconfigure"], {
-      cwd: centralDir,
-      env,
-    });
-  }
-
-  centralBackendReconfigured = true;
-};
-
 const centralOutput = (name, { env, required = false } = {}) => {
   if (!fs.existsSync(centralDir)) {
     if (required) {
@@ -200,25 +178,22 @@ const centralOutput = (name, { env, required = false } = {}) => {
     return null;
   }
 
-  let result = captureMaybe("tofu", ["-chdir=" + centralDir, "output", "-raw", name], { env });
-  if (
-    result.status !== 0
-    && /Backend initialization required|please run "tofu init"|run\s+"tofu init"/i.test(result.stderr)
-  ) {
-    reconfigureCentralBackend(env);
-    result = captureMaybe("tofu", ["-chdir=" + centralDir, "output", "-raw", name], { env });
-  }
+  const result = captureMaybe("tofu", ["-chdir=" + centralDir, "output", "-raw", name], { env });
   const value = result.stdout.trim();
   if (result.status === 0 && value) {
     return value;
   }
 
   if (required) {
+    const initHint = /Backend initialization required|please run "tofu init"|run\s+"tofu init"/i.test(result.stderr)
+      ? "Initialize central explicitly with: (cd tofu/central && ./init-backend.sh -reconfigure)"
+      : "";
     const details = [
       `Unable to read tofu/central output '${name}'.`,
       `Command: tofu -chdir=${centralDir} output -raw ${name}`,
       result.stderr.trimEnd(),
       result.stdout.trimEnd(),
+      initHint,
     ].filter(Boolean).join("\n");
     throw new Error(details);
   }