From bbfc35c58d30212c25c3bf84107456b01856b205 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nithin0620 <nithin30302@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 01:37:03 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] fix: handle GitHub API failure in getRepoStarCount

---
 apps/web/src/components/topbar.tsx | 27 +++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/topbar.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/topbar.tsx
index d688e85d13..1cb26654b5 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/topbar.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/topbar.tsx
@@ -5,15 +5,26 @@ import { Logo } from './logo';
 import { Menu } from './menu';
 
 async function getRepoStarCount() {
-  const res = await fetch('https://api.github.com/repos/resend/react-email', {
-    next: { revalidate: 3600, tags: ['github-repo-stars'] },
-  });
-  const data = await res.json();
-  const starCount = data.stargazers_count as number;
-  if (starCount > 999) {
-    return `${(starCount / 1000).toFixed(1)}K`;
+  try {
+    const res = await fetch('https://api.github.com/repos/resend/react-email', {
+      next: { revalidate: 3600, tags: ['github-repo-stars'] },
+    });
+
+    // Return fallback if GitHub API is down or rate-limited
+    if (!res.ok) return '—';
+
+    const data = await res.json();
+    const starCount = data.stargazers_count as number;
+
+    // Guard against undefined/NaN if API response shape changes
+    if (typeof starCount !== 'number' || Number.isNaN(starCount)) return '—';
+
+    if (starCount > 999) return `${(starCount / 1000).toFixed(1)}K`;
+    return `${starCount}`;
+  } catch {
+    // Network failure or JSON parse error — fail silently
+    return '—';
   }
-  return `${starCount}`;
 }
 
 export async function Topbar({

From ef00bb86db22d46bf21c49acbb6be3fe3c557763 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nithin0620 <nithin30302@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 01:55:11 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] refactor(topbar): avoid caching fallback API failures

---
 apps/web/src/components/topbar.tsx | 13 ++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/topbar.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/topbar.tsx
index 1cb26654b5..bcc2239576 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/topbar.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/topbar.tsx
@@ -10,20 +10,23 @@ async function getRepoStarCount() {
       next: { revalidate: 3600, tags: ['github-repo-stars'] },
     });
 
-    // Return fallback if GitHub API is down or rate-limited
-    if (!res.ok) return '—';
+    // Avoid caching transient GitHub failures as valid fallback data
+    if (!res.ok) return null;
 
     const data = await res.json();
     const starCount = data.stargazers_count as number;
 
     // Guard against undefined/NaN if API response shape changes
-    if (typeof starCount !== 'number' || Number.isNaN(starCount)) return '—';
+    if (typeof starCount !== 'number' || Number.isNaN(starCount)) {
+      return null;
+    }
 
     if (starCount > 999) return `${(starCount / 1000).toFixed(1)}K`;
+
     return `${starCount}`;
   } catch {
     // Network failure or JSON parse error — fail silently
-    return '—';
+    return null;
   }
 }
 
@@ -48,7 +51,7 @@ export async function Topbar({
         <Logo />
         <span className="sr-only">Home</span>
       </Link>
-      <Menu starCount={starCount} />
+      <Menu starCount={starCount ?? '—'} />
     </header>
   );
 }

From a7ca384bc3523427636c23dbb0316b6e955a8e62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nithin0620 <nithin30302@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 01:56:25 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] refactor(topbar): avoid caching fallback API failures

---
 apps/web/src/components/topbar.tsx | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/topbar.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/topbar.tsx
index bcc2239576..49775cf89f 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/topbar.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/topbar.tsx
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ async function getRepoStarCount() {
 
     return `${starCount}`;
   } catch {
-    // Network failure or JSON parse error — fail silently
+    // Network failure or JSON  parse error — fail silently
     return null;
   }
 }