Init user storage module before server listening

server.js

@@ -543,22 +543,13 @@ const setupTasks = async function () {
     }
     console.log();
 
-    // TODO: do endpoint init functions depend on certain directories existing or not existing? They should be callable
+    const directories = await userModule.getUserDirectoriesList();
-    // in any order for encapsulation reasons, but right now it's unknown if that would break anything.
-    await userModule.initUserStorage(dataRoot);
-
-    if (listen && !basicAuthMode && enableAccounts) {
-        await userModule.checkAccountsProtection();
-    }
-
-    await settingsEndpoint.init();
-    const directories = await userModule.ensurePublicDirectoriesExist();
-    await userModule.migrateUserData();
     await contentManager.checkForNewContent(directories);
     await ensureThumbnailCache();
     cleanUploads();
 
     await loadTokenizers();
+    await settingsEndpoint.init();
     await statsEndpoint.init();
 
     const cleanupPlugins = await loadPlugins();
@@ -581,7 +572,6 @@ const setupTasks = async function () {
         exitProcess();
     });
 
-
     console.log('Launching...');
 
     if (autorun) open(autorunUrl.toString());
@@ -601,6 +591,9 @@ const setupTasks = async function () {
         }
     }
 
+    if (listen && !basicAuthMode && enableAccounts) {
+        await userModule.checkAccountsProtection();
+    }
 };
 
 /**
@@ -642,6 +635,11 @@ function setWindowTitle(title) {
     }
 }
 
+// User storage module needs to be initialized before starting the server
+userModule.initUserStorage(dataRoot)
+    .then(userModule.ensurePublicDirectoriesExist)
+    .then(userModule.migrateUserData)
+    .finally(() => {
         if (cliArguments.ssl) {
             https.createServer(
                 {
@@ -660,3 +658,4 @@ if (cliArguments.ssl) {
                 setupTasks,
             );
         }
+    });

src/users.js

@@ -112,6 +112,16 @@ async function ensurePublicDirectoriesExist() {
     return directoriesList;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Gets a list of all user directories.
+ * @returns {Promise<import('./users').UserDirectoryList[]>} - The list of user directories
+ */
+async function getUserDirectoriesList() {
+    const userHandles = await getAllUserHandles();
+    const directoriesList = userHandles.map(handle => getUserDirectories(handle));
+    return directoriesList;
+}
+
 /**
  * Perform migration from the old user data format to the new one.
  */
@@ -707,6 +717,7 @@ module.exports = {
     toAvatarKey,
     initUserStorage,
     ensurePublicDirectoriesExist,
+    getUserDirectoriesList,
     getAllUserHandles,
     getUserDirectories,
     setUserDataMiddleware,