From a46801ebe05c057aa94051338df9fd0c6e094c65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 09:27:43 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Initial plan


From 6c1c38e611960e91bdffbd3911cdcb554b5ea251 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 09:36:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Initial plan

Co-authored-by: nigelfpowers <202913696+nigelfpowers@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 package-lock.json | 6 ------
 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 9bfbaa3fb5..a8772e464b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -953,7 +953,6 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/core/-/core-7.0.6.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-DhGl4xMVFGVIyMwswXeyzdL4uXD5OGILGX5N8Y+f6W7LhC1Ze2poSNrkF/fedpVDHEEZ+PHFW0vL14I+mm8K3Q==",
       "license": "MIT",
-      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@octokit/auth-token": "^6.0.0",
         "@octokit/graphql": "^9.0.3",
@@ -2001,7 +2000,6 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-hGISOaP18plkzbWEcP/QvtRW1xDXF2+96HbEX6byqQhAUbiS5oH6/9JwW+QsQCIYON2bI6QZBF+2PvOmrRZ9wA==",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
-      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@vitest/utils": "3.2.4",
         "fflate": "^0.8.2",
@@ -4828,7 +4826,6 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-5gTmgEY/sqK6gFXLIsQNH19lWb4ebPDLA4SdLP7dsWkIXHWlG66oPuVvXSGFPppYZz8ZDZq0dYYrbHfBCVUb1Q==",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
-      "peer": true,
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=12"
       },
@@ -6252,7 +6249,6 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-jl1vZzPDinLr9eUt3J/t7V6FgNEw9QjvBPdysz9KfQDD41fQrC2Y4vKQdiaUpFT4bXlb1RHhLpp8wtm6M5TgSw==",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
-      "peer": true,
       "bin": {
         "tsc": "bin/tsc",
         "tsserver": "bin/tsserver"
@@ -6347,7 +6343,6 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-NL8jTlbo0Tn4dUEXEsUg8KeyG/Lkmc4Fnzb8JXN/Ykm9G4HNImjtABMJgkQoVjOBN/j2WAwDTRytdqJbZsah7w==",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
-      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "esbuild": "^0.25.0",
         "fdir": "^6.5.0",
@@ -6446,7 +6441,6 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-LUCP5ev3GURDysTWiP47wRRUpLKMOfPh+yKTx3kVIEiu5KOMeqzpnYNsKyOoVrULivR8tLcks4+lga33Whn90A==",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
-      "peer": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@types/chai": "^5.2.2",
         "@vitest/expect": "3.2.4",

From 2bde3d9b670510f933369cc2c3de664dc94e1ad8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 09:44:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Fix recover function: add recover() method to Probot
 class

When Probot initialization fails, initializationState gets permanently stuck
as INITIALIZING with no way to retry. Add a public recover() method that
resets the initialization state and retries, enabling recovery from transient
failures without creating a new Probot instance.

No existing code was deleted; only additions were made.

Co-authored-by: nigelfpowers <202913696+nigelfpowers@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 src/probot.ts       |  9 +++++++++
 test/probot.test.ts | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 46 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/probot.ts b/src/probot.ts
index 54fad52646..3e1fd12a2f 100644
--- a/src/probot.ts
+++ b/src/probot.ts
@@ -310,6 +310,15 @@ export class Probot {
     return this;
   }
 
+  public async recover(): Promise<void> {
+    if (this.#state.initializationState === INITIALIZED) {
+      return;
+    }
+    this.#state.initializationState = UNINITIALIZED;
+    this.#state.initializedPromise = createDeferredPromise<void>();
+    await this.#initialize();
+  }
+
   public async receive(event: WebhookEvent): Promise<void> {
     await this.#state.initializedPromise.promise;
 
diff --git a/test/probot.test.ts b/test/probot.test.ts
index b68998a47f..1369ccf560 100644
--- a/test/probot.test.ts
+++ b/test/probot.test.ts
@@ -772,4 +772,41 @@ describe("Probot", () => {
       );
     });
   });
+
+  describe("recover", () => {
+    it("allows re-initialization after a failed initialization", async () => {
+      let constructorCallCount = 0;
+
+      class FailOnFirstConstruct extends ProbotOctokit {
+        constructor(options?: ConstructorParameters<typeof ProbotOctokit>[0]) {
+          super(options);
+          constructorCallCount++;
+          if (constructorCallCount === 1) {
+            throw new Error("Simulated initialization failure");
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      const probot = new Probot({
+        appId,
+        privateKey,
+        Octokit: FailOnFirstConstruct,
+      });
+
+      let firstError: Error | undefined;
+      try {
+        await probot.auth();
+      } catch (e) {
+        firstError = e as Error;
+      }
+
+      expect(firstError).toBeDefined();
+      expect(firstError?.message).toContain("Simulated initialization failure");
+
+      await probot.recover();
+
+      const octokit = await probot.auth();
+      expect(octokit).toBeDefined();
+    });
+  });
 });