From 0803b942343731aba736f027f0e60ba45f384872 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: crowetic <jason@crowetic.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2025 18:05:01 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] updated start again

---
 start-qortal.sh | 20 ++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/start-qortal.sh b/start-qortal.sh
index 72d5abd..0ef63b5 100644
--- a/start-qortal.sh
+++ b/start-qortal.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+# Define color codes for output
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+NC='\033[0m' # No color
+
+
 # Check if Qortal is running
 QORTAL_RUNNING=$(pgrep -f 'java.*qortal' > /dev/null && echo 1 || echo 0)
 GUI_START="${HOME}/.config/autostart/start-qortal.desktop"
+QORTAL_LOG="${HOME}/qortal/qortal.log"
 
 if [[ -f "$GUI_START" ]]; then
     echo "Qortal is set to start via GUI. Checking if it is running..."
@@ -16,7 +22,12 @@ if [[ -f "$GUI_START" ]]; then
             echo "Qortal is running and responding. Exiting..."
             exit 0
         else
-            echo "Qortal is running but not responding. Restarting..."
+            echo "Qortal is running but not responding. Checking for bootstrapping..."
+            if tail -n 5 "$QORTAL_LOG" | grep -Ei 'bootstrap|bootstrapping' > /dev/null; then
+                echo -e "${RED}Node seems to be bootstrapping, assuming it is fine, exiting...${NC}"
+                exit 0
+            fi
+            echo "Qortal is not bootstrapping. Restarting..."
             killall -9 java
             sleep 5
         fi
@@ -63,7 +74,12 @@ else
             echo "Qortal is responding. Exiting..."
             exit 0
         else
-            echo "Qortal is running but unresponsive. Restarting..."
+            echo "Qortal is running but unresponsive. Checking for bootstrapping..."
+            if tail -n 5 "$QORTAL_LOG" | grep -Ei 'bootstrap|bootstrapping' > /dev/null; then
+                echo -e "${RED}Node seems to be bootstrapping, assuming it is operational... exiting...${NC}"
+                exit 0
+            fi
+            echo "Qortal is not bootstrapping. Restarting..."
             killall -9 java
             sleep 5
         fi