From 7e7ca52cca8e3cdbb630f26e0b5ab0611578a620 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Gleason <alex@alexgleason.me>
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 10:49:51 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Delay rendering until instance has loaded or failed (for
 feature detection)

---
 app/soapbox/containers/soapbox.js | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/soapbox/containers/soapbox.js b/app/soapbox/containers/soapbox.js
index 40b4e10b6..23c0a84bd 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/containers/soapbox.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/containers/soapbox.js
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ import configureStore from '../store/configureStore';
 
 const validLocale = locale => Object.keys(messages).includes(locale);
 
+// Delay rendering until instance has loaded or failed (for feature detection)
+const isInstanceLoaded = state => {
+  const v = state.getIn(['instance', 'version']);
+  const fetchFailed = state.getIn(['meta', 'instance_fetch_failed'], false);
+
+  return v !== '0.0.0' || fetchFailed;
+};
+
 export const store = configureStore();
 
 // Configure global functions for developers
@@ -60,6 +68,7 @@ const mapStateToProps = (state) => {
   return {
     showIntroduction,
     me,
+    instanceLoaded: isInstanceLoaded(state),
     reduceMotion: settings.get('reduceMotion'),
     underlineLinks: settings.get('underlineLinks'),
     systemFont: settings.get('systemFont'),
@@ -80,6 +89,7 @@ class SoapboxMount extends React.PureComponent {
   static propTypes = {
     showIntroduction: PropTypes.bool,
     me: SoapboxPropTypes.me,
+    instanceLoaded: PropTypes.bool,
     reduceMotion: PropTypes.bool,
     underlineLinks: PropTypes.bool,
     systemFont: PropTypes.bool,
@@ -124,8 +134,9 @@ class SoapboxMount extends React.PureComponent {
   }
 
   render() {
-    const { me, themeCss, locale, customCss } = this.props;
+    const { me, instanceLoaded, themeCss, locale, customCss } = this.props;
     if (me === null) return null;
+    if (!instanceLoaded) return null;
     if (this.state.localeLoading) return null;
 
     // Disabling introduction for launch