corestore init

p2ns.js

@@ -201,6 +201,19 @@ async function main() {
     if (cleanStorage) {
       await runPluginStorageReset('--clean startup');
     }
+
+    // Initialize the main Corestore before plugins so storage is guaranteed to exist
+    // even if a plugin fails during startup.
+    let store = null;
+    try {
+      store = new Corestore(storageDir);
+      await store.ready();
+      logInfo('Main', `Corestore initialized with storage: ${storageDir}`);
+    } catch (err) {
+      logError('Main', `Failed to initialize corestore at ${storageDir}: ${err.message}`);
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+
     setupCache();
     ca.installRootCA();
     
@@ -287,10 +300,7 @@ async function main() {
     const topic = crypto.createHash('sha256').update(process.env.TOPIC_SEED || 'p2ns-dns').digest();
     state.topic = topic; // Store topic in state for keep-alive and cleanup
     logDebug('Main', `Generated topic: ${topic.toString('hex')}`);
-    // Initialize corestore and hyperswarm
-    let store = new Corestore(storageDir);
-    await store.ready();
-    logInfo('Main', `Corestore initialized with storage: ${storageDir}`);
+    // Corestore is initialized before plugin loading
     // Use the persistent keypair that was loaded earlier (already in state.keypair)
     // Configure Hyperswarm for better local network peer discovery
     const swarmOptions = {