From 174c02cb79f66e806f95246ef0e88a754315fe16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: DhanushSantosh <dhanushsantoshs05@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 02:09:28 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: automatically remove projects with non-existent paths

When a project fails to initialize because the directory no longer exists
(e.g., test artifacts, deleted folders), automatically remove it from the
project list instead of showing the error repeatedly on every reload.

This prevents users from being stuck with broken project references in their
settings after testing or when project directories are moved/deleted.

The user is notified with a toast message explaining the removal.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Haiku 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .../src/components/views/dashboard-view.tsx   | 23 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/apps/ui/src/components/views/dashboard-view.tsx b/apps/ui/src/components/views/dashboard-view.tsx
index 7e657c80..df962916 100644
--- a/apps/ui/src/components/views/dashboard-view.tsx
+++ b/apps/ui/src/components/views/dashboard-view.tsx
@@ -124,6 +124,19 @@ export function DashboardView() {
         const initResult = await initializeProject(path);
 
         if (!initResult.success) {
+          // If the project directory doesn't exist, automatically remove it from the project list
+          if (initResult.error?.includes('does not exist')) {
+            const projectToRemove = projects.find((p) => p.path === path);
+            if (projectToRemove) {
+              logger.warn(`[Dashboard] Removing project with non-existent path: ${path}`);
+              moveProjectToTrash(projectToRemove.id);
+              toast.error('Project directory not found', {
+                description: `Removed ${name} from your projects list since the directory no longer exists.`,
+              });
+              return;
+            }
+          }
+
           toast.error('Failed to initialize project', {
             description: initResult.error || 'Unknown error occurred',
           });
@@ -151,7 +164,15 @@ export function DashboardView() {
         setIsOpening(false);
       }
     },
-    [trashedProjects, currentProject, globalTheme, upsertAndSetCurrentProject, navigate]
+    [
+      projects,
+      trashedProjects,
+      currentProject,
+      globalTheme,
+      upsertAndSetCurrentProject,
+      navigate,
+      moveProjectToTrash,
+    ]
   );
 
   const handleOpenProject = useCallback(async () => {