1 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/features/ark.js b/src/features/ark.js
index 6952fc0..94dfc09 100644
--- a/src/features/ark.js
+++ b/src/features/ark.js
@@ -494,6 +494,7 @@ export function arkFeature(ctx) {
   }
   let arkTimer = null;
   let arkConnectPromise = null;
+  let arkInitPromise = null; // the manager's own init, apart from the snapshot gate
   let arkInitGen = 0; // guards against a stale init() resolving after a wallet switch
 
   function stopArk() {
@@ -514,6 +515,7 @@ export function arkFeature(ctx) {
     ark = null;
     arkInited = null;
     arkConnectPromise = null;
+    arkInitPromise = null;
     // The renewal warning describes the coins of the wallet we're leaving.
     // Switching accounts used to carry it onto the next one — with the old
     // wallet's amount and deadline, over the new wallet's balance — and the
@@ -663,6 +665,9 @@ export function arkFeature(ctx) {
       esploraUrl: cfg.esplora,
       network: getNetwork(),
       honorsExpired: !!cfg.honorsExpired,
+      // the server's last published info: the wallet opens on it when the
+      // server is gone, so coins can still be read and exited
+      infoHint: (cachedArkInfo(cfg.ark) || {}).info || null,
       // the wallet's own tx table as a second witness for confirmations —
       // its data source is user-configurable and often healthier than the
       // ark preset's esplora from this device
@@ -679,9 +684,10 @@ export function arkFeature(ctx) {
     const inited = mgr.init().then(() => {
       if (gen !== arkInitGen) return;
       arkInited = mgr; // readable now; `ark` (and the mailbox) wait for the snapshot
-      rememberArkInfo(cfg.ark, mgr.info, mgr._tipH);
+      if (!mgr.offline) rememberArkInfo(cfg.ark, mgr.info, mgr._tipH);
       render();
     });
+    arkInitPromise = inited;
     // The tip: expiries and exit costs are judged against it, and init alone
     // never asks for it (the first sync does, after the snapshot gate). Ask
     // now, off the connect path, and remember it for the next refresh.
@@ -2938,7 +2944,17 @@ export function arkFeature(ctx) {
   async function doArkExit(ids = null) {
     ui.arkBusy = 'exit'; ui.arkError = ''; render();
     try {
-      const mgr = await connectArk();
+      // The manager's own init is enough for an exit — the server may be
+      // gone (that is what a unilateral exit is for), and the snapshot gate
+      // the full connect also waits on may never clear without the relays.
+      let mgr = arkView();
+      if (!mgr) {
+        connectArk().catch(() => {});
+        for (let i = 0; i < 50 && !arkInitPromise; i++) await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 100));
+        try { await arkInitPromise; } catch {}
+        mgr = arkView();
+      }
+      if (!mgr) throw new Error(t('arkNotConnected'));
       const spendables = exitableCoins(mgr.state, mgr._tipH || 0).filter((v) => !ids || ids.includes(v.id));
       if (!spendables.length) throw new Error(freeCoins(mgr.state).length ? t('arkExitNoneExitable') : t('arkNotConnected'));
       // Fees are paid hop by hop from Savings as the exit unrolls — an exit