fix(api): prevent startup failure from meilisearch outage

packages/api/src/app/APILifecycle.tsx

@@ -90,10 +90,17 @@ export function createInitializer(config: APIConfig, logger: ILogger): () => Pro
 		}
 
 		logger.info({search_url: config.search.url}, 'Initializing search...');
+		let searchInitialized = false;
+		try {
 			await initializeSearch();
+			searchInitialized = true;
 			logger.info('Search initialized');
+		} catch (error) {
+			logger.warn({error}, 'Search initialisation failed; continuing startup without search');
+		}
 
 		// All API replicas share the same Meilisearch cluster, so only one should warm it.
+		if (searchInitialized) {
 			const warmupLockKey = 'fluxer:search:warmup:admin';
 			const warmupLockToken = randomUUID();
 			const warmupLockTtlSeconds = 60 * 60;
@@ -118,6 +125,7 @@ export function createInitializer(config: APIConfig, logger: ILogger): () => Pro
 					}
 				}
 			}
+		}
 
 		if (config.voice.enabled && config.voice.defaultRegion) {
 			const voiceDataInitializer = new VoiceDataInitializer();