fix: harden repository refresh and server pull

src/renderer/app.js

@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ const ui = {
   inputRenderTimer: null,
   isMock: false,
   refreshError: null,
+  refreshWarning: null,
   autoRefreshPending: false,
   paletteQuery: "",
   updateStatus: null,
@@ -428,6 +429,12 @@ async function refreshRepositories(withLoader = true, silent = false) {
     const selectedId = ui.selectedRepoId;
     ui.repositories = await window.forgeflow.refreshRepositories();
     ui.refreshError = null;
+    const staleRepository = ui.repositories.find(
+      (repository) => repository.remoteStale,
+    );
+    ui.refreshWarning = staleRepository
+      ? `Gitea could not be reached. Showing repository data last refreshed ${formatDate(staleRepository.remoteLastRefreshedAt)} while local and server state continue to refresh.`
+      : null;
     if (selectedId && !selectedRepository()) ui.selectedRepoId = null;
     const repository = selectedRepository();
     if (
@@ -459,6 +466,7 @@ async function refreshRepositories(withLoader = true, silent = false) {
       selectRepository(ui.repositories[0].id, false);
   } catch (error) {
     ui.refreshError = error.message;
+    ui.refreshWarning = null;
     if (!silent) showToast("Refresh failed", error.message, "error");
   } finally {
     if (withLoader) setLoading(false);