fix: server logic

server.js

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ import compression from 'compression';
 import express from 'express';
 import morgan from 'morgan';
 
+// patch pixi server context
+import('./app/server/pixi-context.js');
+
 const isProduction = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production';
 const isInsecure = process.env.SILPHIUS_INSECURE_HTTP;
 
@@ -32,6 +35,20 @@ else {
   server = createServer(serverOptions, app);
 }
 
+// immediately start listening and queueing up connections
+let resolve, promise = new Promise((res) => {
+  resolve = res;
+});
+app.use(async (req, res, next) => {
+  await promise;
+  next();
+});
+const port = process.env.PORT || 3000;
+server.listen(port, () =>
+  console.log(`Express server listening at http${isInsecure ? '' : 's'}://localhost:${port}`)
+);
+
+// possibly load dev server and build the request handler up front
 const viteDevServer = isProduction
   ? undefined
   : await import('vite').then((vite) =>
@@ -39,26 +56,18 @@ const viteDevServer = isProduction
         server: {middlewareMode: {server}},
       })
     );
-
-let websocketBuilt = false;
-
-const remixHandler = createRequestHandler({
-  build: async () => {
-    // patch pixi server context
-    import('./app/server/pixi-context.js');
-    const ssr = await (
+const build = () => (
   viteDevServer
     ? viteDevServer.ssrLoadModule('virtual:remix/server-build')
     : import('./build/server/index.js')
 );
-    if (!websocketBuilt) {
+const ssr = await build();
 await ssr.entry.module.websocket(server, viteDevServer);
-      websocketBuilt = true;
-    }
-    return ssr;
-  },
+const remixHandler = createRequestHandler({
+  build: () => ssr,
 });
 
+// configure middleware
 app.use(compression());
 
 // http://expressjs.com/en/advanced/best-practice-security.html#at-a-minimum-disable-x-powered-by-header
@@ -85,7 +94,5 @@ app.use(morgan('tiny'));
 // handle SSR requests
 app.all('*', remixHandler);
 
-const port = process.env.PORT || 3000;
-server.listen(port, () =>
-  console.log(`Express server listening at http${isInsecure ? '' : 's'}://localhost:${port}`)
-);
+// finally let requests resolve
+resolve();