From 21b5b5e43572b12b689d1b3f8512b9a6d9bff53d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jordan Brown <Cyberboss@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2018 19:36:08 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Send an error message to chat when watchdog startup fails

---
 src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Watchdog/Watchdog.cs | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Watchdog/Watchdog.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Watchdog/Watchdog.cs
index 6ce7108c42..939661e74d 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Watchdog/Watchdog.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Watchdog/Watchdog.cs
@@ -735,6 +735,13 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Watchdog
 				}
 				catch (Exception e)
 				{
+					var originalChatTask = chatTask;
+					async Task ChainChatTaskWithErrorMessage()
+					{
+						await originalChatTask.ConfigureAwait(false);
+						await chat.SendWatchdogMessage("Startup failed!", cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+					}
+					chatTask = ChainChatTaskWithErrorMessage();
 					logger.LogWarning("Failed to start watchdog: {0}", e.ToString());
 					throw;
 				}