From f15c4fc708aa2284d2e3a71b4fda073fe78184ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joel Falknau <joel.falknau@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 May 2025 15:52:48 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] keep on demand for pipeline reasons

---
 allianceauth/eveonline/providers.py | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/allianceauth/eveonline/providers.py b/allianceauth/eveonline/providers.py
index dcb92c44..201db860 100644
--- a/allianceauth/eveonline/providers.py
+++ b/allianceauth/eveonline/providers.py
@@ -181,6 +181,25 @@ class EveSwaggerProvider(EveProvider):
         self.adapter = adapter or self
         self._faction_list = None  # what are the odds this will change? could cache forever!
 
+        if settings.DEBUG or StartupCommand().is_management_command:
+            self._client = None
+            logger.info('ESI client will be loaded on-demand')
+        else:
+            logger.info('Loading ESI client')
+            try:
+                self._client = esi_client_factory(
+                    token=self._token,
+                    ua_appname=__title__,
+                    ua_version=__version__,
+                    ua_url=__url__,
+                )
+            except (HTTPError, RefResolutionError):
+                logger.exception(
+                    'Failed to load ESI client on startup. '
+                    'Switching to on-demand loading for ESI client.'
+                )
+                self._client = None
+
     @property
     def client(self) -> SwaggerClient:
         if self._client is None: