From ea071cc2c8e2e294f06e1af73212f9a13ee4cdf6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Brooker <matt@posthog.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:12:55 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: unblock signup during release outages

---
 .../screens/health/HealthCheckScreen.test.tsx | 30 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../tui/screens/health/HealthCheckScreen.tsx  | 11 +++++--
 src/ui/tui/screens/health/outage-behavior.ts  |  9 ++++++
 3 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/ui/tui/screens/health/HealthCheckScreen.test.tsx
 create mode 100644 src/ui/tui/screens/health/outage-behavior.ts

diff --git a/src/ui/tui/screens/health/HealthCheckScreen.test.tsx b/src/ui/tui/screens/health/HealthCheckScreen.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c1465e9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ui/tui/screens/health/HealthCheckScreen.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import { canContinueBlockingOutage } from './outage-behavior.js';
+
+describe('canContinueBlockingOutage', () => {
+  it('allows continuing when GitHub Releases is healthy', () => {
+    expect(
+      canContinueBlockingOutage({
+        isGithubReleasesDown: false,
+        signup: false,
+      }),
+    ).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('blocks non-signup runs when GitHub Releases is down', () => {
+    expect(
+      canContinueBlockingOutage({
+        isGithubReleasesDown: true,
+        signup: false,
+      }),
+    ).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('allows signup runs to continue when GitHub Releases is down', () => {
+    expect(
+      canContinueBlockingOutage({
+        isGithubReleasesDown: true,
+        signup: true,
+      }),
+    ).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/ui/tui/screens/health/HealthCheckScreen.tsx b/src/ui/tui/screens/health/HealthCheckScreen.tsx
index 42d05a4b..a257405b 100644
--- a/src/ui/tui/screens/health/HealthCheckScreen.tsx
+++ b/src/ui/tui/screens/health/HealthCheckScreen.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { ServiceHealthStatus } from '../../../../lib/health-checks/types.js';
 import { wizardAbort } from '../../../../utils/wizard-abort.js';
 import { fetchSkillMenu, downloadSkill } from '../../../../lib/wizard-tools.js';
 import { REMOTE_SKILLS_BASE_URL } from '../../../../lib/constants.js';
+import { canContinueBlockingOutage } from './outage-behavior.js';
 
 interface HealthCheckScreenProps {
   store: WizardStore;
@@ -92,6 +93,10 @@ export const HealthCheckScreen = ({ store }: HealthCheckScreenProps) => {
   if (blockingKeys.length === 0) return null;
 
   const isGithubReleasesDown = blockingKeys.includes('githubReleases');
+  const canContinue = canContinueBlockingOutage({
+    isGithubReleasesDown,
+    signup: store.session.signup,
+  });
   const canDownloadSkills =
     result.health.githubReleases.status === ServiceHealthStatus.Healthy;
   const integration = store.session.integration;
@@ -100,7 +105,9 @@ export const HealthCheckScreen = ({ store }: HealthCheckScreenProps) => {
 
   const docsUrl = store.session.frameworkConfig?.metadata.docsUrl;
   const description = isGithubReleasesDown
-    ? "The Wizard can't download necessary skills from GitHub Releases right now."
+    ? store.session.signup
+      ? "PostHog account creation can continue, but the Wizard can't download necessary skills from GitHub Releases right now."
+      : "The Wizard can't download necessary skills from GitHub Releases right now."
     : 'The Wizard may not work reliably while services are affected.';
 
   const handleDownloadAndExit = async () => {
@@ -138,7 +145,7 @@ export const HealthCheckScreen = ({ store }: HealthCheckScreenProps) => {
       title={title}
       width={72}
       footer={
-        isGithubReleasesDown ? (
+        !canContinue ? (
           <ConfirmationInput
             message=""
             confirmLabel=""
diff --git a/src/ui/tui/screens/health/outage-behavior.ts b/src/ui/tui/screens/health/outage-behavior.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..62ed070d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ui/tui/screens/health/outage-behavior.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+export function canContinueBlockingOutage({
+  isGithubReleasesDown,
+  signup,
+}: {
+  isGithubReleasesDown: boolean;
+  signup: boolean;
+}): boolean {
+  return signup || !isGithubReleasesDown;
+}