From 93f2e4aead2cacb65934f4e06386fa31ed70d681 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mfw78 <mfw78@nullislabs.io>
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 09:20:55 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Use err!() instead of panic!() for unrecognised DATABASE_URL

Follow the established codebase convention where configuration
validation errors use err!() to propagate gracefully, rather than
panic!(). The error propagates through from_config() and is caught
by create_db_pool() which logs and calls exit(1).
---
 src/db/mod.rs | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/db/mod.rs b/src/db/mod.rs
index 89c680ba..7b989e44 100644
--- a/src/db/mod.rs
+++ b/src/db/mod.rs
@@ -288,12 +288,12 @@ impl DbConnType {
                 if std::path::Path::new(url).exists() {
                     return Ok(DbConnType::Sqlite);
                 }
-                panic!(
+                err!(format!(
                     "`DATABASE_URL` does not match any known database scheme (mysql://, postgresql://, sqlite://) \
                      and no existing SQLite database was found at '{url}'. \
                      If you intend to use SQLite, use an explicit `sqlite://` prefix in your `DATABASE_URL`. \
                      Otherwise, check your DATABASE_URL for typos or quoting issues."
-                );
+                ))
             }
 
             #[cfg(not(sqlite))]