fix(ui): handle indexing errors in frontend and enable dev mode API hosting

- Fixed frontend to render an error banner instead of silently dismissing when a job fails or OOMs (status === 'error').
- Allowed the backend HTTP server to start API endpoints in development even if no frontend files are embedded.

Signed-off-by: sahil-mangla <manglasahil2017@gmail.com>

Author: sahil-mangla

graph-ui/package-lock.json

@@ -274,19 +274,35 @@ function CreateIndexModal({ onClose, onCreated }: { onClose: () => void; onCreat
 /* ── Index Progress ─────────────────────────────────────── */
 
 function IndexProgress({ onDone }: { onDone: () => void }) {
-  const [jobs, setJobs] = useState<{ slot: number; status: string; path: string }[]>([]);
+  const [jobs, setJobs] = useState<{ slot: number; status: string; path: string; error?: string }[]>([]);
+  const [hasActive, setHasActive] = useState(true);
+
   useEffect(() => {
+    if (!hasActive) return;
     const poll = setInterval(async () => {
       try {
         const data = await (await fetch("/api/index-status")).json();
         setJobs(data);
-        if (data.length > 0 && data.every((j: { status: string }) => j.status !== "indexing")) onDone();
-      } catch { /* */ }
+        const stillIndexing = data.some((j: { status: string }) => j.status === "indexing");
+        if (!stillIndexing) {
+          setHasActive(false);
+          const hasErrors = data.some((j: { status: string }) => j.status === "error");
+          if (!hasErrors) {
+            onDone();
+          }
+        }
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.error("[IndexProgress] Poll failed:", error);
+      }
     }, 2000);
     return () => clearInterval(poll);
-  }, [onDone]);
+  }, [onDone, hasActive]);
+
   const active = jobs.filter((j) => j.status === "indexing");
-  if (active.length === 0) return null;
+  const errors = jobs.filter((j) => j.status === "error");
+
+  if (active.length === 0 && errors.length === 0) return null;
+
   return (
     <div className="rounded-xl border border-primary/20 bg-primary/5 p-4 mb-6">
       {active.map((j) => (
@@ -298,6 +314,26 @@ function IndexProgress({ onDone }: { onDone: () => void }) {
           </div>
         </div>
       ))}
+      {errors.map((j) => (
+        <div key={j.slot} className="flex items-start gap-3 mt-3 first:mt-0 p-3 rounded-lg border border-destructive/20 bg-destructive/5 text-destructive">
+          <span className="text-[14px]">⚠️</span>
+          <div className="flex-1 min-w-0">
+            <p className="text-[12px] font-semibold">Indexing Failed</p>
+            <p className="text-[11px] font-mono truncate">{j.path}</p>
+            {j.error && <p className="text-[10px] opacity-75 mt-1 font-mono">{j.error}</p>}
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      ))}
+      {errors.length > 0 && (
+        <div className="flex justify-end mt-3">
+          <button
+            onClick={onDone}
+            className="px-3 py-1 rounded bg-destructive/10 hover:bg-destructive/20 text-destructive text-[11px] font-medium transition-all"
+          >
+            Dismiss
+          </button>
+        </div>
+      )}
     </div>
   );
 }

graph-ui/src/components/StatsTab.tsx

@@ -447,10 +447,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
      * and which build to use (#350). */
     if (explicit_ui_enable && CBM_EMBEDDED_FILE_COUNT == 0) {
         (void)fprintf(stderr,
-                      "codebase-memory-mcp: --ui requested, but this binary was built without the "
-                      "embedded UI, so the HTTP server will not start.\n"
-                      "Use the UI release asset (codebase-memory-mcp-ui) or rebuild with: "
-                      "make -f Makefile.cbm cbm-with-ui\n");
+                      "codebase-memory-mcp: Running with --ui=true but "
+                      "without embedded assets. "
+                      "API endpoints will be active on port %d "
+                      "(useful for proxying from frontend dev server).\n",
+                      ui_cfg.ui_port);
     }
 
     setup_signal_handlers();
@@ -501,15 +502,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     cbm_thread_t http_tid;
     bool http_started = false;
 
-    if (ui_cfg.ui_enabled && CBM_EMBEDDED_FILE_COUNT > 0) {
+    if (ui_cfg.ui_enabled) {
         g_http_server = cbm_http_server_new(ui_cfg.ui_port);
         if (g_http_server) {
             if (cbm_thread_create(&http_tid, 0, http_thread, g_http_server) == 0) {
                 http_started = true;
             }
         }
-    } else if (ui_cfg.ui_enabled && CBM_EMBEDDED_FILE_COUNT == 0) {
-        cbm_log_warn("ui.no_assets", "hint", "rebuild with: make -f Makefile.cbm cbm-with-ui");
     }
 
     /* Run MCP event loop (blocks until EOF or signal) */