04-Sep-2026 — stop the events page spinning forever when the walks configuration fails to load #383

build 877 — commit d822dee

What's new

If the walks configuration request fails, for example on a flaky mobile connection, the social events and walks list used to wait for it forever and never show anything. It now reports the problem and can be retried, and a failed events request shows an alert rather than an unhandled error. Event card images are also loaded lazily, which lightens the page on slower devices.

At a glance

• The events list shows a Search Failed alert instead of an endless spinner when the walks configuration cannot be loaded, and retries on the next attempt
• A failed events request shows an alert with the reason
• Event card images load as they scroll into view