From ff08eadb23fcfe59197da4d4a0361a06d92c78b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Elian Doran <contact@eliandoran.me>
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2025 10:49:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(server/scripts): generate-document failing (closes #5422)

---
 apps/server/scripts/generate_document.ts | 19 ++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/server/scripts/generate_document.ts b/apps/server/scripts/generate_document.ts
index 8e4dd7227..0b041ad26 100644
--- a/apps/server/scripts/generate_document.ts
+++ b/apps/server/scripts/generate_document.ts
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@
 import sqlInit from "../src/services/sql_init.js";
 import noteService from "../src/services/notes.js";
 import attributeService from "../src/services/attributes.js";
-import cls from "../src/services/cls.js";
 import cloningService from "../src/services/cloning.js";
-import loremIpsum from "lorem-ipsum";
+import * as loremIpsum from "lorem-ipsum";
 import "../src/becca/entity_constructor.js";
+import { initializeTranslations } from "../src/services/i18n.js";
+import cls from "../src/services/cls.js";
 
 const noteCount = parseInt(process.argv[2]);
 
@@ -27,6 +28,16 @@ function getRandomNoteId() {
 }
 
 async function start() {
+    if (!sqlInit.isDbInitialized()) {
+        console.error("Database not initialized.");
+        process.exit(1);
+    }
+
+    await initializeTranslations();
+
+    sqlInit.initializeDb();
+    await sqlInit.dbReady;
+
     for (let i = 0; i < noteCount; i++) {
         const title = loremIpsum.loremIpsum({
             count: 1,
@@ -90,6 +101,4 @@ async function start() {
     process.exit(0);
 }
 
-// @TriliumNextTODO sqlInit.dbReady never seems to resolve so program hangs
-// see https://github.com/TriliumNext/Trilium/issues/1020
-sqlInit.dbReady.then(cls.wrap(start)).catch((err) => console.error(err));
+cls.init(() => start());