components/checkAppVersion.ts

@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@ import currentVersion from "~/versionTag";
 export default async function newestVersion() {
   const current = currentVersion();
   const req = await fetch("/api/version");
-  if (!req.ok) {
-    console.error("Version check failed:", req.statusText);
-    return true; // fail-closed → pretend we are up-to-date
+  const res = await req.json();
+  if (current !== res.version) {
+    return false;
   }
-
-  const { version: latest } = await req.json();
-  return current === latest; // `true`  ➜ up-to-date
+  return true;
 }