fix(workers): skip background jobs when required tables are missing

Backend/workers/recordings.ts

@@ -2,17 +2,31 @@ import { and, eq, lt } from 'drizzle-orm';
 
 import { db } from '../db/client';
 import { recordings } from '../db/schema';
+import { hasRequiredTables } from '../utils/db-schema';
 
 const STALE_RECORDING_SECONDS = Number(process.env.RECORDING_STALE_SECONDS ?? 60 * 30);
 
 export const startRecordingsWorker = (): void => {
   const intervalMs = Number(process.env.RECORDING_WORKER_INTERVAL_MS ?? 30_000);
+  const requiredTables = ['recordings'];
 
-  setInterval(() => {
-    reconcileStaleRecordings().catch((error) => {
-      console.error('recordings worker failed', error);
-    });
-  }, intervalMs);
+  void (async () => {
+    const ready = await hasRequiredTables(requiredTables);
+    if (!ready) {
+      console.warn(
+        `[recordings worker] skipped startup because required tables are missing (${requiredTables.join(', ')}). Run migrations and restart.`,
+      );
+      return;
+    }
+
+    setInterval(() => {
+      reconcileStaleRecordings().catch((error) => {
+        console.error('recordings worker failed', error);
+      });
+    }, intervalMs);
+  })().catch((error) => {
+    console.error('recordings worker failed to initialize', error);
+  });
 };
 
 const reconcileStaleRecordings = async (): Promise<void> => {