From ffb79a67efe8d65c6568b584e1d8d560a928e67d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Fleury <ryan.j.fleury@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2026 16:07:16 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] be robust to missing symbol server support

---
 src/dbg_engine/dbg_engine_ctrl.c | 3 ++-
 src/dbg_info/dbg_info.c          | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/dbg_engine/dbg_engine_ctrl.c b/src/dbg_engine/dbg_engine_ctrl.c
index 03d71d00..bfa17682 100644
--- a/src/dbg_engine/dbg_engine_ctrl.c
+++ b/src/dbg_engine/dbg_engine_ctrl.c
@@ -2675,6 +2675,7 @@ d_ctrl_thread__module_open(D_Handle process, D_Handle module, U64 base_vaddr, DM
     }
     
     // rjf: push local symbol server cache's path
+    if(local_symbol_server_cache_path.size != 0)
     {
       str8_list_push(scratch.arena, &candidates, local_symbol_server_cache_path);
     }
@@ -2698,7 +2699,7 @@ d_ctrl_thread__module_open(D_Handle process, D_Handle module, U64 base_vaddr, DM
   // if it exists, we can just use it. if it doesn't, then we only want to pick it *if*
   // automatic downloads are enabled.
   //
-  if(initial_debug_info_path.size == 0 && d_ctrl_state->auto_download_debug_info)
+  if(initial_debug_info_path.size == 0 && d_ctrl_state->auto_download_debug_info && local_symbol_server_cache_path.size != 0)
   {
     initial_debug_info_path = str8_copy(arena, local_symbol_server_cache_path);
   }
diff --git a/src/dbg_info/dbg_info.c b/src/dbg_info/dbg_info.c
index 311424b4..b6a381f2 100644
--- a/src/dbg_info/dbg_info.c
+++ b/src/dbg_info/dbg_info.c
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ di_async_tick(void)
           if(!file_is_present)
           {
             String8 symbol_cache_path = smsv_cache_path();
-            if(str8_match(symbol_cache_path, og_path, StringMatchFlag_RightSideSloppy|StringMatchFlag_SlashInsensitive))
+            if(symbol_cache_path.size != 0 && str8_match(symbol_cache_path, og_path, StringMatchFlag_RightSideSloppy|StringMatchFlag_SlashInsensitive))
             {
               if(di_shared->auto_downloads)
               {