From 2224c126723be6bca683241ca582b961676ec001 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Codex <noreply@openai.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 23:10:19 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Retain deletion recovery when native error status is missing

Signed-off-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>
---
 .../communityDeletionPending.test.mjs            | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 .../communities/communityDeletionPending.ts      |  1 +
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/desktop/src/features/communities/communityDeletionPending.test.mjs b/desktop/src/features/communities/communityDeletionPending.test.mjs
index 5041567db4..bf8bac9c63 100644
--- a/desktop/src/features/communities/communityDeletionPending.test.mjs
+++ b/desktop/src/features/communities/communityDeletionPending.test.mjs
@@ -424,3 +424,19 @@ test("native status, never a body-claimed status, binds acceptance and abort", (
     "retain",
   );
 });
+
+test("missing native status cannot settle a typed deletion error", () => {
+  for (const code of ["future_code", "not_owner", "must_archive"]) {
+    for (const attempt of ["initial", "check"]) {
+      assert.equal(
+        deletionResponseDisposition(
+          { body: { error: { code } } },
+          envelope,
+          attempt,
+        ),
+        "retain",
+        attempt + " " + code + " without native status is ambiguous",
+      );
+    }
+  }
+});
diff --git a/desktop/src/features/communities/communityDeletionPending.ts b/desktop/src/features/communities/communityDeletionPending.ts
index f4c1cc3a57..09feb46786 100644
--- a/desktop/src/features/communities/communityDeletionPending.ts
+++ b/desktop/src/features/communities/communityDeletionPending.ts
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ export function deletionResponseDisposition(
   ].some((field) => Object.hasOwn(response, field));
   if (
     code &&
+    typeof status === "number" &&
     (!suppliedTuple || tupleMatches) &&
     DEFINITIVE_ERRORS[code] === status &&
     (attempt === "initial" || !FRESH_ONLY_ERRORS.has(code))