From 7720b1fad41b09382e1a696998b65e36db7e7d05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Quentin McGaw <quentin.mcgaw@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 02:53:45 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(storage): ignore empty manifest servers file - Fix #3318

---
 internal/storage/read.go | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/internal/storage/read.go b/internal/storage/read.go
index 7858eb14..5083598a 100644
--- a/internal/storage/read.go
+++ b/internal/storage/read.go
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ func (s *Storage) readFromFile(manifestPath string, hardcodedVersions map[string
 		return servers, true, err
 	}
 
+	if len(b) == 0 {
+		// To satisfy https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun/issues/3318
+		// not too sure why but eh I'm feeling generous adding 3 code lines for it.
+		return servers, false, nil
+	}
+
 	servers, err = s.extractServersFromBytes(b, hardcodedVersions)
 	return servers, true, err
 }