every snapshot source backing /api/state used .unwrap_or_default()
— sqlite errors, broker errors, nixos-container list failures,
operator_questions decode crashes all degraded to empty lists
without a log line. the 'pending question doesn't render'
bug we've been chasing was likely a row-decode panic in
OperatorQuestions::pending() being swallowed this way.
new log_default(what, result) replaces each call site: same
default value on Err but emits target=api_state warn with the
source name + dbg error first. five sources covered:
nixos-container list, approvals.pending,
approvals.recent_resolved, broker.recent_for(operator),
questions.pending. next time the question goes missing the
journal will say which source failed and how.
todo updated — pending-question entry now points at the new
log instead of three suspect paths.