From a1720b2d4f2d8fe8dc6d43e8aec6fe57112a08dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marek Matulka <mareg@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 12:22:43 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] DP-1013: Add a falback if ElastiCache fails to start

---
 .../ElastiCacheExtensions.cs                  | 21 ++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Libraries/CO.CDP.AwsServices/ElastiCacheExtensions.cs b/Libraries/CO.CDP.AwsServices/ElastiCacheExtensions.cs
index a919cf287..b579156b3 100644
--- a/Libraries/CO.CDP.AwsServices/ElastiCacheExtensions.cs
+++ b/Libraries/CO.CDP.AwsServices/ElastiCacheExtensions.cs
@@ -11,15 +11,22 @@ public static IServiceCollection AddSharedSessions(this IServiceCollection servi
     {
         if (configuration.GetValue<bool>("Features:SharedSessions"))
         {
-            Console.WriteLine("SharedSession is enabled.");
-            services.AddElastiCacheService();
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            Console.WriteLine("SharedSession is disabled.");
-            services.AddDistributedMemoryCache();
+            try
+            {
+                services.AddElastiCacheService();
+                Console.WriteLine("SharedSession is enabled.");
+
+                return services;
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine("SharedSession failed to start with: " + ex.Message);
+            }
         }
 
+        services.AddDistributedMemoryCache();
+        Console.WriteLine("SharedSession is disabled.");
+
         return services;
     }