add some logging to the DB (especially for iOS app feed debugging)

src/db/index.ts

@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ db.on("populate", async () => {
 // ended up throwing lots of errors to the user... and they'd end up in a state
 // where they couldn't take action because they couldn't unlock that identity.)
 
-// check for the secret in storage
 async function useSecretAndInitializeAccountsDB(
   secretDB: SecretDexie,
   accountsDB: SensitiveDexie,
@@ -214,6 +213,22 @@ export async function updateAccountSettings(
   }
 }
 
+export async function logToDb(message: string): Promise<void> {
+  await db.open();
+  const todayKey = new Date().toDateString();
+  // only keep one day's worth of logs
+  const previous = await db.logs.get(todayKey);
+  if (!previous) {
+    // when this is today's first log, clear out everything previous
+    // to avoid the log table getting too large
+    // (let's limit a different way someday)
+    await db.logs.clear();
+  }
+  const prevMessages = (previous && previous.message) || "";
+  const fullMessage = `${prevMessages}\n${new Date().toISOString()} ${message}`;
+  await db.logs.update(todayKey, { message: fullMessage });
+}
+
 // similar method is in the sw_scripts/additional-scripts.js file
 export async function logConsoleAndDb(
   message: string,
@@ -224,16 +239,5 @@ export async function logConsoleAndDb(
   } else {
     logger.log(`${new Date().toISOString()} ${message}`);
   }
-
-  await db.open();
-  const todayKey = new Date().toDateString();
-  // only keep one day's worth of logs
-  const previous = await db.logs.get(todayKey);
-  if (!previous) {
-    // when this is today's first log, clear out everything previous
-    await db.logs.clear();
-  }
-  const prevMessages = (previous && previous.message) || "";
-  const fullMessage = `${prevMessages}\n${new Date().toISOString()} ${message}`;
-  await db.logs.update(todayKey, { message: fullMessage });
+  await logToDb(message);
 }