Auto-heal wallets stuck on a CORS-blocked mint

- useCashu now probes existing mints on every init (not just when empty); if none are browser-reachable it adds a reachable candidate mint. This fixes existing users whose only saved mint is the legacy CORS-blocked mint.minibits.cash default.
- CashuWallet active-mint selection now prefers the first browser-reachable mint instead of blindly mints[0], so users aren't stuck with a mint that fails every invoice.

Co-authored-by: shakespeare.diy <assistant@shakespeare.diy>

src/components/wallet/CashuWallet.tsx

@@ -98,11 +98,31 @@ export function CashuWallet() {
     mints,
   });
 
-  // Set first mint as active if none selected
+  // Pick an active mint when none is selected — prefer a browser-REACHABLE mint
+  // so a user whose first saved mint is CORS-blocked (e.g. legacy minibits)
+  // doesn't get stuck with a mint that fails every invoice.
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (mints.length > 0 && !activeMintUrl) {
+    if (mints.length === 0 || activeMintUrl) return;
-      setActiveMintUrl(mints[0].url);
+    let cancelled = false;
+
+    (async () => {
+      // Probe mints in order; select the first reachable one.
+      for (const m of mints) {
+        const { probeMintReachability } = await import('@/lib/mintReachability');
+        const probe = await probeMintReachability(m.url);
+        if (cancelled) return;
+        if (probe.reachability === 'ok') {
+          setActiveMintUrl(m.url);
+          return;
         }
+      }
+      // Fallback: nothing reachable — select the first so the UI still renders.
+      if (!cancelled) setActiveMintUrl(mints[0].url);
+    })();
+
+    return () => {
+      cancelled = true;
+    };
   }, [mints, activeMintUrl, setActiveMintUrl]);
 
   // Show wallet loading state

src/hooks/wallet/useCashu.ts

@@ -167,35 +167,55 @@ export function useCashu(): UseCashuReturn {
         console.warn('[Cashu] Failed to enable some coco services:', err);
       }
       
-      // Add a default mint if the user has none yet.
+      // Ensure the user has at least one BROWSER-REACHABLE mint.
       //
       // A mint MUST send permissive CORS headers or the browser blocks every
       // request with a NetworkError ("Failed to fetch mint"). We can't know from
-      // build time which mint is reachable in THIS browser, so we probe an
+      // build time which mint is reachable in THIS browser, so we probe.
-      // ordered list of web-friendly candidates and add the first that works.
+      //
-      // (mint.minibits.cash is intentionally excluded — it's mobile-app only.)
+      // This runs on every init so it also AUTO-HEALS an existing user whose
+      // only saved mint is CORS-blocked (e.g. legacy mint.minibits.cash default):
+      // if none of their mints are reachable, we add a working one and — since
+      // the UI picks the first mint — keep the broken one but ensure a good one
+      // exists. (mint.minibits.cash is excluded from candidates — mobile only.)
       try {
         const existingMints = await coco.mint.getAllTrustedMints();
-        if (existingMints.length === 0) {
+
+        // Does the user already have at least one reachable mint?
+        let hasReachable = false;
+        for (const m of existingMints) {
+          const probe = await probeMintReachability(m.mintUrl);
+          if (probe.reachability === 'ok') {
+            hasReachable = true;
+            break;
+          }
+          console.warn('[Cashu] Existing mint not usable in browser:', m.mintUrl, probe.reachability);
+        }
+
+        if (!hasReachable) {
           const CANDIDATE_MINTS = [
             'https://mint.coinos.io',
             'https://21mint.me',
             'https://stablenut.cashu.network',
             'https://mint.lnvoltz.com',
           ];
+          const alreadyHave = new Set(
+            existingMints.map((m: Mint) => m.mintUrl.toLowerCase()),
+          );
           for (const url of CANDIDATE_MINTS) {
+            if (alreadyHave.has(url.toLowerCase())) continue;
             const probe = await probeMintReachability(url);
             if (probe.reachability === 'ok') {
-              console.log('[Cashu] Adding default mint:', url);
+              console.log('[Cashu] Adding reachable mint:', url);
               await coco.mint.addMint(url, { trusted: true });
-              console.log('[Cashu] Default mint added successfully');
+              console.log('[Cashu] Reachable mint added successfully');
               break;
             }
-            console.warn('[Cashu] Skipping unreachable default candidate:', url, probe.reachability);
+            console.warn('[Cashu] Skipping unreachable candidate:', url, probe.reachability);
           }
         }
       } catch (err) {
-        console.warn('[Cashu] Failed to add default mint:', err);
+        console.warn('[Cashu] Failed to ensure a reachable mint:', err);
       }
       
       setIsInitialized(true);