diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-sccache/configure.sh b/.github/actions/setup-sccache/configure.sh
index 70466e977..4327b6b4d 100755
--- a/.github/actions/setup-sccache/configure.sh
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-sccache/configure.sh
@@ -312,7 +312,19 @@ else
   unset SCCACHE_GCS_BUCKET SCCACHE_GCS_RW_MODE SCCACHE_GCS_KEY_PREFIX
 fi
 
-"${SCCACHE_BIN}" --start-server
+if startup_output="$("${SCCACHE_BIN}" --start-server 2>&1)"; then
+  printf '%s\n' "${startup_output}"
+else
+  startup_status=$?
+  printf '%s\n' "${startup_output}" >&2
+  if [[ "${startup_output}" != *"Timed out waiting for server startup"* ]]; then
+    exit "${startup_status}"
+  fi
+  # The startup client can time out just before its job-local daemon becomes
+  # ready. The existing statistics request must still succeed and prove the
+  # selected backend; a timeout alone never admits an unavailable cache.
+  echo "::warning::sccache startup client timed out; checking daemon readiness"
+fi
 stats="$("${SCCACHE_BIN}" --show-stats)"
 printf '%s\n' "${stats}"
 
diff --git a/.repository-projection.json b/.repository-projection.json
index 8bdb6a432..488454302 100644
--- a/.repository-projection.json
+++ b/.repository-projection.json
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
   "projection": "deixic-code",
   "projectionSchemaVersion": 1,
   "sourceRepository": "dx-corp/mono",
-  "sourceSha": "e6fc0d7e3edaf452595a759b6068a7b6b8a07c5e",
+  "sourceSha": "871bfe3ec25bd3506fe2725b8a893bb372a30928",
   "destinationRepository": "dx-corp/code",
-  "priorProjectedBase": "59963d0eb6062542fc4f6802e8a11e6725f8fec0",
+  "priorProjectedBase": "ab0c9ce0cfe05d6ac5519333466b87b03fa11a0c",
   "definitionDigest": "cb9d429542ebb0a2de9b42a7aad60d9d8696a648ceba47c30f05c0b285ca0db7",
   "toolDigest": "c9112982c70b80737d8faac67d58b06d55bde0dc297eb1009c1b02296f34f4a9",
-  "contentDigest": "7d0b40b2203b92852cc182cdc8f4b0f4731b4a4874656b5e548e0f987fc0464a",
+  "contentDigest": "880c2ccbeadddda04e3edcfcd39e25a881ef94e89baca25c58c3d4af9b9a66bb",
   "publicationEligible": true
 }