From ce898012e8b6c242498da15840b4938fc4f0c38e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: keegreil <keegreil@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2026 07:50:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: bootstrap fresh nodes across snapshot families

---
 boot_portal/Services/BootProtocolStateService.cs | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/boot_portal/Services/BootProtocolStateService.cs b/boot_portal/Services/BootProtocolStateService.cs
index 643ac21..c733322 100644
--- a/boot_portal/Services/BootProtocolStateService.cs
+++ b/boot_portal/Services/BootProtocolStateService.cs
@@ -4659,7 +4659,8 @@ public async Task<bool> TryAdoptCurrentStateAsync(BootStateBundle bundle, string
         }
         if (GetActiveConsensusVersion() >= BootProtocolVersions.ConsensusVersion &&
             bundle.SnapshotFamilyMember != null &&
-            hasLocalActiveFamily)
+            hasLocalActiveFamily &&
+            (!localStateIsEmpty || _poolConfig.AllowEmptySnapshotBootstrap))
         {
             return await TryReconcileSiblingSnapshotAsync(
                 bundle,