From 2e0dcceee3c0eedfbba0e6cd5ab199b559ece51e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Siva Mahadevan <me@svmhdvn.name>
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2024 17:57:38 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] don't fail upon error while chdir()ing *before* loading
 config

---
 gunicorn/app/base.py | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gunicorn/app/base.py b/gunicorn/app/base.py
index dbd05bc7f..da5d5b36e 100644
--- a/gunicorn/app/base.py
+++ b/gunicorn/app/base.py
@@ -161,7 +161,15 @@ def load_config(self):
         cfg = self.init(parser, args, args.args)
 
         # set up import paths and follow symlinks
-        self.chdir()
+        try:
+            self.chdir()
+        except Exception as e:
+            msg = "Warning: failed to chdir to default path '%s'" \
+                  " before loading config: %s\n" \
+                  "Continuing with current working directory." \
+                  % (sys.cfg.chdir, e)
+            print(msg, file=sys.stderr)
+            sys.stderr.flush()
 
         # Load up the any app specific configuration
         if cfg: