test

                    } else {

                        std::cerr << "[CLUSTER-BE] domain=" << _Domain

                                  << " initial retrieve timed out after 30s" << std::endl;

                        // Unknown, not "empty": a timeout means we couldn't confirm

                        // either way, so fail open like every other failure path in

                        // this function. Leaving this at its default-false would tell

                        // the wizard-check "no data anywhere" and offer the destructive

                        // first-time setup wizard on a cluster that may well be

                        // populated — just slow to respond right now.

                        _ClusterDataExists.store(true);

                        return;

                    }

                }