Smoke test: eForm image directory is missing during startup

[yingbull]

Summary

During the foreground Tomcat smoke test on May 19, 2026, startup logged that the eForm image directory was missing and image asset deployment was skipped.

Observed

Startup warning referenced this missing path:

/var/lib/OscarDocument/oscar/eform/images/

The app continued to start, but eForm image assets were not deployed because the expected directory did not exist.

Impact

• eForms that depend on bundled/deployed image assets may render incorrectly or with broken images.
• Local/dev environments can appear healthy while silently skipping part of eForm setup.
• The warning is easy to miss among other startup noise.

Suggested action

• Ensure the devcontainer/bootstrap process creates the expected eForm image directory.
• Document ownership/permissions and expected mount behavior for production.
• Consider making this check clearer: either create the directory automatically when safe, or emit a targeted warning with remediation steps.

[Hanaahmed12]

Hi! I'm Hana, a student looking to make my first contribution here. I'd like to fix this by adding a mkdir -p for the missing eForm image directory in the bootstrap script, and improving the warning message to be more actionable. Would this approach work? Happy to open a PR!