server/AyaNova/Controllers/JobOperationsController.cs

@@ -82,8 +82,10 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
         [HttpGet("status/{gid}")]
         public async Task<IActionResult> GetJobStatus([FromRoute] Guid gid)
         {
-            if (serverState.IsClosed)
-                return StatusCode(503, new ApiErrorResponse(serverState.ApiErrorCode, null, serverState.Reason));
+            //this is called from things that might be running and have server temporarily locked down (e.g. seeding)
+            //so it should never return an error on closed
+            // if (serverState.IsClosed)
+            //     return StatusCode(503, new ApiErrorResponse(serverState.ApiErrorCode, null, serverState.Reason));
 
             //This is called by the UI to monitor any operation that triggers a job so it really should be available to any logged in user
             // if (!Authorized.HasReadFullRole(HttpContext.Items, AyaType.ServerJob))