server/AyaNova/Controllers/NotifyController.cs

@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
         [HttpGet("hello")]
         public ActionResult GetPreLoginPing()
         {
-            //note: this route is called by the client as the first action so it also acts like a ping to see if the server is up as well
-            // if (serverState.IsClosed)
-            //     return StatusCode(503, new ApiErrorResponse(serverState.ApiErrorCode, null, serverState.Reason));
-            //todo: check this route for dos attack potential??
+            //note: this route is called by the client to determine if it should display trial login ui
+            //and to see if the server is contactable
+            if (serverState.IsClosed)
+                return StatusCode(503, new ApiErrorResponse(serverState.ApiErrorCode, null, serverState.Reason));
             return Ok(ApiOkResponse.Response(!AyaNova.Core.License.ActiveKey.TrialLicense));
         }
 
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
             return Ok(ApiOkResponse.Response(69));
         }
 
-//TODO: See new count case for gist of it
-//todo: see the core-notification.txt spec doc for details and 
-//todo: see seemingly countless Notification related cases for details :)
+        //TODO: See new count case for gist of it
+        //todo: see the core-notification.txt spec doc for details and 
+        //todo: see seemingly countless Notification related cases for details :)
 
         //------------