fix: Fixed agent collect packages

internal/sync/packages.go

@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 package agentsync
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"log"
 	"runtime"
+	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
+	"time"
 
 	"gitea.hostxtra.co.uk/mrhid6/vantage/agent/internal/config"
 	grpcclient "gitea.hostxtra.co.uk/mrhid6/vantage/agent/internal/grpc"
@@ -20,6 +23,38 @@ import (
 // are not paying for.
 var collectPackagesFlag atomic.Bool
 
+// firstPoll closes once a SyncKeys response has set the flag above.
+//
+// Without it the boot-time package report loses a race it can only lose: the
+// hourly loop starts before the first poll, reads a flag that is still false by
+// construction, and skips — so a freshly installed agent reports no packages for
+// an hour and the server shows nothing to scan.
+// How long the boot package report waits for that first poll. Two poll
+// intervals plus slack: long enough to cover one failed attempt, short enough
+// that a dead control plane does not hold the OS-update report hostage.
+const firstPollWait = 90 * time.Second
+
+var (
+	firstPoll     = make(chan struct{})
+	firstPollOnce sync.Once
+)
+
+func markFirstPoll() { firstPollOnce.Do(func() { close(firstPoll) }) }
+
+// waitFirstPoll blocks until the flag is known, or gives up. The wait is
+// bounded because this loop also reports OS updates, which do not depend on the
+// flag at all — a control plane that cannot be polled must not silence those too.
+func waitFirstPoll(ctx context.Context, limit time.Duration) {
+	t := time.NewTimer(limit)
+	defer t.Stop()
+	select {
+	case <-firstPoll:
+	case <-t.C:
+		log.Printf("package collection: no SyncKeys response within %s, collecting nothing this round", limit)
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+	}
+}
+
 func collectPackagesEnabled() bool { return collectPackagesFlag.Load() }
 
 // reportPackages offers a hash of the installed package set and sends the full