fixing final SPDK deployment

serving/spdk/spdk-release.sh

@@ -98,8 +98,12 @@ except Exception: print(-1)'
 cmd_add() {
     local v=${1:?usage: add <version>}
     local dir="$RELEASES_DIR/$v"
-    [ -s "$dir/rootfs.erofs" ] || die "$dir/rootfs.erofs missing/empty"
-    [ -s "$dir/rootfs.hash" ]  || die "$dir/rootfs.hash missing/empty"
+    # Validation failures here RETURN (not die/exit): cmd_add is called per-dir by
+    # cmd_reconcile as `cmd_add … || warn`, and an `exit` inside a function aborts
+    # the WHOLE process (|| only catches a return), so one bad/stale dir would stop
+    # every OTHER release from being added. Return so reconcile skips just this one.
+    [ -s "$dir/rootfs.erofs" ] || { echo "ERROR: $dir/rootfs.erofs missing/empty" >&2; return 1; }
+    [ -s "$dir/rootfs.hash" ]  || { echo "ERROR: $dir/rootfs.hash missing/empty" >&2; return 1; }
 
     # Guard: the dir name must match the version inside verity.json. A mismatch
     # means a stale/symlinked or mislabeled release dir (e.g. an old symlink into
@@ -112,7 +116,8 @@ cmd_add() {
     local vv
     vv=$(vfield "$v" .image_version)
     if [ -n "$vv" ] && [ "${vv,,}" != "${v,,}" ]; then
-        die "release dir '$v' holds verity.json for version '$vv' (stale symlink / mislabeled dir). Refusing to add — remove '$dir' and re-stage."
+        echo "ERROR: release dir '$v' holds verity.json for version '$vv' (stale symlink / mislabeled dir). Refusing to add — remove '$dir' and re-stage." >&2
+        return 1
     fi
 
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