From 086647bff4d183ac2ef3a2e53aa7fc5e26b07bd5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Kane <mkane@cloudflare.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 12:39:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: use placeholder database_id in templates for local dev

Miniflare asserts database_id is truthy. An empty string crashes
on startup. Use 'local' as a placeholder -- miniflare doesn't
validate it for local dev, and the comment tells users to replace
it with a real ID for deploy.
---
 templates/blog-cloudflare/wrangler.jsonc      | 4 ++--
 templates/marketing-cloudflare/wrangler.jsonc | 4 ++--
 templates/portfolio-cloudflare/wrangler.jsonc | 4 ++--
 templates/starter-cloudflare/wrangler.jsonc   | 4 ++--
 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/templates/blog-cloudflare/wrangler.jsonc b/templates/blog-cloudflare/wrangler.jsonc
index 9eb7d0c..fac093f 100644
--- a/templates/blog-cloudflare/wrangler.jsonc
+++ b/templates/blog-cloudflare/wrangler.jsonc
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 		{
 			"binding": "DB",
 			"database_name": "my-emdash-site",
-			// Run `wrangler d1 create my-emdash-site` and paste the ID here
-			"database_id": "",
+			// Run `wrangler d1 create my-emdash-site` and paste the real ID here for deploy
+			"database_id": "local",
 		},
 	],
 	"r2_buckets": [
diff --git a/templates/marketing-cloudflare/wrangler.jsonc b/templates/marketing-cloudflare/wrangler.jsonc
index 861112d..a0f1fc3 100644
--- a/templates/marketing-cloudflare/wrangler.jsonc
+++ b/templates/marketing-cloudflare/wrangler.jsonc
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 		{
 			"binding": "DB",
 			"database_name": "my-marketing-site",
-			// Run `wrangler d1 create my-marketing-site` and paste the ID here
-			"database_id": "",
+			// Run `wrangler d1 create my-marketing-site` and paste the real ID here for deploy
+			"database_id": "local",
 		},
 	],
 	"r2_buckets": [
diff --git a/templates/portfolio-cloudflare/wrangler.jsonc b/templates/portfolio-cloudflare/wrangler.jsonc
index 0c5fb58..c3cb752 100644
--- a/templates/portfolio-cloudflare/wrangler.jsonc
+++ b/templates/portfolio-cloudflare/wrangler.jsonc
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 		{
 			"binding": "DB",
 			"database_name": "my-portfolio-site",
-			// Run `wrangler d1 create my-portfolio-site` and paste the ID here
-			"database_id": "",
+			// Run `wrangler d1 create my-portfolio-site` and paste the real ID here for deploy
+			"database_id": "local",
 		},
 	],
 	"r2_buckets": [
diff --git a/templates/starter-cloudflare/wrangler.jsonc b/templates/starter-cloudflare/wrangler.jsonc
index 9eb7d0c..fac093f 100644
--- a/templates/starter-cloudflare/wrangler.jsonc
+++ b/templates/starter-cloudflare/wrangler.jsonc
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 		{
 			"binding": "DB",
 			"database_name": "my-emdash-site",
-			// Run `wrangler d1 create my-emdash-site` and paste the ID here
-			"database_id": "",
+			// Run `wrangler d1 create my-emdash-site` and paste the real ID here for deploy
+			"database_id": "local",
 		},
 	],
 	"r2_buckets": [