Assume local catalog eligible if remote flag unknown

Author: joshheald

Modules/Sources/Yosemite/Tools/POS/POSLocalCatalogEligibilityService.swift

@@ -50,13 +50,23 @@ public actor POSLocalCatalogEligibilityService: POSLocalCatalogEligibilityServic
     }
 
     /// Fetch and cache the remote feature flag value
+    /// Returns cached value if available, otherwise returns true without waiting for network
     private func isRemoteCatalogFeatureFlagEnabled() async -> Bool {
         if let cached = cachedRemoteFeatureFlag {
             return cached
         }
-        let value = await remoteFeatureFlagProvider()
+        // No cached value yet - assume eligible (true) without waiting for network
+        // Kick off the fetch in the background to cache for next time
+        Task { [weak self] in
+            let value = await self?.remoteFeatureFlagProvider() ?? true
+            await self?.cacheRemoteFeatureFlag(value)
+        }
+        return true
+    }
+
+    /// Cache the remote feature flag value (actor-isolated)
+    private func cacheRemoteFeatureFlag(_ value: Bool) {
         cachedRemoteFeatureFlag = value
-        return value
     }
 
     /// Update POS eligibility and refresh catalog eligibility for the specified site