Fix service restart race condition in bot deployment

[BenGWeeks]

Overview

There's a potential race condition when restarting the PennieBot service during deployment.

Current State

• Deploy workflow restarts service with Restart-Service PennieBot
• Health check runs immediately after
• No wait time for service to fully initialize

Symptoms

• Intermittent health check failures after deployment
• "Service unavailable" errors immediately after restart

Recommended Solution

1. Add retry logic to health checks
2. Wait for service status to become "Running"
3. Add exponential backoff for health endpoint checks

Example

# Wait for service to start
$maxRetries = 30
$retryCount = 0
do {
    Start-Sleep -Seconds 2
    $status = (Get-Service PennieBot).Status
    $retryCount++
} while ($status -ne 'Running' -and $retryCount -lt $maxRetries)

# Then check health endpoint

Acceptance Criteria

• Health checks wait for service initialization
• Deployment doesn't fail due to timing issues
• Reasonable timeout (e.g., 60 seconds max)

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