diff --git a/src/shared/api/client/client.test.ts b/src/shared/api/client/client.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a56005c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shared/api/client/client.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+import { PBHttpError } from '../error';
+import { getCollection } from './client';
+
+describe('getCollection', () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.unstubAllEnvs();
+    vi.unstubAllGlobals();
+  });
+
+  describe('when PocketBase is unreachable', () => {
+    it('returns an empty list instead of throwing', async () => {
+      vi.stubEnv('PB_URL', 'http://localhost:8090');
+      vi.stubGlobal('fetch', vi.fn().mockRejectedValue(new TypeError('fetch failed')));
+
+      const result = await getCollection('projects');
+
+      expect(result.items).toEqual([]);
+      expect(result.totalItems).toBe(0);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('when PocketBase returns an HTTP error', () => {
+    it('rethrows PBHttpError', async () => {
+      vi.stubEnv('PB_URL', 'http://localhost:8090');
+      vi.stubGlobal(
+        'fetch',
+        vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+          ok: false,
+          status: 403,
+          statusText: 'Forbidden',
+          json: vi.fn(),
+        }),
+      );
+
+      await expect(getCollection('projects')).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(PBHttpError);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/shared/api/client.ts b/src/shared/api/client/client.ts
similarity index 67%
rename from src/shared/api/client.ts
rename to src/shared/api/client/client.ts
index d936ff3..c3a7dd7 100644
--- a/src/shared/api/client.ts
+++ b/src/shared/api/client/client.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
-import { PBHttpError } from './error';
-import type { ListResponse } from './types';
+import { PBHttpError } from '../error';
+import type { ListResponse } from '../types';
 
 /*
  * Native fetch wrapper for PocketBase API requests.
  */
 
-/* Required in production; falls back to localhost in development. */
-const PB_URL = process.env.PB_URL ?? (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development' ? 'http://127.0.0.1:8090' : undefined);
-
 /**
  * Options for PocketBase collection fetching.
  */
@@ -40,12 +37,15 @@ export type PBFetchOptions = {
  * Fetch a list of records from a PocketBase collection.
  */
 export async function getCollection<T>(collection: string, options: PBFetchOptions = {}): Promise<ListResponse<T>> {
-  const { sort, filter, expand, tags, revalidate } = options;
+  /* Required in production; falls back to localhost in development. */
+  const pbUrl = process.env.PB_URL ?? (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development' ? 'http://127.0.0.1:8090' : undefined);
 
-  if (!PB_URL) {
+  if (!pbUrl) {
     throw new Error('PB_URL is required in production');
   }
 
+  const { sort, filter, expand, tags, revalidate } = options;
+
   const params = new URLSearchParams();
   if (sort) {
     params.set('sort', sort);
@@ -57,20 +57,28 @@ export async function getCollection<T>(collection: string, options: PBFetchOptio
     params.set('expand', expand);
   }
 
-  const url = `${PB_URL}/api/collections/${collection}/records?${params.toString()}`;
+  const url = `${pbUrl}/api/collections/${collection}/records?${params.toString()}`;
 
-  const res = await fetch(url, {
-    next: {
-      tags: tags ?? [],
-      revalidate: revalidate ?? 3600,
-    },
-  });
+  try {
+    const res = await fetch(url, {
+      next: {
+        tags: tags ?? [],
+        revalidate: revalidate ?? 3600,
+      },
+    });
 
-  if (!res.ok) {
-    throw new PBHttpError(res.status, collection, res.statusText);
+    if (!res.ok) {
+      throw new PBHttpError(res.status, collection, res.statusText);
+    }
+
+    return res.json();
+  } catch (err) {
+    if (err instanceof PBHttpError) {
+      throw err;
+    }
+    console.warn(`[getCollection] "${collection}" unreachable — returning empty list`, err);
+    return { items: [], page: 1, perPage: 0, totalItems: 0, totalPages: 0 };
   }
-
-  return res.json();
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/shared/api/index.ts b/src/shared/api/index.ts
index d860d06..6f88229 100644
--- a/src/shared/api/index.ts
+++ b/src/shared/api/index.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-export * from './client';
+export * from './client/client';
 export * from './types';