some users have so many characters that we cant keep them in localSotrage. use db

src/app/page.tsx

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { useSearchParams } from "next/navigation";
 import { EvePraisalResult, fetchAllPrices } from "@/eve-praisal";
 import { getPlanet, getPlanetUniverse, getPlanets } from "@/planets";
 import { PlanetConfig } from "@/types";
+import { saveCharacters as saveCharactersDB, loadCharacters } from "@/storage";
 
 // Add batch processing utility
 const processInBatches = async <T, R>(
@@ -108,13 +109,8 @@ const Home = () => {
     return Promise.resolve(characters);
   };
 
-  const initializeCharacters = useCallback((): AccessToken[] => {
+  const initializeCharacters = useCallback(async (): Promise<AccessToken[]> => {
-    const localStorageCharacters = localStorage.getItem("characters");
+    return await loadCharacters();
-    if (localStorageCharacters) {
-      const characterArray: AccessToken[] = JSON.parse(localStorageCharacters);
-      return characterArray.filter((c) => c.access_token && c.character);
-    }
-    return [];
   }, []);
 
   const initializeCharacterPlanets = (
@@ -139,9 +135,8 @@ const Home = () => {
       };
     });
 
-  const saveCharacters = (characters: AccessToken[]): AccessToken[] => {
+  const saveCharacters = async (characters: AccessToken[]): Promise<AccessToken[]> => {
-    localStorage.setItem("characters", JSON.stringify(characters));
+    return await saveCharactersDB(characters);
-    return characters;
   };
 
   const restoreCharacters = (characters: AccessToken[]) => {
@@ -279,8 +274,8 @@ const Home = () => {
 
   useEffect(() => {
     const ESI_CACHE_TIME_MS = 3000000;
-    const interval = setInterval(() => {
+    const interval = setInterval(async () => {
-      const characters = initializeCharacters();
+      const characters = await initializeCharacters();
       refreshSession(characters)
         .then(saveCharacters)
         .then(initializeCharacterPlanets)

src/storage.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+import { AccessToken } from "./types";
+
+const DB_NAME = "eve-pi-db";
+const DB_VERSION = 1;
+const STORE_NAME = "characters";
+
+// Initialize IndexedDB
+const initDB = (): Promise<IDBDatabase> => {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const request = indexedDB.open(DB_NAME, DB_VERSION);
+
+    request.onerror = () => reject(request.error);
+    request.onsuccess = () => resolve(request.result);
+
+    request.onupgradeneeded = (event) => {
+      const db = (event.target as IDBOpenDBRequest).result;
+      if (!db.objectStoreNames.contains(STORE_NAME)) {
+        db.createObjectStore(STORE_NAME);
+      }
+    };
+  });
+};
+
+// Save characters to IndexedDB
+export const saveCharacters = async (
+  characters: AccessToken[]
+): Promise<AccessToken[]> => {
+  try {
+    const db = await initDB();
+    const transaction = db.transaction([STORE_NAME], "readwrite");
+    const store = transaction.objectStore(STORE_NAME);
+
+    store.put(characters, "characters");
+
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      transaction.oncomplete = () => {
+        db.close();
+        resolve(characters);
+      };
+      transaction.onerror = () => {
+        db.close();
+        reject(transaction.error);
+      };
+    });
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error("Failed to save to IndexedDB:", error);
+    // Fallback: save minimal data to localStorage
+    try {
+      const minimalCharacters = characters.map((c) => ({
+        ...c,
+        planets: [], // Strip planet data to reduce size
+      }));
+      localStorage.setItem("characters", JSON.stringify(minimalCharacters));
+      console.warn("Saved minimal character data to localStorage fallback");
+    } catch (storageError) {
+      console.error("Failed to save to localStorage fallback:", storageError);
+    }
+    return characters;
+  }
+};
+
+// Load characters from IndexedDB
+export const loadCharacters = async (): Promise<AccessToken[]> => {
+  try {
+    const db = await initDB();
+    const transaction = db.transaction([STORE_NAME], "readonly");
+    const store = transaction.objectStore(STORE_NAME);
+    const request = store.get("characters");
+
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      request.onsuccess = () => {
+        db.close();
+        const characters = request.result as AccessToken[] | undefined;
+        if (characters && characters.length > 0) {
+          resolve(characters);
+        } else {
+          // Try localStorage migration
+          resolve(migrateFromLocalStorage());
+        }
+      };
+      request.onerror = () => {
+        db.close();
+        reject(request.error);
+      };
+    });
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error("Failed to load from IndexedDB:", error);
+    // Fallback to localStorage
+    return migrateFromLocalStorage();
+  }
+};
+
+// Migrate data from localStorage to IndexedDB
+const migrateFromLocalStorage = (): AccessToken[] => {
+  try {
+    const localStorageCharacters = localStorage.getItem("characters");
+    if (localStorageCharacters) {
+      const characterArray: AccessToken[] = JSON.parse(localStorageCharacters);
+      const filtered = characterArray.filter((c) => c.access_token && c.character);
+      // Don't delete from localStorage yet - keep as backup
+      return filtered;
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error("Failed to migrate from localStorage:", error);
+  }
+  return [];
+};