keep landing page independent from api

app/main/views/index.py

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import logging
+
 from flask import (
     abort,
     current_app,
@@ -19,6 +21,8 @@ from app.main.views.sub_navigation_dictionaries import (
 )
 from app.utils.user import user_is_logged_in
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 # Hook to check for feature flags
 @main.before_request
@@ -42,10 +46,15 @@ def index():
     if current_user and current_user.is_authenticated:
         return redirect(url_for("main.choose_account"))
 
+    try:
+        counts = status_api_client.get_count_of_live_services_and_organizations()
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.warning(f"API down when loading homepage: {e}")
+        counts = {"live_service_count": "N/A", "live_organization_count": "N/A"}
     return render_template(
         "views/signedout.html",
         sms_rate=CURRENT_SMS_RATE,
-        counts=status_api_client.get_count_of_live_services_and_organizations(),
+        counts=counts,
     )