// Before (buggy)                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
s = GetSortedWalsOfType(wal_dir_, logs, kAliveLogFile, need_seqnos);                                                                                                                                                                      
if (!include_archived || !s.ok()) {                                                                                                                                                                                                       
    return s;  // Returns without populating 'files'!                                                                                                                                                                                     
}  

// After (fixed)                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
if (!s.ok()) {                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
    return s;                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
}                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
if (!include_archived) {                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
    files = std::move(logs);                                                                                                                                                                                                              
    return s;                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
}