diff --git a/desktop/main.js b/desktop/main.js
index 8193673..4565b43 100644
--- a/desktop/main.js
+++ b/desktop/main.js
@@ -83,6 +83,17 @@ function avatarToTempPng(src) {
});
}
+// ---- Hard refresh -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// The app closes to TRAY, so it can run for weeks on the page it first loaded and never see a new web
+// deploy. This clears the shell's HTTP cache and reloads ignoring cache, so a stale UI is always
+// recoverable. Reachable from: the in-app "Refresh" banner / Settings, Ctrl+R (reload),
+// Ctrl+Shift+R or F5 (hard reload), and the tray menu.
+async function hardReloadWin() {
+ try { await session.fromPartition('persist:bizconnect').clearCache(); } catch (_) {}
+ try { if (win && !win.isDestroyed()) win.webContents.reloadIgnoringCache(); } catch (_) {}
+}
+ipcMain.handle('hard-reload', async () => { await hardReloadWin(); return true; });
+
// ---- Remote control: OS input injection for a screen the local user is SHARING ----
// The renderer (share flow) forwards a viewer's mouse/keyboard events here for injection. Injection is
// HARD-GATED behind an explicit consent flag (rcArmed): nothing is injected until the local user clicks
@@ -207,6 +218,7 @@ function createTray() {
const showApp = () => { if (!win) return createWindow(); if (win.isMinimized()) win.restore(); win.show(); win.focus(); };
tray.setContextMenu(Menu.buildFromTemplate([
{ label: 'Open Biz Connect', click: showApp },
+ { label: 'Refresh app (get latest)', click: () => { showApp(); hardReloadWin(); } },
{ type: 'separator' },
{ label: 'Quit', click: () => { isQuitting = true; app.quit(); } },
]));
@@ -257,6 +269,19 @@ function createWindow() {
win.once('ready-to-show', reveal);
setTimeout(reveal, 12000);
+ // The menu bar is hidden, so the usual reload accelerators don't exist — wire them by hand. Without
+ // these there was literally no way to force the app off a stale page.
+ win.webContents.on('before-input-event', (e, input) => {
+ if (input.type !== 'keyDown') return;
+ const k = String(input.key || '').toLowerCase();
+ const mod = input.control || input.meta;
+ if ((mod && k === 'r') || k === 'f5') {
+ e.preventDefault();
+ if (input.shift || k === 'f5') hardReloadWin(); // hard: clear cache + reload
+ else { try { win.webContents.reload(); } catch (_) {} } // plain reload
+ }
+ });
+
// Close = hide to tray (keep running for notifications). First time, tell the user where it went.
let toldTray = false;
win.on('close', (e) => {
diff --git a/desktop/package.json b/desktop/package.json
index 441ee8a..2e60a5e 100644
--- a/desktop/package.json
+++ b/desktop/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
{
"name": "biz-connect-desktop",
- "version": "0.1.16",
+ "version": "0.1.17",
"description": "Biz Connect technician desktop client — loads the Connect web UI with native screen capture",
"author": {
"name": "BizGaze",
diff --git a/desktop/preload.js b/desktop/preload.js
index 6c9dcd9..7a0c486 100644
--- a/desktop/preload.js
+++ b/desktop/preload.js
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('bizConnectNative', Object.freeze({
rcAvailable: () => { try { return !!ipcRenderer.sendSync('rc-available'); } catch (_) { return false; } },
rcArm: (on) => { try { ipcRenderer.send('rc-arm', !!on); } catch (_) {} },
rcInput: (evt) => { try { ipcRenderer.send('rc-input', evt); } catch (_) {} },
+ // Force the newest web build: clears the shell's HTTP cache and reloads ignoring cache. The app closes
+ // to tray and can run for weeks, so without this it would keep serving the page it first loaded.
+ hardReload: () => { try { return ipcRenderer.invoke('hard-reload'); } catch (_) { return Promise.resolve(false); } },
// Manual "Check for updates" from Settings. Resolves {status:'available'|'current'|'dev'|'error', version?}.
// On 'available' the shell downloads in the background and prompts to restart when ready.
checkForUpdates: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('check-updates'),
diff --git a/server/public/home.html b/server/public/home.html
index 3bffc64..e6b2917 100644
--- a/server/public/home.html
+++ b/server/public/home.html
@@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@
-
@@ -1225,10 +1225,13 @@ function openSettings(){
+sw('setDm','Direct message notifications', notifOn('dm'))
+''
+(window.bizConnectNative?(''):'')
+ // Always-available escape hatch: force the newest web build (clears cache / service worker).
+ +''
+'
These preferences are saved on this device.
';
document.body.appendChild(ov);
ov.onclick=e=>{ if(e.target===ov) ov.remove(); };
ov.querySelector('#setClose').onclick=()=>ov.remove();
+ { const rb=ov.querySelector('#setRefresh'); if(rb) rb.onclick=()=>{ ov.remove(); hardReloadApp(); }; }
const updBtn=ov.querySelector('#setUpd'); // #12: desktop version + manual update check
if(updBtn) updBtn.onclick=async()=>{
if(_pendingUpdate&&_pendingUpdate.phase==='ready'){ try{ window.bizConnectNative.restartToUpdate&&window.bizConnectNative.restartToUpdate(); }catch(_){} return; } // update already downloaded → restart
@@ -2775,6 +2778,38 @@ function wireUpdateBanner(){
else if(d.phase==='current'||d.phase==='error'){ if(el){ el.classList.remove('show'); setTimeout(()=>{ if(el&&!el.classList.contains('show')) el.remove(); }, 400); } }
});
}
+// ---- New-web-build detection ----------------------------------------------------------------
+// The desktop app closes to TRAY, so it can stay open for weeks and keep running the page it loaded on
+// day one — a deploy would never reach it (that's why fixes "worked on mobile but not on desktop").
+// Poll the server's build marker; when it changes, offer a Refresh. Also exposed in Settings.
+let _newBuild=null;
+async function checkWebBuild(){
+ try{
+ const r=await fetch('/api/build',{cache:'no-store'}); if(!r.ok) return;
+ const d=await r.json();
+ if(d && d.build && window.__BUILD && d.build!==window.__BUILD && d.build!==_newBuild){ _newBuild=d.build; showRefreshBanner(); }
+ }catch(_){}
+}
+function showRefreshBanner(){
+ if(document.getElementById('refreshBanner')) return;
+ const el=document.createElement('div'); el.id='refreshBanner'; el.className='upd-banner show ready';
+ el.innerHTML=ic('download',15)+' A new version of Biz Connect is available ';
+ document.body.appendChild(el);
+ el.querySelector('#rbGo').onclick=()=>hardReloadApp();
+}
+// Hard refresh: on desktop this clears the shell's HTTP cache and reloads ignoring cache. In a browser we
+// also drop any service-worker + CacheStorage entries, then reload — so there's no stale-code dead end.
+async function hardReloadApp(){
+ if(meetState==='call' && !(await bzConfirm('You are in a call. Refreshing will leave it.', {title:'Refresh now?', okText:'Refresh'}))) return;
+ try{ const n=window.bizConnectNative; if(n && n.hardReload){ n.hardReload(); return; } }catch(_){}
+ try{ if('serviceWorker' in navigator){ const rs=await navigator.serviceWorker.getRegistrations(); await Promise.all(rs.map(r=>r.unregister().catch(()=>{}))); } }catch(_){}
+ try{ if(window.caches && caches.keys){ const ks=await caches.keys(); await Promise.all(ks.map(k=>caches.delete(k).catch(()=>{}))); } }catch(_){}
+ try{ location.replace(location.pathname+'?_r='+Date.now()); }catch(_){ location.reload(); }
+}
+setInterval(checkWebBuild, 10*60*1000); // every 10 min
+window.addEventListener('focus', checkWebBuild); // and whenever the user comes back to the app
+document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', ()=>{ if(!document.hidden) checkWebBuild(); });
+setTimeout(checkWebBuild, 4000); // shortly after boot
// Small 'i' badge on the profile button when an update is pending; clicking opens Settings.
function applyUpdateBadge(){
document.querySelectorAll('.upd-dot').forEach(x=>x.remove());
diff --git a/server/routes.js b/server/routes.js
index 4517fa4..e650975 100644
--- a/server/routes.js
+++ b/server/routes.js
@@ -917,6 +917,17 @@ route('GET', '/api/meetings/config', (req, res) => {
json(res, 200, { sfu: LIVEKIT_ENABLED, url: LIVEKIT_ENABLED ? LIVEKIT_URL : '' });
});
+// The web build currently on the server (home.html's __BUILD marker). Long-running clients poll this and
+// offer a Refresh when it changes. This matters because the desktop app now CLOSES TO TRAY — it can run
+// for weeks without ever reloading the page, so it would silently keep serving stale code after a deploy.
+let APP_BUILD = '';
+try {
+ const h = fs.readFileSync(path.join(require('./config').PUBLIC_DIR, 'home.html'), 'utf8');
+ const m = /__BUILD='([^']+)'/.exec(h);
+ if (m) APP_BUILD = m[1];
+} catch (_) {}
+route('GET', '/api/build', (req, res) => json(res, 200, { build: APP_BUILD }));
+
// Mint a LiveKit join token for the signed-in user + a specific room (the 6-digit meeting code).
// The room-membership/host authorization already happens over the meeting WebSocket; this only
// hands the client a media-plane credential scoped to that room and its own identity.