feat: detect new web builds + hard-refresh escape hatch (0.1.17/batch78)

Root cause of "the fix works on mobile but not on desktop/web": nothing was wrong with
the code — the desktop app now CLOSES TO TRAY, so it can run for weeks on the page it
loaded on day one and never re-fetch after a deploy. There was also no way to force it
off a stale page (no menu bar → no reload accelerator).

- Server: GET /api/build returns home.html's __BUILD marker.
- Client: polls it (boot, on focus/visibility, every 10 min); when the server's build
  differs from the running one, shows a branded "A new version is available — Refresh"
  banner. Settings gains an always-available "Refresh app" with the current build shown.
- hardReloadApp(): in the browser it unregisters service workers + clears CacheStorage
  then reloads cache-busted; in the shell it calls the native hard reload.
- Desktop: hard-reload IPC (clears the session HTTP cache + reloadIgnoringCache), wired to
  Ctrl+R (reload), Ctrl+Shift+R / F5 (hard reload), and a "Refresh app (get latest)" tray
  item. Previously there was literally no way to clear the cache from the app.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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2026-07-14 13:38:55 +05:30
parent 5a138f5bc4
commit a0017f2036
5 changed files with 76 additions and 2 deletions
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@@ -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) => {