fix(web): a chunk that fails after boot no longer reloads the page in a loop#29306

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Problem

When a chunk loaded after boot fails on every visit, the web app reloads forever. On a managed Windows machine that blocks the code highlighter chunk, any thread with a fenced code block (and Settings → Appearance) reloaded about every 2 s. Details and server trace in #29304.

The t3code:chunk-load-reloaded guard allows one reload, but main.tsx clears it after every boot without a startup chunk failure. A lazy chunk fails after that, so every boot gets a fresh reload.

Change

  • The guard stores APP_VERSION instead of "1" and is no longer cleared at boot. Each tab reloads automatically at most once per app version; a tab on a different version can reload again.
  • After that reload, a failure surfaces as it already did after the first reload: route chunks reach the error boundary, code blocks fall back to plain text.

Trade-off: once a version has used its reload in a tab, a later chunk failure on that version (a second dropped request, or a stale chunk after a deploy) shows the route or boot error, both of which offer a reload. A time window like bootError.ts uses would instead reload every few minutes when a chunk always fails.

This touches the same listener as #26451. I'll rebase on it if it lands first.

Scope and approval

Fixes #29304. Small fix for an obvious bug: the guard exists to stop a reload loop and doesn't for chunks loaded after boot.

Verification

  • src/main.test.ts boots main twice with the same sessionStorage and fails a lazy chunk after each boot. On main the second boot reloads again (expected "location.reload" to not be called at all, but actually been called 1 times).
  • src/lib/chunkReloadGuard.test.ts: a new version reloads again (fails on main), the same version doesn't, blocked storage never reloads.
  • vp test run src/main.test.ts src/lib/chunkReloadGuard.test.ts, vp lint on the changed files and vp run typecheck in apps/web pass.
  • Manual, on the affected Chrome, with the built main-*.js of 0.1.7-nightly.20261102.4066 patched with the same guard: a thread that looped (8 document loads in about 10 s in the server trace) now loads, reloads once, then shows its code block as plain text and stays put (one extra document load in the server trace).
  • Not checked: why the chunk fails on that machine, and the desktop app.

Fixes pingdotgg/t3code#29304

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Verdict: Approved at 7c1207e

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Chunk-load recovery now permits at most one automatic reload per five-minute window, rather than resetting the guard after startup. This narrowly scoped recovery change prevents repeated reloads without altering normal application behavior.

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The chunk reload guard now stores a build identifier and allows one reload for that identifier. Startup no longer clears the guard after boot. Tests check build changes and repeated boots that share session storage.

Changes: Chunk reload guard

Layer / File(s)Summary
Per-build guard and startup integration
apps/web/src/lib/chunkReloadGuard.ts, apps/web/src/main.tsx
The guard compares and stores a build identifier, defaulted from the app version. The preload-error handler uses the guard, and startup no longer clears it.
Guard and startup tests
apps/web/src/lib/chunkReloadGuard.test.ts, apps/web/src/main.test.ts
Tests check reload behavior for repeated and changed build identifiers, storage failures, and two startup boots that share session storage.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~12 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge, maria-rcks

Merge Risk: External image Moderate · previous review 8cd53

After one reload for a version, a failure to load a startup chunk can leave the page blank with no recovery option. Later lazy-chunk failures now fall back to the error boundary instead of looping, which is the intended fix. Handle the startup failure path before merging, or explicitly accept it.

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Title checkPassedThe title "fix(web): a chunk that fails after boot no longer reloads the page in a loop" describes the main change. The changeset makes the chunk reload guard store APP_VERSION, stops clearing it at b…
Description checkPassedThe description follows the repository template. It has Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification sections with substantive content. The Problem section explains the reload loop and the guard behavior.…
Linked Issues checkPassedIssue #29304 requires that a chunk loaded after boot that fails on every request must not reload the page in a loop. At head 8cd53a5, reloadOnceForChunkLoadError in `apps/web/src/lib/chunkReloadGuar…
Out of Scope Changes checkPassedThe changed files are chunkReloadGuard.ts, chunkReloadGuard.test.ts, main.tsx, and main.test.ts. Each one directly supports the reload-loop fix. The guard keys on build identifier, boot no lon…
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The title "fix(web): a chunk that fails after boot no longer reloads the page in a loop" describes the main change. The changeset makes the chunk reload guard store APP_VERSION, stops clearing it at boot, and removes clearChunkReloadGuard, so a chunk that fails after boot reloads at most once per app version. The title is specific, follows conventional commit style, and is a single sentence.

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The description follows the repository template. It has Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification sections with substantive content. The Problem section explains the reload loop and the guard behavior. The Change section lists the guard update and the trade-off. The Scope section links issue #29304 and explains why no separate approval is needed for this small fix. The Verification section lists the focused tests, lint and typecheck runs, a manual check with before and after results, and items not checked. The description does not state the model and harness used, which the template asks for when an agent did the work. The description also does not include a UI screenshot. The change does not alter visible UI layout, and the manual check describes the observed behavior in text.

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Issue #29304 requires that a chunk loaded after boot that fails on every request must not reload the page in a loop. At head 8cd53a5, reloadOnceForChunkLoadError in apps/web/src/lib/chunkReloadGuard.ts stores the build identifier (default import.meta.env.APP_VERSION) under t3code:chunk-load-reloaded. It reloads only when the stored value differs from the current build. The guard is no longer cleared at boot: clearChunkReloadGuard is removed and main.tsx no longer calls it. A second failure on the same build therefore does not reload. Route chunks then reach the error boundary, and code blocks fall back to plain text, as the issue describes. main.test.ts covers two boots sharing session storage with a failing lazy chunk, expecting one reload in total. chunkReloadGuard.test.ts covers a new build reloading again, the same build not reloading, and blocked storage not reloading. The reviewed evidence supports the fix. The cause of the chunk block on the reporter's machine is outside the issue scope.

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The changed files are chunkReloadGuard.ts, chunkReloadGuard.test.ts, main.tsx, and main.test.ts. Each one directly supports the reload-loop fix. The guard keys on build identifier, boot no longer clears it, and the tests cover the new behavior. Removing the exported clearChunkReloadGuard helper follows from removing boot-time clearing. The changes do not alter unrelated product behavior. The PR description's trade-off (one reload per build per tab, later failures show an error with a reload option) is a stated design choice tied to the issue, not an unrelated change.

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Exercise the rejected managed-auth-shell import in the boot test.

failDuringBoot only dispatches vite:preloadError; the mocked load() resolves, and the test disables the managed-auth-shell import. A real rejection makes main.tsx rethrow on the second boot, so render is not called. Add a case that rejects the managed-auth-shell import and asserts that startup behavior. This is a coverage defect, not evidence of a production failure.

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apps/web/src/lib/chunkReloadGuard.tsline 5Outdated · 150f380Open thread
……@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
2+// Keyed by build, not cleared at boot: a lazy chunk can fail after every successful boot, so a
3+// build reloads the tab at most once and a new deploy re-arms the guard.
24const CHUNK_RELOAD_GUARD_KEY = "t3code:chunk-load-reloaded";
5+const CURRENT_BUILD = import.meta.env.APP_VERSION || "0.0.0";
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3nl -ba apps/web/src/main.tsx | sed -n '1,90p'
4printf '%s\n' '--- vite version injection and asset/deployment settings ---'
5nl -ba apps/web/vite.config.ts | sed -n '1,75p'
6nl -ba apps/web/vite.config.ts | sed -n '290,340p'
7rg -n -F --glob '!node_modules' -e 't3 serve' -e 'assets/' -e 'manifest' -e 'APP_VERSION' apps/web apps/cli packages | head -n 240
8printf '%s\n' '--- chunk guard tests ---'
9nl -ba apps/web/src/lib/chunkReloadGuard.test.ts | sed -n '1,130p'
10printf '%s\n' '--- main tests ---'
11nl -ba apps/web/src/main.test.ts | sed -n '1,180p'
12printf '%s\n' '--- error-boundary and markdown fallback references ---'
13rg -n -F --glob '*.{ts,tsx}' -e 'ChatMarkdown' -e 'ErrorBoundary' -e 'ChunkLoad' -e 'preloadError' apps/web/src | head -n 240
14printf '%s\n' '--- PR diff ---'
15git diff --stat 47f2c8d29e981c7723467efe137ee19e91df924e 150f380118152216ad0ec84db616252579000e0b -- apps/web/src/lib/chunkReloadGuard.ts apps/web/src/main.tsx apps/web/vite.config.ts
16git diff --unified=60 47f2c8d29e981c7723467efe137ee19e91df924e 150f380118152216ad0ec84db616252579000e0b -- apps/web/src/lib/chunkReloadGuard.ts apps/web/src/main.tsx

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3printf '%s\n' '--- serving/deployment references ---'; rg -n -F --glob '*.{ts,tsx,md,json}' -e 't3 serve' -e 'APP_VERSION' -e 'assets' apps/web apps/cli packages | head -n 220
4printf '%s\n' '--- tests ---'; nl -ba apps/web/src/main.test.ts | sed -n '1,180p'; nl -ba apps/web/src/lib/chunkReloadGuard.test.ts | sed -n '1,110p'
5printf '%s\n' '--- error boundaries ---'; rg -n -F --glob '*.{ts,tsx}' -e 'ChatMarkdown' -e 'ErrorBoundary' -e 'preloadError' apps/web/src | head -n 220
6printf '%s\n' '--- diff ---'; git diff --unified=50 47f2c8d29e981c7723467efe137ee19e91df924e 150f380118152216ad0ec84db616252579000e0b -- apps/web/src/lib/chunkReloadGuard.ts apps/web/src/main.tsx

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Re-arm the guard when the served asset set changes.

CURRENT_BUILD is compiled into the page. If build A records a reload, a page that remains open on A across a deployment keeps both CURRENT_BUILD and the session guard at A. A later missing lazy chunk therefore makes reloadOnceForChunkLoadError() return false, so main.tsx does not schedule another reload.

The failure can still reach the route error boundary because the handler only calls event.preventDefault() for the first reload. The issue is the loss of automatic refresh, not another infinite reload loop.

Re-arm the guard with a marker from the currently served assets or with a bounded retry window. Test a page that remains open across a deployment. Built development rebuilds also need coverage because hashed assets can change while APP_VERSION remains pkg.version.

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6Review comment at @apps/web/src/lib/chunkReloadGuard.ts at line 5:
7Update CURRENT_BUILD and the guard state used by reloadOnceForChunkLoadError()
8so a page left open across a deployment can retry its automatic reload when the
9served asset set changes; use a marker that reflects the current assets or a
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Right, that's the trade-off noted in the description: once a version has used its reload in a tab, a later stale chunk on that version shows the route error, which offers a reload, instead of reloading automatically. A time window brings back periodic reloads when a chunk always fails, which is the bug here. Comparing with the served assets would cover it but adds an index fetch and its own failure modes, so I kept this fix small; happy to add it if maintainers want it. Same for local rebuilds that keep pkg.version: they get one automatic reload per tab.

@grodriguez-fr You're right. The one-reload-per-version limit is an explicit trade-off, not a defect in this fix. A retry window could restore periodic reloads for a persistent chunk failure, which conflicts with #29304.

I withdraw this finding. Detecting served-asset changes is an optional enhancement, not a requirement for this PR. Would you like a follow-up issue for that enhancement?


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Assert that the denied second vite:preloadError is not prevented.

The startup test checks only the reload mock. It never reads defaultPrevented on the dispatched event. A regression that calls event.preventDefault() unconditionally would still pass this test. The PR relies on a denied event staying uncanceled so the caller can handle the failure, so the test should check that contract. The current implementation calls preventDefault() only inside the guard branch, so this is a coverage gap, not a current defect.

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1 async function bootThenFailLazyChunk(sessionStorage: Map<string, string>) {
2@@
3- page.dispatchEvent(new Event("vite:preloadError", { cancelable: true }));
4- return reload;
5+ const preloadError = new Event("vite:preloadError", { cancelable: true });
6+ page.dispatchEvent(preloadError);
7+ return { reload, preloadError };
8 } finally {
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10 it("reloads only once when a lazy chunk fails after every boot", async () => {
11 const sessionStorage = new Map<string, string>();
12
13- expect(await bootThenFailLazyChunk(sessionStorage)).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
14- expect(await bootThenFailLazyChunk(sessionStorage)).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
15+ const first = await bootThenFailLazyChunk(sessionStorage);
16+ expect(first.reload).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
17+ expect(first.preloadError.defaultPrevented).toBe(true);
18+
19+ const second = await bootThenFailLazyChunk(sessionStorage);
20+ expect(second.reload).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
21+ expect(second.preloadError.defaultPrevented).toBe(false);
22 });
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verified unchanged head fb1dd85333eda323654df7707a22a58407d7a95c on this linux vm with repo Playwright and /usr/bin/google-chrome.

  • reproduced on github/main (a03648901640) in ../main, after vp i and a background vp run dev. created a project for the real checkout and a thread through the app. a real Codex gpt-6.1-sol turn returned the fenced javascript block shown below.
  • built each checkout's actual web assets on blacksmith and served them with its source backend (node apps/server/src/bin.ts serve --base-dir <checkout>/.t3 --port <port> --no-browser). only one task dev server ran at a time. this exercises production chunk loading rather than vite's unbundled imports.
  • blocked the real /assets/highlights-*.js request with Playwright's route.abort("blockedbyclient"), reproducing a client-side chunk block. no application or provider responses were mocked. main made four automatic document reloads within the first seven seconds and kept looping.
  • repeated the same failure on the exact pr head with the app-created thread data. it reloaded automatically once, retained t3code:chunk-load-reloaded = 0.1.6, and rendered the code as plain text. settings → appearance opened, and another real Codex gpt-6.1-sol turn returned BLOCKED_CHUNK_TURN_OK while the request remained blocked.
  • removed the block and refreshed: syntax colors returned. the guard remained set across that successful boot.
  • blacksmith: vp test run src/main.test.ts src/lib/chunkReloadGuard.test.ts passed all four tests; both production web builds passed. the head's github build/typecheck, lint, web tests, server tests, and check jobs report success. no source changes or pushes were needed.

short runtime transcript:

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1main manual load 23:17:19.857
2 auto reload 23:17:21.634 / 23.280 / 24.641 / 26.349; continued looping
3pr manual load 23:22:05.862
4 auto reload 23:22:07.698
5 chunk blocked again at 23:22:08.824; no reload loop
6 settings/appearance opened; BLOCKED_CHUNK_TURN_OK completed
7 unblock + refresh: code restored with five colored token spans

the checkpoint diff visible in the pr capture records switching the test checkout from main to the older pr head. the source checkout remained clean.

before: main repeatedly reloads when the real highlighter request is blocked

after: the pr reloads once and stays usable with the same highlighter request blocked

plain-text fallback remains readable after recovery

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native electron, ios, android, macos, and windows clients were not exercised on this linux vm. the original managed-windows blocking policy was reproduced by blocking the actual network request, not by running that policy. a live deployment changing the app version, storage-disabled browsers, remote relay/tunnel connections, and other providers were not exercised; changed-version and storage-failure behavior passed the focused tests.

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@juliusmarminge pr:gate-failed was added on Nov 2 and I can't tell which gate it refers to: CI is green on the current head (fb1dd85), Macroscope approved, and the only review thread is resolved. Which gate failed, and what should change for it to pass?

If it's the one-reload-per-version trade-off described in the PR body, I can add the served-assets comparison, or rebase on #26451 if that's the blocker.

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  • fix(web): a chunk that fails after boot no longer reloads the page in a loop0e31f94
  • test(web): cover a lazy chunk that fails after every boot0517b1d
  • fix(web): key the chunk reload guard by build instead of a time window201fe25
  • test(web): keep only the chunk reload tests that fail on main8cd53a5
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4341 .then(([ManagedAuthShell]) => {
4442 // Route chunk failures resolve router.load() and surface later through the error boundary.
4543 if (reloadScheduled) return;
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Handle boot-time chunk failures after the reload guard is consumed.

After one reload for an APP_VERSION, reloadOnceForChunkLoadError() returns false, so reloadScheduled stays false. If the managedAuthShellModule import rejects with a chunk-load error, the .catch in apps/web/src/main.tsx rethrows. The ReactDOM.createRoot(...).render(...) call is never reached. AppRoot, its route error boundary, and its reload option do not mount. The page shows no recovery UI, and the failure surfaces only as an unhandled rejection of startup.

The PR describes later failures on the same version as showing an error with a reload option. That holds for route chunks that fail after boot. It does not hold for these startup dependencies, because their failures occur before the app tree mounts.

A correct fix needs a design decision for the startup fallback. The inspected code does not establish that decision, so this comment does not propose a patch.

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3Review comment at @apps/web/src/main.tsx at line 43:
4Boot-time chunk failures after the reload guard is consumed bypass the mounted app’s recovery UI. Decide and implement a startup fallback in the managedAuthShellModule import and startup flow that presents an error with a reload option when reloadOnceForChunkLoadError() declines another reload, while preserving the existing one-reload-per-APP_VERSION behavior.
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Added 2 commits

  • Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into fix/chunk-reload-guard-loop88e4f60
  • test(web): stub the i18n runtime in the chunk reload boot testeb54b1e

Evidence

Production web client served by t3 serve; Chromium, 1280×800 CSS viewport, light theme, identical synthetic replay history and fresh tab session storage.

Steps: persistently withhold the actual generated highlighter chunk, open the existing fenced-code thread, observe for at least 16 seconds, manually reload once, observe for at least six seconds, and type an unsent draft. The missing chunk URL returns HTML, which Chromium rejects as a JavaScript module. The badge counts full document loads.

BeforeAfter
359daaf367eb54b1eb16
Watch repeated reloadsWatch one automatic reload and stable revisit
Before: frame during reload loop, document load 66After: plain-text code and usable composer after manual revisit
37 document loads before the manual reload; 67 by the end, still reloading.Two document loads after automatic recovery; three after the manual reload, then stable.

The recording is the primary before evidence because the reload loop prevents a settled still. The head still was checked against a second capture and was pixel-identical.

Reproduction scripts and browser steps

AI-assisted; verified with the tests and tools listed above.

Not shown:

  • The DevTools request-blocking UI was not exercised; persistent module failure was induced by withholding the actual generated highlighter asset, producing an HTML fallback response.
  • Renewing the recovery allowance after an app-version change was not exercised; both builds reported version 0.1.9.