Logout leaves databrowser blank/stale until manual reload

[bourgeoa]

Summary

After logout, the databrowser UI can end up blank or stale and does not reliably recover until a manual browser reload. This appears to be a client lifecycle issue in the current solid-panes/mashlib integration, not a server-specific auth failure.

Expected behavior

On logout (and similarly login / sessionRestore), the client should consistently re-render from current URL state without requiring a manual reload.

Actual behavior

Header/auth state updates, but the main databrowser view is not always reinitialized/rerendered. In practice, users sometimes need F5 to get the normal outline/dashboard view back.

Environment / observed on

• mashlib: 2.2.0
• Server tested: JavaScriptSolidServer (JSS) with mashlib CDN mode
• Also compared with Pivot server behavior (different hosting model, static assets), which may mask this by effectively reloading/reinitializing in its flow.

Why this seems client-side

Current flows react to auth events (header/dashboard updates), but there is no guaranteed “auth transition -> rerender current subject” path equivalent to a full databrowser bootstrap.

Symptoms suggest:

• logout triggers partial UI updates (header/menu/dashboard close),
• but not a deterministic re-render/init of main subject view.

Proposal

Create a single auth-transition handler in client code (solid-panes/mashlib) used for:

• authSession.events.on('login', ...)
• authSession.events.on('logout', ...)
• authSession.events.on('sessionRestore', ...)

Handler should:

1. await authn.checkUser()
2. reset/close transient UI state (dashboard/menu if needed)
3. re-render current URL subject (or re-run equivalent of initial databrowser render path)
4. avoid requiring page reload

Acceptance criteria

1. Logout does not require manual browser reload to restore a usable databrowser view.
2. Login/sessionRestore behave consistently with logout transition handling.
3. Works across hosting styles:
   • static databrowser asset hosting (e.g., Pivot)
   • server-generated databrowser HTML wrappers (e.g., JSS)

Notes

As a temporary server-side mitigation, forcing location.reload() on logout works, but this should not be the long-term fix. The robust fix should live in the client lifecycle so behavior is server-agnostic.