Dashboard shows stale/empty state after Tower restart

[waleedkadous]

Bug

After restarting Tower (af tower stop && af tower start), the dashboard shows a stale or empty state with loading spinners. The browser tab needs a manual hard refresh (Cmd+Shift+R) to recover.

Expected

Dashboard should automatically reconnect and re-render after Tower restarts. The SSE connection drop should trigger a reconnect and full state refresh.

Actual

• Dashboard shows spinners or empty/stale content after Tower restart
• Browser tab appears stuck — no automatic recovery
• Only a manual hard refresh resolves it

Reproduction

1. Open the dashboard in a browser
2. Run af tower stop && af tower start
3. Observe the dashboard — it remains blank/stale instead of reconnecting

Notes

Observed during v2.0.16 release. The SSE client reconnects (visible in Tower logs), but the frontend doesn't re-fetch state after reconnection.

[waleedkadous]

On it! Working on a fix now.