[Feature]: On session disconnect, bookmark the state

[schloerke]

Category

Other

Scope

Quality of Life

Problem

When the Shiny session disconnects due to timeout, all state is lost on the server. When the user returns, the session state is reset.

I'd like for the state to persist between sessions

Solution

We should behave like Shiny Assistant and try to save the state as a last ditch effort before the session goes away.

This would be an alternative to updating the query string rapidly.

Alternatives (Optional)

No response

Example (Optional)

Impact (Optional)

No response

Contribution? (Optional)

None

[schloerke]

Closing as #1961 explored this behavior and I can not defend it.

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I currently don't like how shiny assistant doesn't update the URL constantly. I wish I'd be able to go back to any state via URL.

If this was the case, it should be updating constantly, not just on session end.