Content not updating after refresh

[preetamslot]

How can I force the app to download the content and reload the page?
now I see the message "New content is available; please refresh." and refreshing the page wont affect that.

[rishabh3112]

Hi @preetamslot , I have patched the fix for the bug, let me know if it fixes the bug for you.

[Edmund1645]

Hello @rishabh3112 I don't think it worked, I just published now but the page does not automatically reload.

Is it possible to configure the plugin without using a service worker too?

[rishabh3112]

Hi @Edmund1645 , This issue isn't same as your query.

P.S.
Regarding your query, the plugin is currently meant to be used for production build, but it is a great feature suggestion and will look into it when I got time.

Meanwhile, If you want your suggestion to land quick, open a issue so that we can discuss what canbe done for development build and I will help you to land a PR for this.

[preetamslot]

@rishabh3112, have updated to the latest version, cleared storage etc. its till gives me the same message :(

[rishabh3112]

Can you share the service worker that is generated?

[preetamslot]

@rishabh3112
https://unfolding.io/service-worker.js

/**
 * Welcome to your Workbox-powered service worker!
 *
 * You'll need to register this file in your web app and you should
 * disable HTTP caching for this file too.
 * See https://goo.gl/nhQhGp
 *
 * The rest of the code is auto-generated. Please don't update this file
 * directly; instead, make changes to your Workbox build configuration
 * and re-run your build process.
 * See https://goo.gl/2aRDsh
 */

importScripts("https://storage.googleapis.com/workbox-cdn/releases/4.3.1/workbox-sw.js");

self.addEventListener('message', (event) => {
  if (event.data && event.data.type === 'SKIP_WAITING') {
    self.skipWaiting();
  }
});

/**
 * The workboxSW.precacheAndRoute() method efficiently caches and responds to
 * requests for URLs in the manifest.
 * See https://goo.gl/S9QRab
 */
self.__precacheManifest = [
  {
    "url": "404.html",
    "revision": "8753d6ea2d2d6780e006c20c792d4252"
  },
  {
    "url": "404/index.html",
    "revision": "8753d6ea2d2d6780e006c20c792d4252"
  },
  {
    "url": "about/index.html",
    "revision": "0438d1aa8810bc38370da6a4cf219f20"
  },
  {
    "url": "admin/index.html",
    "revision": "f6efb85d7594fe562f4d82292f800703"
  },
  {
    "url": "assets/css/styles.styles.58eb1ed7.css",
    "revision": "e0d7faa96437046c1085a0435aefbcf8"
  },
  {
    "url": "assets/data/404/index.json",
    "revision": "72040dee07db2a6cc20f7b50dde93035"
  },
  {
    "url": "assets/data/about/index.json",
    "revision": "612c25fc85a8bc540950033dd8b8a7dc"
  },
  {
    "url": "assets/data/contact/index.json",
    "revision": "daf88fca50b994473e6eb47499c591c4"
  },
  {
    "url": "assets/data/index.json",
    "revision": "0eb8b1ffc59cec207cc4947f8d3f532f"
  },
  {
    "url": "assets/data/people/caja-wong-chung/index.json",
    "revision": "2598faa8320fb48946f6ff0bd30e42c3"
  },
  {
    "url": "assets/data/people/demian/index.json",
    "revision": "f9d251f6b122674590f157507dfd874b"
  },
  {
    "url": "assets/data/people/preetam-slot/index.json",
    "revision": "4712a320bfbd4d9de03e20f7f7724c00"
  },
  {
    "url": "assets/data/service/creative-ideas/index.json",
    "revision": "7d5a404801d26e0af4d6a340fb9c35ec"
  },
  {
    "url": "assets/data/service/print-design/index.json",
    "revision": "ffee06012d9f238ad8805af04ffdda90"
  },
  {
    "url": "assets/data/service/surface-pattern-design/index.json",
    "revision": "938319ae6841dab869d0497462a156f1"
  },
  {
    "url": "assets/data/service/web-development/index.json",
    "revision": "ae05553791fa134ea61ff3b686e70cbb"
  },
  {
    "url": "assets/data/service/webdesign/index.json",
    "revision": "801c9e85ce0ae445856e5327a710152d"
  },
  {
    "url": "assets/js/app.c7d6c53c.js",
    "revision": "7b4a130ce78c94feb6f4a0fc2b2634c2"
  },
  {
    "url": "assets/js/page--node-modules-gridsome-app-pages-404-vue.e76d79e4.js",
    "revision": "7cc5c05ba284a6dde6c5fb41a3b918bc"
  },
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  },
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  },
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  },
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  },
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  },
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  },
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  },
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    "revision": "b7e607c225b239d032d9f25cd101959c"
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  },
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  },
  {
    "url": "uploads/photo.png",
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  },
  {
    "url": "uploads/preetam.jpg",
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  },
  {
    "url": "uploads/printDesign.png",
    "revision": "c03fb230bdeab513d6e6fac13e556f56"
  },
  {
    "url": "uploads/soldenserra.png",
    "revision": "c134f922c698325e87171951b6a0331c"
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  {
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    "revision": "a9b4107a9d07a3811c18e77633b42824"
  },
  {
    "url": "uploads/web-development.png",
    "revision": "766924a1c2fd3425a1450c3cb8703e2b"
  },
  {
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    "revision": "c05038f736938c936f77cc45102fbce2"
  },
  {
    "url": "404",
    "revision": "58562ccce683f1fa20f0b08d84a700bb"
  },
  {
    "url": "service/web-development",
    "revision": "9f7583c1fee3d02eff53f4c136212b0b"
  },
  {
    "url": "service/webdesign",
    "revision": "de867cbfc135988ea51c3412b7780200"
  },
  {
    "url": "service/surface-pattern-design",
    "revision": "7be4da3a9218eb1a68bd839ffda4810a"
  },
  {
    "url": "service/print-design",
    "revision": "fb0c4181e23a3e091e8e506f2ebe680e"
  },
  {
    "url": "people/preetam-slot",
    "revision": "3cbb56c9cd1e3a722a6d782894295192"
  },
  {
    "url": "service/creative-ideas",
    "revision": "d06899277b1f425d54e417b265fa7bc3"
  },
  {
    "url": "people/caja-wong-chung",
    "revision": "41c9fa0a574eabc16b119a419e8904ff"
  },
  {
    "url": "people/demian",
    "revision": "0e7d0d4dd7ec0c422f95e49d1400b424"
  },
  {
    "url": "contact",
    "revision": "c169ae72704e998675892234277690e3"
  },
  {
    "url": "about",
    "revision": "d5ed40a85efa7fda2465f2d9ecd19e61"
  }
].concat(self.__precacheManifest || []);
workbox.precaching.precacheAndRoute(self.__precacheManifest, {});

addEventListener('message', event => {
  const replyPort = event.ports[0]
  const message = event.data
  if (replyPort && message && message.type === 'skip-waiting') {
    event.waitUntil(
      self.skipWaiting().then(
        () => replyPort.postMessage({ error: null }),
        error => replyPort.postMessage({ error })
      )
    )
  }
})

[rishabh3112]

Cool, will look into this soon.

[rishabh3112]

No reload issues as of now on your site. I think you haven't hard refreshed website after plugin update.
I am closing the issue, feel free to open the issue if you have any other example of this being a issue.

[exreplay]

There is a workaround which forces the service worker to skip waiting without triggering the event. In your gridsome.server.js file add the following lines:

module.exports = function(api) {
  // some code before....
  api.afterBuild(() => {
    const outDir = api._app.config.outputDir;
    let swPath = '';
    for (const plugin of api._app.plugins._plugins) {
      if (plugin.api._entry.use === 'gridsome-plugin-pwa') {
        swPath = path.join(outDir, plugin.api._entry.options.serviceWorkerPath);
        break;
      }
    }
    let swFile = fs.readFileSync(swPath, 'UTF-8');
    swFile += '\n\nworkbox.core.skipWaiting()';
    fs.writeFileSync('./dist/service-worker.js', swFile);
  });
  // some code after....
};

This just appends a new line to the service-worker.js file with the command for workbox to skipWaiting. I know that this approach is hacky, especiallly because using internal variables to determine the sw path, but couldn't come up with anything else and needed a quick fix.

It would be a good thing for the plugin to pass config params to the generateSw function. This way it is possible to add the skipWaiting config param and any other.

[preetamslot]

@exreplay the "path" in
swPath = path.join(outDir, plugin.api._entry.options.serviceWorkerPath);
what does it reference to?
in my config it is not defined

[exreplay]

@preetamslot it refers to the built in node package path. Just require it with const path = require('path')