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Spec-first companion: HQBase/hqbase-site#61

Why

After an update from 1.4.0 to 1.4.2, Reload showed a blank page until a hard reload
(Cmd+Shift+R). The exact trigger is not proven yet; a reproduction from 1.4.0 to 1.4.3 is in
progress. These defects can each cause the symptom, and each is confirmed:

  1. A request for a missing file under /assets/ returns the app page. On a live 1.4.2 instance,
    GET /assets/index-DOESNOTEXIST.js returns 200, text/html, and
    Cache-Control: public, max-age=31536000, immutable. The Worker passes the miss to
    env.ASSETS.fetch, which uses the single-page-app fallback, and _headers marks /assets/*
    immutable.
  2. The service worker precache (cache.addAll) accepts any successful response and reads through
    the browser cache. If the new service worker downloads its files while some requests still reach
    the old Worker version, it can keep HTML in place of a script.
  3. There is no error boundary. When a page chunk cannot load or throws, React removes the whole app.
    Reload opens Settings → Updates first, which is a lazy chunk.

Also found: production redirects /offline.html to /offline (307). cache.addAll stores the
redirected response, and a navigation cannot use a stored redirect, so the offline page probably
fails in production. pnpm test:pwa does not see this because vite preview does not redirect.

Changes

  • worker/index.ts: return 404 with Cache-Control: no-store for a missing file under
    /assets/, /fonts/, /icons/, or /sounds/. Existing files never reach the Worker, so only
    misses change. Client routes still get the app page.
  • scripts/build-pwa.mjs: the service worker fetches each file with cache: "reload". It requires
    a success status, and HTML only for /offline.html. It stores files only after all files pass,
    so a failed install leaves nothing partial. It keeps only the final response after a redirect.
  • app/components/layout/load-boundary.tsx (new): lazyComponent marks import failures, and
    LoadBoundary catches page and message editor failures. After a load failure it reloads once
    (recorded in sessionStorage). If the failure repeats within one minute, or a part fails while it
    shows, it shows "HQBase could not open this page." or "...the message editor." with Reload.
    The sidebar and the rest of the app stay visible.
  • app/workspace-pages.tsx and app/features/compose/composer-host.tsx: use both.

Effect on updates: the service worker change protects the update to the release that contains
it, because the new service worker runs the install. The Worker change protects later updates.
Old 1.4.x caches are deleted when the new service worker activates.

Tests

  • test/unit/worker/index-static-files.test.ts: missing static files get an uncached 404 and
    never reach ASSETS; client routes still do.
  • test/unit/scripts/pwa-precache.test.mjs runs the generated service worker against fake fetch
    and cache APIs. It covers network-only reads, rejection of HTML for a script, of a failed
    response, and of a non-HTML offline page with nothing stored, and a clean copy of a redirect.
  • test/unit/app/layout/load-boundary.test.tsx: one automatic reload, the one-minute limit, a render
    failure, reset on route change, and the compact notice for the editor.

Checks

  • pnpm check: pass. 985 unit tests pass and 2 are skipped. 226 Worker integration tests pass.
  • pnpm deploy:dry-run: pass.
  • pnpm test:pwa: pass (38 files cached, offline fallback works).
  • The new install logic, run against the 38-file precache list of a live 1.4.2 instance: all files
    pass, and /offline.html is stored without the redirect.
  • Staging E2E: run 38162028838, in
    progress.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added recovery for failed page and composer loads, with automatic retries when appropriate and a manual reload option when needed.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Missing static assets now return a clear 404 instead of the app page.
    • Offline resources are checked before being cached, helping prevent invalid or incomplete offline installations.

A missing hashed asset returned the app page with a one-year immutable
cache header, and the service worker cached any successful response.
During a deploy it could keep HTML in place of a script. A failed page
chunk then removed the whole app until a hard reload.

- Return an uncached 404 for missing files under /assets/, /fonts/,
  /icons/, and /sounds/.
- Precache from the network, reject wrong responses before any file is
  stored, and keep only the final response after a redirect. Production
  redirects /offline.html to /offline, so the offline page needs this.
- Catch page and message editor failures. Reload once after a load
  failure, then offer Reload.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
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The pull request adds a React boundary for lazy-load failures and applies it to workspace pages and compose dialogs. It also validates service worker precache responses and changes how the Worker responds to missing static-file requests.

Changes

Lazy-load recovery

Layer / File(s) Summary
Load failure handling
app/components/layout/load-boundary.tsx, test/unit/app/layout/load-boundary.test.tsx
lazyComponent wraps rejected lazy loads as LoadFailure. LoadBoundary attempts an automatic reload when no reload was recorded within 60 seconds. Otherwise, it displays an alert with a manual Reload action. A changed resetKey clears the failure state. Tests cover reload timing, render errors, reset behavior, and the notice variant.
Workspace and compose integration
app/workspace-pages.tsx, app/features/compose/composer-host.tsx
Workspace pages and compose dialogs use lazyComponent and LoadBoundary. Existing suspense fallbacks, page-selection branches, props, and callbacks are retained.

Static asset handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Service worker precache validation
scripts/build-pwa.mjs, test/unit/scripts/pwa-precache.test.mjs
The install handler fetches precache URLs with cache reload, validates responses, and stores them after all fetches succeed. It reconstructs redirected responses before caching. Tests cover invalid responses and redirected offline pages.
Missing static-file responses
worker/index.ts, test/unit/worker/index-static-files.test.ts
Requests under /assets/, /fonts/, /icons/, and /sounds/ return a no-store 404. Tests cover missing static paths and a client route.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ReactLazy
  participant LoadBoundary
  participant SessionStorage
  participant Browser
  ReactLazy->>LoadBoundary: lazy load rejection wrapped as LoadFailure
  LoadBoundary->>SessionStorage: check and record reload timestamp
  LoadBoundary->>Browser: reload if allowed
  LoadBoundary->>Browser: show failure alert and manual reload option otherwise
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sequenceDiagram
  participant InstallHandler
  participant FetchAPI
  participant CacheAPI
  InstallHandler->>FetchAPI: fetch each precache URL with cache reload
  FetchAPI-->>InstallHandler: return response
  InstallHandler->>InstallHandler: validate response status and content type
  InstallHandler->>CacheAPI: open cache and store validated responses
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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 4d53b

Missing scripts can still receive app HTML instead of a 404, so this change does not yet protect the affected update path. Correct asset routing and lookup before merging.

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Review comments at @app/workspace-pages.tsx:
- Line 110: Update the LoadBoundary resetKey in the page boundary to include the
relevant route identity alongside activeFolder, so route changes clear the
fallback while ordinary page updates keep the key stable.
- Around line 232-234: Wrap the optional DraftComposeDialog and its
React.Suspense boundary in a separate LoadBoundary using the notice variant, so
dialog render or lazy-load failures do not replace DraftsPage with the shared
page fallback. Keep the existing dialog props and dismissal behavior unchanged.

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- Line 58: Update the precache writes in the install flow to wait for every
`cache.put()` to settle before handling failures. Check whether `CACHE_NAME`
existed before opening it; if any write fails, delete the cache only when this
install created it, then propagate the failure.

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- Around line 34-38: Update the static-file routing around
STATIC_FILE_DIRECTORIES and its 404 branch to perform an asset lookup for those
paths: keep existing assets served, and return 404 only when the lookup confirms
a file is missing. Ensure the Worker receives these requests so the lookup runs
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Comment thread app/workspace-pages.tsx
onDraftsChange={draftsChanged}
onOpenChange={(open) => {
if (!open) navigate({ kind: "drafts", draftId: null });
<LoadBoundary message="HQBase could not open this page." resetKey={activeFolder} variant="page">

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Reset the page boundary when the route changes.

If a page fails while rendering, LoadBoundary keeps its fallback until resetKey changes. activeFolder stays the same when a user changes settings tabs, contacts, or draft selections. Those route changes therefore cannot clear the failed page. Use a key that includes the relevant route identity, while retaining a stable key during ordinary page updates. (react.dev)

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Update the LoadBoundary resetKey in the page boundary to include the relevant
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Comment thread app/workspace-pages.tsx
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{selectedDraft && !selectedDraftHasContext ? (
<React.Suspense fallback={null}>
<DraftComposeDialog

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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Isolate the optional draft dialog from the page boundary.

A render error, or a repeated lazy-load failure after the automatic reload, can make the shared page LoadBoundary replace both DraftComposeDialog and DraftsPage with the page fallback. Dismissing the dialog does not reset that boundary because activeFolder remains unchanged. Wrap the optional dialog in its own notice boundary so the draft list remains usable.

Suggested fix
        {selectedDraft && !selectedDraftHasContext ? (
-          <React.Suspense fallback={null}>
-            <DraftComposeDialog
-              draft={selectedDraft}
-              mailboxes={contentMailboxes}
-              onDraftsChange={draftsChanged}
-              onOpenChange={(open) => {
-                if (!open) navigate({ kind: "drafts", draftId: null });
-              }}
-              onSent={sent}
-            />
-          </React.Suspense>
+          <LoadBoundary
+            message="HQBase could not open the message editor."
+            variant="notice"
+          >
+            <React.Suspense fallback={null}>
+              <DraftComposeDialog
+                draft={selectedDraft}
+                mailboxes={contentMailboxes}
+                onDraftsChange={draftsChanged}
+                onOpenChange={(open) => {
+                  if (!open) navigate({ kind: "drafts", draftId: null });
+                }}
+                onSent={sent}
+              />
+            </React.Suspense>
+          </LoadBoundary>
        ) : null}
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Wrap the optional DraftComposeDialog and its React.Suspense boundary in a
separate LoadBoundary using the notice variant, so dialog render or lazy-load
failures do not replace DraftsPage with the shared page fallback. Keep the
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Comment thread scripts/build-pwa.mjs
PRECACHE_URLS.map(async (url) => [url, await precacheResponse(url)])
);
const cache = await caches.open(CACHE_NAME);
await Promise.all(entries.map(([url, response]) => cache.put(url, response)));

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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rg -n -F --glob '*.mjs' --glob '*.js' --glob '*.ts' --glob '*.json' -- 'renderServiceWorker' . || test "$?" -eq 1
printf '%s\n' '--- build-pwa.mjs numbered source ---'
nl -ba scripts/build-pwa.mjs | sed -n '1,260p'
printf '%s\n' '--- diff against requested merge base ---'
git diff --stat c875c903f03d8a7c05691991b52c6ae82d3743de 4d53b3002b2454712b880c7ae933c23476a1c61e -- scripts/build-pwa.mjs test/unit/scripts/pwa-precache.test.mjs
git diff -- c875c903f03d8a7c05691991b52c6ae82d3743de 4d53b3002b2454712b880c7ae933c23476a1c61e -- scripts/build-pwa.mjs test/unit/scripts/pwa-precache.test.mjs
printf '%s\n' '--- all cache lifecycle references ---'
rg -n -F --glob '!node_modules/**' --glob '!dist/**' --glob '!build/**' -- 'caches.open' . || test "$?" -eq 1
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🌐 Web query:

Service Worker Cache API addAll algorithm rollback failure cache.put specification

💡 Result:

**Yes—`Cache.addAll()` is specified as an all-or-nothing batch.** It first waits for all fetches to succeed, then submits their responses as `put` operations in one batch. If a fetch fails, the promise rejects before the cache batch is applied. ([w3.org](https://www.w3.org/TR/service-workers/))

If a cache write fails during the batch—for example, because it exceeds quota—the **Batch Cache Operations** algorithm restores the cache from a backup and rethrows the exception. That rollback covers changes made by the batch, not unrelated earlier cache contents or separate operations. ([w3.org](https://www.w3.org/TR/service-workers/))

So the rollback is specified at the batch-operation level; it isn’t implemented as a sequence of ordinary `cache.put()` calls followed by compensating deletes. The cited source is the current Service Workers Nightly specification. ([w3.org](https://www.w3.org/TR/service-workers/))

Citations:

- 1: https://www.w3.org/TR/service-workers/
- 2: https://www.w3.org/TR/service-workers/
- 3: https://www.w3.org/TR/service-workers/

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Clean up partial precache entries after a write failure.

If one cache.put() rejects, other writes can complete before Promise.all rejects. A failed install can therefore leave partial entries in CACHE_NAME. A retry with the same package version can reuse those entries and hit the quota again. The previous cache.addAll() operation rolled back its batch on failure.

Wait for all writes to settle. Delete the cache only when this install created it, so an existing cache used by an active worker remains intact.

Suggested fix
--- "a/scripts/build-pwa.mjs"
+++ "b/scripts/build-pwa.mjs"
@@ -54,8 +54,15 @@
   const entries = await Promise.all(
     PRECACHE_URLS.map(async (url) => [url, await precacheResponse(url)])
   );
-  const cache = await caches.open(CACHE_NAME);
-  await Promise.all(entries.map(([url, response]) => cache.put(url, response)));
+  const cacheExisted = await caches.has(CACHE_NAME);
+  const cache = await caches.open(CACHE_NAME);
+  const results = await Promise.allSettled(
+    entries.map(([url, response]) => cache.put(url, response))
+  );
+  const failure = results.find((result) => result.status === "rejected");
+  if (!failure) return;
+  if (!cacheExisted) await caches.delete(CACHE_NAME);
+  throw failure.reason;
 }
 
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Update the precache writes in the install flow to wait for every `cache.put()`
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Comment thread worker/index.ts
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// Existing static files never reach the Worker. A missing one must not get the app page,
// because the browser or the service worker can keep that HTML in place of a script.
if (STATIC_FILE_DIRECTORIES.some((directory) => url.pathname.startsWith(directory))) {
return new Response("Not found", { status: 404, headers: { "cache-control": "no-store" } });
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

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🌐 Web query:

Cloudflare Workers Static Assets run_worker_first not_found_handling single-page-application unmatched asset official documentation

💡 Result:

Cloudflare documents these options together:

- Set `assets.not_found_handling = "single-page-application"` to serve `/index.html` with **200 OK** when no asset matches. ([developers.cloudflare.com](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/static-assets/routing/single-page-application/?utm_source=openai))
- `assets.run_worker_first` can be `true` (Worker first on every request) or an array of route patterns for selective Worker-first handling. Unmatched requests that reach asset serving retain the SPA fallback. ([developers.cloudflare.com](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/static-assets/binding/?utm_source=openai))
- Example: route API requests through the Worker while leaving other paths asset-first:
  ```toml
  [assets]
  directory = "./dist"
  not_found_handling = "single-page-application"
  run_worker_first = ["/api/*"]
  ```
  With selective patterns, routing is explicit rather than based on browser navigation headers. ([developers.cloudflare.com](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/static-assets/routing/single-page-application/?utm_source=openai))

**Important distinction:** SPA fallback means an unmatched *asset request* can return `index.html`; it doesn’t guarantee every unmatched URL does. A path routed to the Worker first is handled by your Worker, so return the SPA shell yourself if you want a fallback there. Cloudflare’s routing diagram shows that unmatched assets reaching asset serving are rewritten to `/index.html`; if that file is missing, the result is 404. ([developers.cloudflare.com](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/static-assets/routing/single-page-application/?utm_source=openai))

Citations:

- 1: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/static-assets/routing/single-page-application/?utm_source=openai
- 2: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/static-assets/binding/?utm_source=openai
- 3: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/static-assets/routing/single-page-application/?utm_source=openai
- 4: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/static-assets/routing/single-page-application/?utm_source=openai

Route static-file misses through a 404-capable asset lookup.

The configured run_worker_first routes exclude /assets/*, /fonts/*, /icons/*, and /sounds/*. Cloudflare serves existing files before invoking this Worker. For missing files, not_found_handling: "single-page-application" serves /index.html with 200 OK. Therefore this 404 branch does not run, and a missing script can still receive HTML and fail to load.

Change the asset routing and lookup together so existing files remain served and only missing static files return 404. Adding these prefixes to run_worker_first alone would make the current unconditional branch return 404 for existing files.

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minimal, and validate.

Review comment at @worker/index.ts around lines 34 - 38:
Update the static-file routing around STATIC_FILE_DIRECTORIES and its 404 branch
to perform an asset lookup for those paths: keep existing assets served, and
return 404 only when the lookup confirms a file is missing. Ensure the Worker
receives these requests so the lookup runs before SPA fallback can serve
index.html.

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bermanto merged commit 2faf538 into main Oct 12, 2026
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