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DecisionsApp load(): stale response must not overwrite a newer one (last-write-wins race) - #2466

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CARD TITLE (intent, not commit subject): DecisionsApp load(): stale response must not overwrite a newer one (last-write-wins race)

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  • Add latestSeq ref that increments on each load() entry
  • Guard setPending, setAnswered, setAuthRequests, and setLoading(false)
    with seq === latestSeq.current so only the last-started load wins
  • Add test that holds the first load's fetches pending, lets a second
    load land with newer data, then releases the first load with older
    data and asserts the stale response did not overwrite

Files:
changelog.d/tsk-ycfglg-decisions-load-race.md | 2 +
desktop/src/apps/DecisionsApp.test.tsx | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
desktop/src/apps/DecisionsApp.tsx | 12 +++--
3 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Prevented older, slower refreshes from overwriting newer decision data.
    • Ensured the latest pending, answered, and access-request information remains displayed after refreshes.
    • Improved loading-state accuracy when multiple refreshes occur.
  • Tests

    • Added regression coverage for overlapping refresh requests.

…vent stale overwrites

- Add latestSeq ref that increments on each load() entry
- Guard setPending, setAnswered, setAuthRequests, and setLoading(false)
  with seq === latestSeq.current so only the last-started load wins
- Add test that holds the first load's fetches pending, lets a second
  load land with newer data, then releases the first load with older
  data and asserts the stale response did not overwrite
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DecisionsApp.load() now prevents stale overlapping responses from replacing newer state. A regression test covers focus-triggered refreshes that complete before the initial load.

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Decisions load race handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Guard overlapping refresh state updates
desktop/src/apps/DecisionsApp.tsx
Each refresh receives a sequence number. Decision lists and loading state update only when the response belongs to the latest refresh.
Validate last-started-load-wins behavior
desktop/src/apps/DecisionsApp.test.tsx, changelog.d/tsk-ycfglg-decisions-load-race.md
The regression test verifies that a stale initial response is ignored after a newer focus refresh completes. The changelog records the fix.

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An older load can still overwrite newer Decisions data if its response parsing finishes after a subsequent load starts, leaving users with stale results. The PR is not merge-ready until the state updates are guarded after parsing and the race is covered by a regression test.

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  • jaylfc/taOS#2380: Both changes update DecisionsApp focus-refresh behavior and related tests.
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In `@desktop/src/apps/DecisionsApp.tsx`:
- Around line 605-612: Update the response handling around the pending,
answered, and auth-request setters so each successful response is parsed first,
then rechecks seq against latestSeq.current immediately before calling
setPending, setAnswered, or setAuthRequests. Extend the relevant regression test
to delay an older response’s json() resolution and verify that stale data is not
written after a newer load begins.
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jaylfc added 2 commits August 17, 2026 04:03
The seq guard ran before each awaited json() parse, so a newer load
starting mid-parse still let the stale body land (CR finding). Parse
first, re-check seq immediately before each setter.

The seq-guarded finally left loading stuck true forever when a silent
focus refresh outraced the mount load (only non-silent caller), which
also made both race regression tests vacuous: they asserted against the
Loading placeholder, not the rendered list. finally now always clears
its own non-silent loading; both tests assert the placeholder is gone
before asserting stale data is absent.

Red (pre-fix): 2 failed (both race tests). Green: 14 passed.
# Conflicts:
#	desktop/src/apps/DecisionsApp.test.tsx
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Reviewed + fixed forward (0157a6b + merge 5282e60). CodeRabbit's Major is CONFIRMED, and chasing it surfaced two more defects in the same function:

  1. CR finding (confirmed): seq guard ran before the awaited json() parse. if (pRes.ok && seq === latestSeq.current) setPending(asDecisionList(await pRes.json())) evaluates the guard, then suspends in the parse — a newer load starting mid-parse still let the stale body land (and setAuthRequests ran entirely after its await, unguarded). Fixed: parse first, re-check seq immediately before each setter.

  2. Stuck loading (introduced by this PR): the seq-guarded finally never clears loading when a silent focus-refresh outraces the mount load — and the mount is the only non-silent caller, so nothing else ever clears it: "Loading..." forever with data in state. Fixed: finally always clears its own non-silent loading (overlapping non-silent loads cannot occur — mount only).

  3. The PR's regression test was vacuous — a direct consequence of (2): at assertion time the component was showing the "Loading..." placeholder, so queryByText(question) returned null regardless of what the pending state held. The test passed with and without the guard it claimed to prove. Both race tests now assert the placeholder is gone before asserting stale data is absent, and a new test holds the json() parse (not the fetch) to red-prove the parse-window race specifically.

Measured: red on pre-fix code: 2 failed | 12 passed (both race tests, deterministic, retry x1 each). Green post-fix: 14 passed. Conflict with dev (add/add adjacency vs #2459's SSE test) resolved as union; merged tree: 15 passed, tsc --noEmit clean.

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