The service worker already auto-updates in the background (registerType:
'autoUpdate' + an unconditional self.skipWaiting()), but that just
silently swaps the SW -- nothing ever told an already-open tab its
already-loaded JS had fallen behind, so a long-lived tab could run a
stale build indefinitely.
Switched registerType to 'prompt': a new SW now installs and waits
rather than taking over immediately, activating only when the page
explicitly asks (sw.ts's skipWaiting is now conditional on a
SKIP_WAITING message instead of unconditional). UpdateBanner.tsx uses
vite-plugin-pwa's virtual:pwa-register/react hook to surface that as a
small banner with a Reload button, and polls for updates hourly so a
tab that never navigates still notices eventually.
Verified a fresh install shows no banner (correct baseline) and the
code follows the documented registerType: 'prompt' pattern exactly.
Could not get this sandbox's browser to actually detect a swapped
service-worker file via registration.update() during testing --
confirmed via direct inspection that the server serves the new
content correctly and ruled out timing, so this looks like an
update-check limitation specific to this automated browser
environment rather than a bug; the real test is the next live deploy.
Also adds a "frontend-preview" launch.json entry (npm run preview) --
the only way to exercise the real production service worker locally,
same reasoning as vite.config.ts's existing `preview.proxy` section.
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Invite-only FastAPI + SQLAlchemy(async) + Postgres backend (session-cookie
auth via CLI-provisioned accounts, open-room CRUD, single-instance /ws/chat)
and a React + Vite PWA frontend (login, room list, chat view). Backend tests
pass against a local Postgres DB. See README.md and backend/README.md for
setup, and ARCHITECTURE.md for the full phased design.
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