[RESOLVED] Notification when a container is being replaced?

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Hey all,

Looking for a way to tell on the client when a container is about to be replaced. In our admin application it’d be nice to alert users to save their work before the container gets swapped over.

Thanks!

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How are you losing your work? Due to the browser refresh? This can be handled by catching the browser refresh

With the actual deployment, our deployment automatically updates a setting in our app through a webhook. Our app settings have a hash value in DB which is being updated whenever a setting is changed. All client apps are subscribed to that value which means that all apps are informed whenever a deployment is about to happen i.e. changing old containers with new containers.

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Hey David,

Thanks for the response.

It is due to the browser refresh. What do you mean by “catching” it?

Our app settings have a hash value in DB which is being updated whenever a setting is changed.

Ah I like this idea.

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You can also control app full refresh using AUTOUPDATE_VERSION env var.

If you don’t update this env var the full refresh is not going to happen, of course, your app will continue using the previous js/css bundles until the user refreshes the page.

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Here is an implementation in react when using react-router-dom
https://reactrouter.com/core/api/Prompt

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Appreciate the help @rjdavid and @filipenevola!

I went with the AUTOUPDATE_VERSION env var on our admin instance. Works like a charm. App doesn’t auto refresh with the new bundles until a manual refresh.