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Revalidate the frontend files on every load #70

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11 changes: 11 additions & 0 deletions root/defaults/default.conf
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Expand Up @@ -37,16 +37,24 @@ server {
return 302 /login.html;
}

# The frontend files carry no version in their URLs, so they are revalidated on every
# load ("expires epoch" sends Cache-Control: no-cache): unchanged files cost a 304, and
# an update takes effect at once. Without it browsers cached them by guesswork and
# Cloudflare for 4 hours, running the old JavaScript against the new server.
# ("expires" is not add_header, so the security headers above still apply.)
location = /login.html {
root /app/frontend;
expires epoch;
}

location /css/ {
root /app/frontend;
expires epoch;
}

location /js/ {
root /app/frontend;
expires epoch;
}

location / {
Expand All @@ -55,6 +63,7 @@ server {
root /app/frontend;
index index.html;
try_files $uri /index.html;
expires epoch;
}

location /api/ {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -84,6 +93,8 @@ server {
auth_request /_auth_verify;
error_page 401 = @login;
alias /usr/share/selkies/web/;
# The Selkies client, patched by ConnectHub: same reason as the frontend above
expires epoch;
index index.html;
try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
}
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