notify the user when a new service worker gets installed

app/features/core/components/service-worker-update-notifier.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { IoDownloadOutline } from "react-icons/io5";
+
+export default function ServiceWorkerUpdateNotifier() {
+	const [hasUpdate, setHasUpdate] = useState(false);
+	useEffect(() => {
+		(async () => {
+			const registration = await navigator.serviceWorker.getRegistration();
+			if (!registration) {
+				return;
+			}
+
+			registration.addEventListener(
+				"updatefound",
+				() => {
+					console.debug("Service Worker update detected");
+					const installingWorker = registration.installing;
+					if (!installingWorker) {
+						return;
+					}
+
+					installingWorker.addEventListener("statechange", () => {
+						if (installingWorker.state !== "activated") {
+							// should maybe retry if state === "redundant"
+							console.debug(`Service worker state changed to ${installingWorker.state}`);
+							return;
+						}
+
+						setHasUpdate(true);
+					});
+				},
+				{ once: true },
+			);
+		})();
+	}, []);
+
+	if (!hasUpdate) {
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	return (
+		<div className="absolute inset-0">
+			<button
+				onClick={() => {
+					setHasUpdate(false);
+					location.reload();
+				}}
+				title="An updated version of the app is available. Reload to get the latest version."
+			>
+				<IoDownloadOutline
+					className="-ml-1 mr-2 h-5 w-5"
+					aria-hidden="true"
+					aria-label="An updated version of the app is available. Reload to get the latest version."
+				/>
+			</button>
+			;
+		</div>
+	);
+}

app/routes/__app.tsx

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { Outlet, useCatch, useMatches } from "@remix-run/react";
 import serverConfig from "~/config/config.server";
 import { type SessionData, requireLoggedIn } from "~/utils/auth.server";
 import Footer from "~/features/core/components/footer";
+import ServiceWorkerUpdateNotifier from "~/features/core/components/service-worker-update-notifier";
 import useServiceWorkerRevalidate from "~/features/core/hooks/use-service-worker-revalidate";
 import footerStyles from "~/features/core/components/footer.css";
 import appStyles from "~/styles/app.css";
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ export default function __App() {
 	return (
 		<div className="h-full w-full overflow-hidden fixed bg-gray-100">
 			<div className="flex flex-col w-full h-full">
+				<ServiceWorkerUpdateNotifier />
 				<div className="flex flex-col flex-1 w-full overflow-y-auto">
 					<main className="flex flex-col flex-1 my-0 h-full">
 						<Outlet />

app/service-worker/activate.ts

@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ export default async function handleActivate(event: ExtendableEvent) {
 		await self.registration.navigationPreload.enable();
 	}
 
-	await deleteCaches();
+	await deleteCaches(); // TODO: maybe wait for the user to reload before busting the cache
 }

app/service-worker/cache-utils.ts

@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ export function cacheDocument(event: FetchEvent): Promise<Response> {
 }
 
 export async function deleteCaches() {
-	console.debug("Caches deleted");
 	const allCaches = await caches.keys();
 	await Promise.all(allCaches.map((cacheName) => caches.delete(cacheName)));
+	console.debug("Caches deleted");
 }

remix.config.js

@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
 module.exports = {
 	serverBuildTarget: "node-cjs",
 	serverDependenciesToBundle: ["@headlessui/react"],
+	devServerPort: 8002,
 };