Clear stale preview iframe errors (#65)

src/atoms/appAtoms.ts

@@ -19,3 +19,5 @@ export const userSettingsAtom = atom<UserSettings | null>(null);
 export const envVarsAtom = atom<Record<string, string | undefined>>({});
 
 export const previewPanelKeyAtom = atom<number>(0);
+
+export const previewErrorMessageAtom = atom<string | undefined>(undefined);

src/components/chat/ChatInput.tsx

@@ -29,19 +29,13 @@ import {
 } from "@/atoms/chatAtoms";
 import { atom, useAtom, useSetAtom, useAtomValue } from "jotai";
 import { useStreamChat } from "@/hooks/useStreamChat";
-import { useChats } from "@/hooks/useChats";
 import { selectedAppIdAtom } from "@/atoms/appAtoms";
-import { useLoadApp } from "@/hooks/useLoadApp";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
-import { Label } from "@/components/ui/label";
-import { Switch } from "@/components/ui/switch";
 import { useProposal } from "@/hooks/useProposal";
 import {
-  CodeProposal,
   ActionProposal,
   Proposal,
   SuggestedAction,
-  ProposalResult,
   FileChange,
   SqlQuery,
 } from "@/lib/schemas";
@@ -69,7 +63,6 @@ export function ChatInput({ chatId }: { chatId?: number }) {
   const { settings, updateSettings, isAnyProviderSetup } = useSettings();
   const { streamMessage, isStreaming, setIsStreaming, error, setError } =
     useStreamChat();
-  const [selectedAppId] = useAtom(selectedAppIdAtom);
   const [showError, setShowError] = useState(true);
   const [isApproving, setIsApproving] = useState(false); // State for approving
   const [isRejecting, setIsRejecting] = useState(false); // State for rejecting
@@ -77,8 +70,6 @@ export function ChatInput({ chatId }: { chatId?: number }) {
   const setIsPreviewOpen = useSetAtom(isPreviewOpenAtom);
   const [showTokenBar, setShowTokenBar] = useAtom(showTokenBarAtom);
 
-  const { refreshAppIframe } = useRunApp();
-
   // Use the hook to fetch the proposal
   const {
     proposalResult,
@@ -171,7 +162,6 @@ export function ChatInput({ chatId }: { chatId?: number }) {
     } finally {
       setIsApproving(false);
       setIsPreviewOpen(true);
-      refreshAppIframe();
 
       // Keep same as handleReject
       refreshProposal();

src/components/preview_panel/CodeView.tsx

@@ -13,12 +13,11 @@ interface App {
 
 export interface CodeViewProps {
   loading: boolean;
-  error: Error | null;
   app: App | null;
 }
 
 // Code view component that displays app files or status messages
-export const CodeView = ({ loading, error, app }: CodeViewProps) => {
+export const CodeView = ({ loading, app }: CodeViewProps) => {
   const selectedFile = useAtomValue(selectedFileAtom);
   const { refreshApp } = useLoadApp(app?.id ?? null);
 
@@ -26,14 +25,6 @@ export const CodeView = ({ loading, error, app }: CodeViewProps) => {
     return <div className="text-center py-4">Loading files...</div>;
   }
 
-  if (error) {
-    return (
-      <div className="text-center py-4 text-red-500">
-        Error loading files: {error.message}
-      </div>
-    );
-  }
-
   if (!app) {
     return (
       <div className="text-center py-4 text-gray-500">No app selected</div>

src/components/preview_panel/PreviewIframe.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
-import { selectedAppIdAtom, appUrlAtom, appOutputAtom } from "@/atoms/appAtoms";
+import {
-import { useAtomValue, useSetAtom } from "jotai";
+  selectedAppIdAtom,
+  appUrlAtom,
+  appOutputAtom,
+  previewErrorMessageAtom,
+} from "@/atoms/appAtoms";
+import { useAtomValue, useSetAtom, useAtom } from "jotai";
 import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import {
   ArrowLeft,
@@ -23,6 +28,7 @@ import {
   DropdownMenuTrigger,
 } from "@/components/ui/dropdown-menu";
 import { useSettings } from "@/hooks/useSettings";
+import { useRunApp } from "@/hooks/useRunApp";
 
 interface ErrorBannerProps {
   error: string | undefined;
@@ -78,23 +84,13 @@ const ErrorBanner = ({ error, onDismiss, onAIFix }: ErrorBannerProps) => {
 };
 
 // Preview iframe component
-export const PreviewIframe = ({
+export const PreviewIframe = ({ loading }: { loading: boolean }) => {
-  loading,
-  loadingErrorMessage,
-}: {
-  loading: boolean;
-  loadingErrorMessage: string | undefined;
-}) => {
   const selectedAppId = useAtomValue(selectedAppIdAtom);
   const { appUrl } = useAtomValue(appUrlAtom);
   const setAppOutput = useSetAtom(appOutputAtom);
-  const { app } = useLoadApp(selectedAppId);
-
   // State to trigger iframe reload
   const [reloadKey, setReloadKey] = useState(0);
-  const [errorMessage, setErrorMessage] = useState<string | undefined>(
+  const [errorMessage, setErrorMessage] = useAtom(previewErrorMessageAtom);
-    loadingErrorMessage
-  );
   const setInputValue = useSetAtom(chatInputValueAtom);
   const [availableRoutes, setAvailableRoutes] = useState<
     Array<{ path: string; label: string }>
@@ -179,6 +175,7 @@ export const PreviewIframe = ({
             message: `Iframe error: ${errorMessage}`,
             type: "client-error",
             appId: selectedAppId!,
+            timestamp: Date.now(),
           },
         ]);
       } else if (type === "pushState" || type === "replaceState") {
@@ -204,7 +201,13 @@ export const PreviewIframe = ({
 
     window.addEventListener("message", handleMessage);
     return () => window.removeEventListener("message", handleMessage);
-  }, [navigationHistory, currentHistoryPosition, selectedAppId]);
+  }, [
+    navigationHistory,
+    currentHistoryPosition,
+    selectedAppId,
+    errorMessage,
+    setErrorMessage,
+  ]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     // Update navigation buttons state

src/components/preview_panel/PreviewPanel.tsx

@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ export function PreviewPanel() {
   const [previewMode, setPreviewMode] = useAtom(previewModeAtom);
   const selectedAppId = useAtomValue(selectedAppIdAtom);
   const [isConsoleOpen, setIsConsoleOpen] = useState(false);
-  const { runApp, stopApp, restartApp, error, loading, app } = useRunApp();
+  const { runApp, stopApp, restartApp, loading, app } = useRunApp();
   const runningAppIdRef = useRef<number | null>(null);
   const key = useAtomValue(previewPanelKeyAtom);
   const appOutput = useAtomValue(appOutputAtom);
@@ -223,13 +223,9 @@ export function PreviewPanel() {
           <Panel id="content" minSize={30}>
             <div className="h-full overflow-y-auto">
               {previewMode === "preview" ? (
-                <PreviewIframe
+                <PreviewIframe key={key} loading={loading} />
-                  key={key}
-                  loading={loading}
-                  loadingErrorMessage={error?.message}
-                />
               ) : (
-                <CodeView loading={loading} error={error} app={app} />
+                <CodeView loading={loading} app={app} />
               )}
             </div>
           </Panel>

src/hooks/useRunApp.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   appUrlAtom,
   currentAppAtom,
   previewPanelKeyAtom,
+  previewErrorMessageAtom,
   selectedAppIdAtom,
 } from "@/atoms/appAtoms";
 import { useAtom, useAtomValue, useSetAtom } from "jotai";
@@ -12,12 +13,12 @@ import { App } from "@/ipc/ipc_types";
 
 export function useRunApp() {
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
-  const [error, setError] = useState<Error | null>(null);
   const [app, setApp] = useAtom(currentAppAtom);
   const setAppOutput = useSetAtom(appOutputAtom);
   const [appUrlObj, setAppUrlObj] = useAtom(appUrlAtom);
   const setPreviewPanelKey = useSetAtom(previewPanelKeyAtom);
   const appId = useAtomValue(selectedAppIdAtom);
+  const setPreviewErrorMessage = useSetAtom(previewErrorMessageAtom);
   const runApp = useCallback(async (appId: number) => {
     setLoading(true);
     try {
@@ -30,7 +31,12 @@ export function useRunApp() {
       }
       setAppOutput((prev) => [
         ...prev,
-        { message: "Trying to restart app...", type: "stdout", appId },
+        {
+          message: "Trying to restart app...",
+          type: "stdout",
+          appId,
+          timestamp: Date.now(),
+        },
       ]);
       const app = await ipcClient.getApp(appId);
       setApp(app);
@@ -42,10 +48,12 @@ export function useRunApp() {
           setAppUrlObj({ appUrl: urlMatch[1], appId });
         }
       });
-      setError(null);
+      setPreviewErrorMessage(undefined);
     } catch (error) {
       console.error(`Error running app ${appId}:`, error);
-      setError(error instanceof Error ? error : new Error(String(error)));
+      setPreviewErrorMessage(
+        error instanceof Error ? error.message : error?.toString()
+      );
     } finally {
       setLoading(false);
     }
@@ -61,15 +69,22 @@ export function useRunApp() {
       const ipcClient = IpcClient.getInstance();
       await ipcClient.stopApp(appId);
 
-      setError(null);
+      setPreviewErrorMessage(undefined);
     } catch (error) {
       console.error(`Error stopping app ${appId}:`, error);
-      setError(error instanceof Error ? error : new Error(String(error)));
+      setPreviewErrorMessage(
+        error instanceof Error ? error.message : error?.toString()
+      );
     } finally {
       setLoading(false);
     }
   }, []);
 
+  const onHotModuleReload = useCallback(() => {
+    setPreviewPanelKey((prevKey) => prevKey + 1);
+    setPreviewErrorMessage(undefined);
+  }, [setPreviewPanelKey, setPreviewErrorMessage]);
+
   const restartApp = useCallback(
     async ({
       removeNodeModules = false,
@@ -90,7 +105,12 @@ export function useRunApp() {
         setAppUrlObj({ appUrl: null, appId: null });
         setAppOutput((prev) => [
           ...prev,
-          { message: "Restarting app...", type: "stdout", appId },
+          {
+            message: "Restarting app...",
+            type: "stdout",
+            appId,
+            timestamp: Date.now(),
+          },
         ]);
 
         const app = await ipcClient.getApp(appId);
@@ -99,6 +119,13 @@ export function useRunApp() {
           appId,
           (output) => {
             setAppOutput((prev) => [...prev, output]);
+            if (
+              output.message.includes("hmr update") &&
+              output.message.includes("[vite]")
+            ) {
+              onHotModuleReload();
+              return;
+            }
             // Check if the output contains a localhost URL
             const urlMatch = output.message.match(
               /(https?:\/\/localhost:\d+\/?)/
@@ -109,22 +136,30 @@ export function useRunApp() {
           },
           removeNodeModules
         );
-        setError(null);
       } catch (error) {
         console.error(`Error restarting app ${appId}:`, error);
-        setError(error instanceof Error ? error : new Error(String(error)));
+        setPreviewErrorMessage(
+          error instanceof Error ? error.message : error?.toString()
+        );
       } finally {
         setPreviewPanelKey((prevKey) => prevKey + 1);
         setLoading(false);
       }
     },
-    [appId, setApp, setAppOutput, setAppUrlObj, setError, setPreviewPanelKey]
+    [appId, setApp, setAppOutput, setAppUrlObj, setPreviewPanelKey]
   );
 
   const refreshAppIframe = useCallback(async () => {
     setPreviewPanelKey((prevKey) => prevKey + 1);
-    setError(null);
+    setPreviewErrorMessage(undefined);
-  }, [setPreviewPanelKey, setError]);
+  }, [setPreviewPanelKey, setPreviewErrorMessage]);
 
-  return { loading, error, runApp, stopApp, restartApp, app, refreshAppIframe };
+  return {
+    loading,
+    runApp,
+    stopApp,
+    restartApp,
+    app,
+    refreshAppIframe,
+  };
 }

src/ipc/ipc_client.ts

@@ -99,10 +99,10 @@ export class IpcClient {
         "message" in data &&
         "appId" in data
       ) {
-        const { type, message, appId } = data as AppOutput;
+        const { type, message, appId } = data as unknown as AppOutput;
         const callbacks = this.appStreams.get(appId);
         if (callbacks) {
-          callbacks.onOutput({ type, message, appId });
+          callbacks.onOutput({ type, message, appId, timestamp: Date.now() });
         }
       } else {
         showError(new Error(`[IPC] Invalid app output data received: ${data}`));

src/ipc/ipc_types.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 export interface AppOutput {
   type: "stdout" | "stderr" | "info" | "client-error";
   message: string;
+  timestamp: number;
   appId: number;
 }