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# Implementation Plan: Decouple `reloadAtCountdownZero` from `start()`/`stop()`
## Status
Hardening follow-up to Job 905. The store currently clears the
`reloadOnZero` handler inside `stop()` (line 197), and `start()` calls
`stop()` first (line 110). Because `ChallengesPage` registers its handler
from the constructor while `HomeComponent` calls `start()`/`stop()`
independently, a `stop()` triggered by the shell's lifecycle can null out
the page's handler before the page is destroyed. The fix is to scope
`reloadOnZero` ownership to the **subscriber** (the challenges page)
and make `start()`/`stop()` only manage the SSE source + tick, never the
reload handler.
## 1. Architectural Reconventions (recap)
- `EventStatusStore` is a `providedIn: 'root'` singleton
(`frontend/src/app/core/services/event-status.store.ts`).
- `start(...)` is called from `HomeComponent.ngOnInit`
(`features/home/home.component.ts:132`); `stop()` is invoked from both
`ngOnDestroy()` and `destroyRef.onDestroy(...)` in that same component
(`features/home/home.component.ts:125, 142`).
- `ChallengesPage` currently registers its reload handler in its
constructor (`features/challenges/challenges.page.ts:128-133`).
- Tests live in `tests/frontend/*`, runnable via `npm test`. No new
dependencies; no backend changes.
## 2. Impacted Files
- **To Modify:**
- `frontend/src/app/core/services/event-status.store.ts`
separate handler ownership from SSE/timer ownership.
- `frontend/src/app/features/challenges/challenges.page.ts`
own the subscription, unregister in `ngOnDestroy` (or via
`DestroyRef`).
- **To Create:** None.
## 3. Proposed Changes
### 3.1 `EventStatusStore` — split "transport lifecycle" from "reload subscription"
1. Add a per-subscription API that returns an unregister function:
```ts
subscribeReloadAtCountdownZero(handler: () => void): () => void {
this.reloadOnZero = handler;
this.reloadOnZeroFired = false;
this.ensureWatcher();
return () => {
if (this.reloadOnZero === handler) {
this.reloadOnZero = null;
this.reloadOnZeroFired = false;
}
};
}
```
Keep the existing `reloadAtCountdownZero(handler)` as a thin wrapper
that calls `subscribeReloadAtCountdownZero(handler)` and discards
the returned disposer (preserves backwards compatibility with the
four existing tests that call it directly).
2. In `start(...)`: remove the `this.stop()` call. `start()` should
only (a) close any **previous source** via a new private
`closeTransport()`, (b) open the new source, (c) install the message
handler, (d) start the tick interval, (e) `ensureWatcher()`. It
must NOT touch `reloadOnZero`, `reloadOnZeroFired`, or
`lastAppliedJson`.
3. Introduce `closeTransport()` (private) that nulls
`source`/`intervalId`/`zeroWatcher` ONLY — no handler reset. The
watcher interval is also bound to the transport lifecycle, but
`ensureWatcher()` keeps it idempotent, so closing it is fine.
4. In `stop()`: keep the current teardown for source + tick + watcher,
but **only clear `reloadOnZero`/`reloadOnZeroFired`/`lastAppliedJson`
when called via the destroy hook** (i.e., `stop()` retains its
existing full-reset semantics for end-of-life). To preserve that
for the existing destroyRef hook (`constructor() { destroyRef.onDestroy(() => this.stop()); }`),
keep `stop()` as the full reset. The crucial change is step 2:
`start()` no longer calls `stop()`, so handler state survives a
`start()` cycle.
### 3.2 `ChallengesPage` — own the subscription
1. Replace the constructor's
`this.eventStatus.reloadAtCountdownZero(...)` call with:
```ts
const unsub = this.eventStatus.subscribeReloadAtCountdownZero(() => {
if (typeof window !== 'undefined') window.location.reload();
});
this.destroyRef.onDestroy(() => unsub());
```
This keeps the subscription active across `start()` re-entry on the
store, registers the handler as early as possible (constructor), and
unregisters when the page is destroyed.
2. The existing `this.destroyRef.onDestroy(() => this.store.stop())`
for `ChallengesStore` is unrelated and stays.
### 3.3 Tests
1. **New spec** (`tests/frontend/event-status.store.watcher.spec.ts`,
add one case): `start()` after a `subscribeReloadAtCountdownZero`
must NOT clear the registered handler — fire a fake SSE delivery
that triggers `applyServerStatus` with a zero-countdown frame, then
advance fake timers and assert the handler still fires exactly once.
2. **Update** the existing
`tests/frontend/challenges-page.spec.ts` regression test
"repeating the same zero-countdown SSE frame does not disarm the
auto-reload latch (Job 905)" — no behaviour change required; it
already exercises `applyServerStatus` directly and continues to pass.
3. **New spec** for `subscribeReloadAtCountdownZero` unregister
semantics: subscribe → unregister → apply zero-countdown → advance
timers → handler must NOT be called.
### 3.4 Documentation
- Append one sentence to `docs/guides/event-window.md`'s "Auto-reload
at the transition boundary" paragraph noting that the subscription
is now page-owned and unregistered on destroy, independent of the
transport's `start()`/`stop()`.
## 4. Test Strategy
- Single command: `npm test`. New assertions target
`tests/frontend/event-status.store.watcher.spec.ts` and use fake
timers (already used in this file). No mocking of `window.location`
is required — the handler under test is a plain `jest.fn()`.
## 5. Non-goals
- No backend changes, no new dependencies, no `setup.sh` change.
- No changes to other consumers of `EventStatusStore` (HomeComponent's
`start()`/`stop()` cycle is preserved by step 3.1.2).