fix: duplicate live edit events when tabs are popped out

src/LiveDevelopment/BrowserScripts/LivePreviewTransportRemote.js

@@ -103,6 +103,37 @@
         }
     }
 
+    function createLRU(max = 100) {
+        const map = new Map();
+
+        return {
+            set: function (key, value = true) {
+                if (map.has(key)) {
+                    map.delete(key); // refresh order
+                }
+                map.set(key, value);
+                if (map.size > max) {
+                    const oldestKey = map.keys().next().value;
+                    map.delete(oldestKey);
+                }
+            },
+            has: function (key) {
+                if (!map.has(key)) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                const val = map.get(key);
+                map.delete(key);   // refresh order
+                map.set(key, val);
+                return true;
+            },
+            size: function() {
+                return map.size;
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    const processedMessageIDs = createLRU(1000);
+
     const clientID = "" + Math.round( Math.random()*1000000000);
 
     const worker = new Worker(TRANSPORT_CONFIG.LIVE_DEV_REMOTE_WORKER_SCRIPTS_FILE_NAME);
@@ -218,7 +249,12 @@
                 case 'MESSAGE_FROM_PHOENIX':
                     if (self._callbacks && self._callbacks.message) {
                         const clientIDs = event.data.clientIDs,
-                            message = event.data.message;
+                            message = event.data.message,
+                            messageID = event.data.messageID;
+                        if(messageID && processedMessageIDs.has(messageID)){
+                            return; // we have already processed this message.
+                        }
+                        processedMessageIDs.set(messageID, true);
                         if(clientIDs.includes(clientID) || clientIDs.length === 0){
                             // clientIDs.length = 0 if the message is intended for all clients
                             self._callbacks.message(message);
@@ -264,6 +300,7 @@
             _postLivePreviewMessage({
                 type: 'BROWSER_MESSAGE',
                 clientID: clientID,
+                messageID: crypto.randomUUID(),
                 message: msgStr
             });
         },

src/LiveDevelopment/BrowserScripts/pageLoaderWorker.js

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
  */
 
 
-let _livePreviewNavigationChannel;
+let _livePreviewBroadcastChannel;
 let _livePreviewWebSocket, _livePreviewWebSocketOpen = false;
 let livePreviewDebugModeEnabled = false;
 function _debugLog(...args) {
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ let messageQueue = [];
 function _sendMessage(message) {
     if(_livePreviewWebSocket && _livePreviewWebSocketOpen) {
         _livePreviewWebSocket.send(mergeMetadataAndArrayBuffer(message));
-    } else if(_livePreviewNavigationChannel){
-        _livePreviewNavigationChannel.postMessage(message);
+    } else if(_livePreviewBroadcastChannel){
+        _livePreviewBroadcastChannel.postMessage(message);
     } else {
         livePreviewDebugModeEnabled && console.warn("No Channels available for live preview worker messaging," +
             " queueing request, waiting for channel..");
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ function _setupHearbeatMessenger(clientID) {
 }
 
 function _setupBroadcastChannel(broadcastChannel, clientID) {
-    _livePreviewNavigationChannel=new BroadcastChannel(broadcastChannel);
-    _livePreviewNavigationChannel.onmessage = (event) => {
+    _livePreviewBroadcastChannel=new BroadcastChannel(broadcastChannel);
+    _livePreviewBroadcastChannel.onmessage = (event) => {
         const type = event.data.type;
         switch (type) {
         case 'TAB_ONLINE': break; // do nothing. This is a loopback message from another live preview tab

src/LiveDevelopment/MultiBrowserImpl/protocol/LiveDevProtocol.js

@@ -194,6 +194,15 @@ define(function (require, exports, module) {
         }
     }
 
+    const processedMessageIDs = new Phoenix.libs.LRUCache({
+        max: 1000
+        // we dont need to set a ttl here as message ids are unique throughout lifetime. And old ids will
+        // start getting evited from the cache. the message ids are only an issue within a fraction of a seconds when
+        // a series of messages are sent in quick succession. Eg. user click on a div and there are 3 tabs and due to
+        // the reflection bug, we almost immediately get 3 messages with the same id. So that will be in this cache
+        // for a fraction of a second. so a size of 1000 should be more than enough.
+    });
+
     /**
      * @private
      * Handles a message received from the remote protocol handler via the transport.
@@ -203,12 +212,21 @@ define(function (require, exports, module) {
      * TODO: we should probably have a way of returning the results from all clients, not just the first?
      *
      * @param {number} clientId ID of the client that sent the message
-     * @param {string} msg The message that was sent, in JSON string format
+     * @param {string} msgStr The message that was sent, in JSON string format
+     * @param {string} messageID The messageID uniquely identifying a message. in browsers, since we use broadcast
+     *      channels, we get reflections echoes when there are multiple tabs open. Ideally those reflections need to
+     *      be fixed, but that was too complex to fix, so we just reply on the message id to guarantee that a message is
+     *      only processed once and not from any reflections.
      */
-    function _receive(clientId, msgStr) {
+    function _receive(clientId, msgStr, messageID) {
         var msg = JSON.parse(msgStr),
             event = msg.method || "event",
             deferred;
+        if(messageID && processedMessageIDs.has(messageID)){
+            return; // this message is already processed.
+        } else if (messageID) {
+            processedMessageIDs.set(messageID, true);
+        }
         if (msg.livePreviewEditEnabled) {
             LivePreviewEdit.handleLivePreviewEditOperation(msg);
         }
@@ -305,7 +323,7 @@ define(function (require, exports, module) {
                 _connect(msg[0], msg[1]);
             })
             .on("message.livedev", function (event, msg) {
-                _receive(msg[0], msg[1]);
+                _receive(msg[0], msg[1], msg[2]);
             })
             .on("close.livedev", function (event, msg) {
                 _close(msg[0]);

src/LiveDevelopment/MultiBrowserImpl/transports/LivePreviewTransport.js

@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ define(function (require, exports, module) {
         _transportBridge && _transportBridge.messageToLivePreviewTabs({
             type: 'MESSAGE_FROM_PHOENIX',
             clientIDs,
-            message
+            message,
+            messageID: crypto.randomUUID()
         });
         transportMessagesSendCount ++;
         transportMessagesSendSizeB = transportMessagesSendSizeB + message.length;
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ define(function (require, exports, module) {
         window.logger.livePreview.log(
             "Live Preview: Phoenix received event from Browser preview tab/iframe: ", event.data);
         const message = event.data.message.message || "";
-        exports.trigger('message', [event.data.message.clientID, message]);
+        exports.trigger('message', [event.data.message.clientID, message, event.data.message.messageID]);
         transportMessagesRecvSizeB = transportMessagesRecvSizeB + message.length;
         transportMessagesRecvCount++;
     }

src/live-preview-loader.html

@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
             const LOADER_BROADCAST_ID = `live-preview-loader-${controllingPhoenixInstanceID}`;
             const navigatorChannel = new BroadcastChannel(LOADER_BROADCAST_ID);
             const LIVE_PREVIEW_MESSENGER_CHANNEL = `live-preview-messenger-${controllingPhoenixInstanceID}`;
-            const livePreviewChannel = new BroadcastChannel(LIVE_PREVIEW_MESSENGER_CHANNEL);
+            const phcodeBroadcastMessageChannel = new BroadcastChannel(LIVE_PREVIEW_MESSENGER_CHANNEL);
             navigatorChannel.onmessage = (event) => {
                 _debugLog("Live Preview loader channel: Browser received event from Phoenix: ", JSON.stringify(event.data));
                 const type = event.data.type;
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
                 type: 'GET_INITIAL_URL',
                 pageLoaderID: pageLoaderID
             });
-            livePreviewChannel.onmessage = (event) => {
+            phcodeBroadcastMessageChannel.onmessage = (event) => {
                 _debugLog("Live Preview message channel: Browser received event from Phoenix: ", JSON.stringify(event.data));
                 if(event.data.pageLoaderID && event.data.pageLoaderID !== pageLoaderID){
                     // this message is not for this page loader window.
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
                 }
 
                 // this is for phoenix to process, pass it on
-                livePreviewChannel.postMessage({
+                phcodeBroadcastMessageChannel.postMessage({
                     pageLoaderID: pageLoaderID,
                     data: event.data
                 });
@@ -322,4 +322,4 @@
             sandbox="allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-forms allow-modals allow-pointer-lock allow-downloads">
     </iframe>
 </body>
-</html>
+</html>