disable express static caching to resolve stale UI on app updates

main.js

@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ window.open = function(url) {
 </script></head>`
       );
       res.set('Content-Type', 'text/html');
+      res.set('Cache-Control', 'no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, private');
+      res.set('Expires', '-1');
+      res.set('Pragma', 'no-cache');
       res.send(injected);
     });
   };
@@ -281,8 +284,16 @@ async function start() {
       res.sendStatus(200);
     });
     playerExpressApp.use(sameTabNavMiddleware(playerDir));
-    playerExpressApp.use(express.static(playerDir, { maxAge: '1d', etag: true }));
-    playerExpressApp.get('*', (req, res) => { res.sendFile(path.join(playerDir, 'index.html')); });
+    playerExpressApp.use(express.static(playerDir, {
+      etag: false,
+      setHeaders: (res) => {
+        res.set('Cache-Control', 'no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, private');
+      }
+    }));
+    playerExpressApp.get('*', (req, res) => {
+      res.set('Cache-Control', 'no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, private');
+      res.sendFile(path.join(playerDir, 'index.html'));
+    });
     playerExpressServer = playerExpressApp.listen(3001, '127.0.0.1');
     debugLog("Player Express running on 3001");
 
@@ -305,9 +316,18 @@ async function start() {
       sendToTauri('tauri-cmd', { cmd: req.params.cmd, url: req.query.url, window: req.query.window });
       res.sendStatus(200);
     });
+
     expressApp.use(sameTabNavMiddleware(frontendDir));
-    expressApp.use(express.static(frontendDir, { maxAge: '1d', etag: true }));
-    expressApp.get('*', (req, res) => { res.sendFile(path.join(frontendDir, 'index.html')); });
+    expressApp.use(express.static(frontendDir, {
+      etag: false,
+      setHeaders: (res) => {
+        res.set('Cache-Control', 'no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, private');
+      }
+    }));
+    expressApp.get('*', (req, res) => {
+      res.set('Cache-Control', 'no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, private');
+      res.sendFile(path.join(frontendDir, 'index.html'));
+    });
 
     const FRONTEND_PORT = 4890;
     expressApp.use('/build', express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'build')));

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "vyla-home",
-  "version": "1.1.7",
+  "version": "1.1.8",
   "description": "Vyla Home Desktop App Launcher",
   "main": "main.js",
   "scripts": {
@@ -55,4 +55,4 @@
       "installerHeaderIcon": "build/icon.ico"
     }
   }
-}
+}

src-tauri/Cargo.lock

@@ -4222,7 +4222,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "vyla-home"
-version = "1.1.7"
+version = "1.1.8"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "serde",

src-tauri/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "vyla-home"
-version = "1.1.7"
+version = "1.1.8"
 description = "Vyla Home Desktop App Launcher"
 edition = "2021"
 

src-tauri/tauri.conf.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "$schema": "https://schema.tauri.app/config/2",
     "productName": "Vyla Home",
-    "version": "1.1.7",
+    "version": "1.1.8",
     "identifier": "com.vyla.home",
     "build": {
         "frontendDist": "../ui"