Refresh login page if server version of client doesn't match browser version of client (#3004)

webapp/components/login/login.jsx

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import * as GlobalActions from 'action_creators/global_actions.jsx';
 import UserStore from 'stores/user_store.jsx';
 
 import Client from 'utils/web_client.jsx';
+import * as AsyncClient from 'utils/async_client.jsx';
 import * as TextFormatting from 'utils/text_formatting.jsx';
 
 import * as Utils from 'utils/utils.jsx';
@@ -44,6 +45,8 @@ export default class Login extends React.Component {
         if (UserStore.getCurrentUser()) {
             browserHistory.push('/select_team');
         }
+
+        AsyncClient.checkVersion();
     }
 
     preSubmit(e) {

webapp/root.jsx

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import * as AsyncClient from 'utils/async_client.jsx';
 import ChannelStore from 'stores/channel_store.jsx';
 import ErrorStore from 'stores/error_store.jsx';
 import TeamStore from 'stores/team_store.jsx';
+import BrowserStore from 'stores/browser_store.jsx';
 import * as Utils from 'utils/utils.jsx';
 
 import Client from 'utils/web_client.jsx';
@@ -101,9 +102,10 @@ function preRenderSetup(callwhendone) {
         }
     );
 
-    // Make sure the websockets close
+    // Make sure the websockets close and reset version
     $(window).on('beforeunload',
          () => {
+             BrowserStore.setLastServerVersion('');
              Websockets.close();
          }
     );

webapp/stores/browser_store.jsx

@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ class BrowserStoreClass {
     clear() {
         // don't clear the logout id so IE11 can tell which tab sent a logout request
         const logoutId = sessionStorage.getItem('__logout__');
+        const serverVersion = this.getLastServerVersion();
 
         sessionStorage.clear();
         localStorage.clear();
@@ -165,6 +166,10 @@ class BrowserStoreClass {
         if (logoutId) {
             sessionStorage.setItem('__logout__', logoutId);
         }
+
+        if (serverVersion) {
+            this.setLastServerVersion(serverVersion);
+        }
     }
 
     clearAll() {

webapp/utils/async_client.jsx

@@ -47,7 +47,21 @@ function isCallInProgress(callName) {
     return true;
 }
 
-export function getChannels(checkVersion) {
+export function checkVersion() {
+    var serverVersion = Client.getServerVersion();
+
+    if (serverVersion !== BrowserStore.getLastServerVersion()) {
+        if (!BrowserStore.getLastServerVersion() || BrowserStore.getLastServerVersion() === '') {
+            BrowserStore.setLastServerVersion(serverVersion);
+        } else {
+            BrowserStore.setLastServerVersion(serverVersion);
+            window.location.reload(true);
+            console.log('Detected version update refreshing the page'); //eslint-disable-line no-console
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+export function getChannels(doVersionCheck) {
     if (isCallInProgress('getChannels')) {
         return null;
     }
@@ -58,18 +72,8 @@ export function getChannels(checkVersion) {
         (data) => {
             callTracker.getChannels = 0;
 
-            if (checkVersion) {
-                var serverVersion = Client.getServerVersion();
-
-                if (serverVersion !== BrowserStore.getLastServerVersion()) {
-                    if (!BrowserStore.getLastServerVersion() || BrowserStore.getLastServerVersion() === '') {
-                        BrowserStore.setLastServerVersion(serverVersion);
-                    } else {
-                        BrowserStore.setLastServerVersion(serverVersion);
-                        window.location.reload(true);
-                        console.log('Detected version update refreshing the page'); //eslint-disable-line no-console
-                    }
-                }
+            if (doVersionCheck) {
+                checkVersion();
             }
 
             AppDispatcher.handleServerAction({