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Problem

In next dev, signing in with Google gets back to /auth/callback and stays on "Signing you in..." indefinitely: no redirect and no error. The backend has already exchanged the code and set the session cookie, so navigating to /chat by hand works. That is why the bug looks intermittent.

Root cause

The App Router enables React StrictMode in dev, so effects mount, unmount and remount. Since #2052 the page has run the code exchange through useMutation with per-call callbacks:

  1. The first effect run marks callback_processed_${code} in sessionStorage and calls mutate().
  2. On StrictMode's simulated unmount, the useSyncExternalStore subscription drops. MutationObserver.onUnsubscribe() then removes the observer from the in-flight mutation, and nothing reattaches it on resubscribe.
  3. The second effect run sees the sessionStorage key and returns early.
  4. The request succeeds, but the detached observer never hears about it. Status stays pending and onSuccess (refreshAuth + redirect) never runs.

Production builds don't double-invoke effects, but reloading the callback URL left the page in the same state: the key is set, nothing is in flight, and idle renders as "processing".

Fix

  • Dedupe on the exchange promise, kept in a module-level map keyed by code, so a re-run of the effect waits on the request already in flight. Status lives in component state. An active flag makes sure only the latest effect run sets state or redirects.
  • If a code was already used and no exchange is in flight (reload or back button), show "Sign In Failed" with "Back to login". OAuth codes are single-use, so there is nothing to retry.
  • Redirect targets, OAuth storage cleanup, connectors invalidation and clearing the key on error (so a reload can retry) behave as before.

Tests

New frontend/app/auth/callback/page.test.tsx:

  • StrictMode: sign-in succeeds, redirects to /chat, and sends exactly one POST /auth/callback. This test fails on main.
  • Backend error: the page shows the error message and clears the dedupe key.
  • Reload of a used code: the page shows the error and sends no request. This test fails on main.

The StrictMode test uses RTL's reactStrictMode: true. A <StrictMode> nested inside the renderWithProviders wrapper does not double-invoke effects, so it doesn't reproduce the bug.

Full frontend suite passes, and biome and tsc are clean.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Sign-in callbacks avoid duplicate requests when effects rerun or the page remounts with the same authorization code.
    • Failed exchanges display the backend error and allow the code to be retried.
    • Previously used codes that cannot be reused now show a sign-in error.
    • Redirects preserve the intended destination and clear pending redirect information after callback handling.
    • Successful sign-ins continue to show the welcome message and navigate to the appropriate destination.

React StrictMode's dev remount unsubscribed the useMutation observer,
which detaches it from the in-flight mutation. The remounted effect then
hit the sessionStorage dedupe guard and returned, so the exchange
succeeded on the backend but the page never saw the result: it stayed on
"Signing you in..." with no redirect.

Dedupe on the exchange promise (keyed by code) instead, so a re-run of
the effect waits on the request already in flight, and keep status in
component state. A reload of an already-used callback URL now shows an
error instead of spinning with no request in flight.
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The OAuth callback page now shares exchange promises for authorization codes and detects codes already marked as processed. It captures the app redirect destination before OAuth storage cleanup and handles exchange success and failure locally. Tests cover StrictMode, remounting, redirects, and exchange errors.

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OAuth callback exchange

Layer / File(s) Summary
Callback validation and setup
frontend/app/auth/callback/page.tsx, frontend/app/auth/callback/page.test.tsx
The page stores exchange promises by code, captures the redirect destination, and checks for previously processed codes. Tests set up callback URLs, count requests, and check the already-used-code response.
Exchange lifecycle and outcomes
frontend/app/auth/callback/page.tsx, frontend/app/auth/callback/page.test.tsx
The page sends or reuses exchanges, invalidates connector queries when requests settle, and handles success, failure, and cleanup. Tests cover StrictMode, remounting, redirects, and exchange failures.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant AuthCallbackPage
  participant ExchangePromiseMap
  participant CallbackAPI
  participant ReactQueryClient
  AuthCallbackPage->>ExchangePromiseMap: Check exchange by authorization code
  ExchangePromiseMap->>CallbackAPI: Send callback request when no exchange exists
  CallbackAPI-->>ExchangePromiseMap: Return response or error
  ExchangePromiseMap->>ReactQueryClient: Invalidate connector queries when request settles
  ExchangePromiseMap-->>AuthCallbackPage: Resolve or reject shared exchange
  AuthCallbackPage->>AuthCallbackPage: Update result and redirect or display error
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- Around line 172-178: Preserve the resolved redirect target across effect
reruns in the OAuth callback flow. Add a ref near redirectTimeoutRef and reuse
its value before reading auth_redirect_to, the redirect search parameter, or the
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// load. Keeping the promise (not just a "seen" flag) lets a re-run of the
// effect, such as StrictMode's dev remount, wait on the exchange already in
// flight instead of abandoning it.
const exchanges = new Map<string, Promise<CallbackResult>>();

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This promise doesnt have a clean up after a completion, risks rerunning same o-auth exchange in strict mode

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maybe a finally block for cleanup after 'exchanges' is done

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Keeping the entry after it settles is deliberate. It's what stops a re-run from POSTing the same code twice. A StrictMode re-run, a remount or a dependency change all find the stored promise and reuse its result.

If we deleted it in finally, a later effect run would find no entry and POST the spent code again. Google rejects that, so the page would flip from success to error. A remount would instead show "already used". I added a test (reuses a settled exchange when the page remounts with the same code) that fails with the delete and passes without it.

The cost is one settled promise per sign-in per page load. I added a short comment on exchanges saying this.


// Marked used by an earlier load of this URL (a reload or the back button)
// with no exchange in flight here. The code cannot be exchanged again.
const [codeAlreadyUsed] = useState(

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NIT: condition here could be more explicit: this part isu sed for reloading/back button edge case right?

something like : "if exchanging, wait; else if code was previously processed, show used error" for more visibility? I think this is good as is logically

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Yes, this is the reload / back-button case: an earlier load already spent the code, and this page load has nothing in flight for it. Whether an exchange is in flight is the !exchanges.has(code) check, and in that case the effect waits on it. I left the logic as is and reworded the comment so it names the case.

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return result as CallbackResult;
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exchanges.delete(code) could be added here from earlier comment if im understanding this right

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Same as the line 40 thread: I'd rather keep the entry. Deleting it there is what would make the same OAuth exchange run again. It's covered by the new remount test.

Read auth_redirect_to once on mount: cleanupOAuthStorage() clears it, so
a re-run of the effect after cleanup fell back to /chat.

Add tests for the stored redirect target and for a remount reusing a
settled exchange, and trim comments.
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LGTM

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Clean up the exchanges entry and sessionStorage key in the request's own
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const callbackKeyFor = (code: string) => `callback_processed_${code}`;

function AuthCallbackContent() {

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Component "AuthCallbackContent" is 316 lines long, which is hard to read & change. Split it into a few smaller components.

Fix → Pull each section into its own component so the parent is easier to read, test, and change.

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