[PM-1898] Change desktop reload to `forcefullyCrashRenderer` (#5813)

Co-authored-by: Daniel James Smith <djsmith@web.de>

apps/desktop/src/app/app.component.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
 } from "@angular/core";
 import { DomSanitizer } from "@angular/platform-browser";
 import { Router } from "@angular/router";
+import { ipcRenderer } from "electron";
 import { IndividualConfig, ToastrService } from "ngx-toastr";
 import { firstValueFrom, Subject, takeUntil } from "rxjs";
 
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
             this.systemService.cancelProcessReload();
             break;
           case "reloadProcess":
-            (window.location as any).reload(true);
+            ipcRenderer.send("reload-process");
             break;
           case "syncStarted":
             break;

apps/desktop/src/main.ts

@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ export class Main {
     this.windowMain = new WindowMain(
       this.stateService,
       this.logService,
+      this.storageService,
       (arg) => this.processDeepLink(arg),
       (win) => this.trayMain.setupWindowListeners(win)
     );

apps/desktop/src/main/window.main.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
+import { once } from "node:events";
 import * as path from "path";
 import * as url from "url";
 
-import { app, BrowserWindow, screen } from "electron";
+import { app, BrowserWindow, ipcMain, nativeTheme, screen, session } from "electron";
 
 import { WindowState } from "@bitwarden/common/models/domain/window-state";
 import { LogService } from "@bitwarden/common/platform/abstractions/log.service";
 import { StateService } from "@bitwarden/common/platform/abstractions/state.service";
+import { AbstractStorageService } from "@bitwarden/common/platform/abstractions/storage.service";
 
 import { cleanUserAgent, isDev, isMacAppStore, isSnapStore } from "../utils";
 
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@ export class WindowMain {
   private windowStateChangeTimer: NodeJS.Timer;
   private windowStates: { [key: string]: WindowState } = {};
   private enableAlwaysOnTop = false;
+  private session: Electron.Session;
 
   readonly defaultWidth = 950;
   readonly defaultHeight = 600;
@@ -26,11 +29,26 @@ export class WindowMain {
   constructor(
     private stateService: StateService,
     private logService: LogService,
+    private storageService: AbstractStorageService,
     private argvCallback: (argv: string[]) => void = null,
     private createWindowCallback: (win: BrowserWindow) => void
   ) {}
 
   init(): Promise<any> {
+    // Perform a hard reload of the render process by crashing it. This is suboptimal but ensures that all memory gets
+    // cleared, as the process itself will be completely garbage collected.
+    ipcMain.on("reload-process", async () => {
+      // User might have changed theme, ensure the window is updated.
+      this.win.setBackgroundColor(await this.getBackgroundColor());
+
+      const crashEvent = once(this.win.webContents, "render-process-gone");
+      this.win.webContents.forcefullyCrashRenderer();
+      await crashEvent;
+
+      this.win.webContents.reloadIgnoringCache();
+      this.session.clearCache();
+    });
+
     return new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
       try {
         if (!isMacAppStore() && !isSnapStore()) {
@@ -108,6 +126,8 @@ export class WindowMain {
     );
     this.enableAlwaysOnTop = await this.stateService.getEnableAlwaysOnTop();
 
+    this.session = session.fromPartition("persist:bitwarden", { cache: false });
+
     // Create the browser window.
     this.win = new BrowserWindow({
       width: this.windowStates[mainWindowSizeKey].width,
@@ -120,13 +140,14 @@ export class WindowMain {
       icon: process.platform === "linux" ? path.join(__dirname, "/images/icon.png") : undefined,
       titleBarStyle: process.platform === "darwin" ? "hiddenInset" : undefined,
       show: false,
-      backgroundColor: "#fff",
+      backgroundColor: await this.getBackgroundColor(),
       alwaysOnTop: this.enableAlwaysOnTop,
       webPreferences: {
         spellcheck: false,
         nodeIntegration: true,
         backgroundThrottling: false,
         contextIsolation: false,
+        session: this.session,
       },
     });
 
@@ -201,6 +222,26 @@ export class WindowMain {
     }
   }
 
+  // Retrieve the background color
+  // Resolves background color missmatch when starting the application.
+  async getBackgroundColor(): Promise<string> {
+    const data: { theme?: string } = await this.storageService.get("global");
+    let theme = data?.theme;
+
+    if (theme == null || theme === "system") {
+      theme = nativeTheme.shouldUseDarkColors ? "dark" : "light";
+    }
+
+    switch (theme) {
+      case "light":
+        return "#ededed";
+      case "dark":
+        return "#222222";
+      case "nord":
+        return "#3b4252";
+    }
+  }
+
   async toggleAlwaysOnTop() {
     this.enableAlwaysOnTop = !this.win.isAlwaysOnTop();
     this.win.setAlwaysOnTop(this.enableAlwaysOnTop);

apps/desktop/src/scss/base.scss

@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ body {
 
 body {
   color: $text-color;
-  background-color: $background-color-alt2;
+
+  // We initially rely on electron to provide the appropiate background color.
+  // This ensures the background color while reloading is correct to avoid a jarring missmatch.
+  background-color: transparent;
 
   @include themify($themes) {
     color: themed("textColor");

apps/desktop/src/scss/variables.scss

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ $brand-primary-accent: #1252a3;
 
 $background-color: white;
 $background-color-alt: #f9f9f9;
-$background-color-alt2: #ededed;
+$background-color-alt2: #ededed; // Ensure the `window.main.ts` is updated with this value
 
 $box-background-color: $background-color;
 $box-background-hover-color: $list-item-hover;
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ $themes: (
     backgroundColor: $background-color,
     borderColorAlt: $border-color-alt,
     backgroundColorAlt: $background-color-alt,
+    // Ensure the `window.main.ts` is updated with this value
     backgroundColorAlt2: $background-color-alt2,
     scrollbarColor: rgba(100, 100, 100, 0.2),
     scrollbarHoverColor: rgba(100, 100, 100, 0.4),
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ $themes: (
     backgroundColor: #363636,
     borderColorAlt: #6e788a,
     backgroundColorAlt: #3d3d3d,
+    // Ensure the `window.main.ts` is updated with this value
     backgroundColorAlt2: #222222,
     scrollbarColor: #4d4d4d,
     scrollbarHoverColor: #5f5f5f,
@@ -164,6 +166,7 @@ $themes: (
     backgroundColor: $nord2,
     borderColorAlt: $nord5,
     backgroundColorAlt: $nord1,
+    // Ensure the `window.main.ts` is updated with this value
     backgroundColorAlt2: $nord1,
     scrollbarColor: $nord4,
     scrollbarHoverColor: $nord6,