[Auth Guard - BUG] canActivate auth guard causes blank screen after cache clear with multiple tabs opens.
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Description
If using the canActivate auth guard (with spread syntax), If you have more than 1 tab open of the same app, and then you clear the cache by using the browser in one of the tabs, and try to refresh, it causes a blank screen, which resolves after you close the other open tab.
steps to reproduce:
versions:
"@angular/common": "^20.3.0",
"@angular/compiler": "^20.3.0",
"@angular/core": "^20.3.0",
"@angular/fire": "^20.0.1",
"@angular/forms": "^20.3.0",
"@angular/platform-browser": "^20.3.0",
"@angular/router": "^20.3.0",
"rxjs": "~7.8.0",
"tslib": "^2.3.0",
"zone.js": "~0.15.0"
steps to reproduce:
1. Create new project
2. install angular fire
3. setup authentication and firebase project
4. utilize the ...canActivate auth guard like below.
5. open two tabs of the same page.
6. in one of them, clear the cache (by using the button close to the url in chrome for ex)
7. refresh
8. blank screen.
9. verify that if you close the second tab, then the first one loads correctly.
```TS
const redirectTeste1 = () => redirectLoggedInTo('test2');
const redirectTeste2 = () => redirectUnauthorizedTo('teste1');
export const routes: Routes = [
{ path: '', redirectTo: 'teste1', pathMatch: 'full' },
{
path: 'teste1',
component: Test1,
...canActivate(redirectTeste1),
},
{
path: 'teste2',
component: Test2,
...canActivate(redirectTeste2),
},
];
```
lmk if this is somehow a user error, but with such a barebones configuration I think is a legitimate bug.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with the minimal AngularFire authentication setup described in the issue, using the canActivate guard with redirectLoggedInTo and redirectUnauthorizedTo. Reproduce the behavior with two tabs, clear the cache in one, and refresh it. Done means the refreshed tab loads normally instead of showing a blank screen while the other tab remains open.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- angular, firebase, typescript
- Domain
- authentication, frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100