From 510fba4c92571609a8b3b98d758b5a98ddd07afc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Henry Park <henrypark133@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:18:46 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix: reload chat history on SSE reconnect (#307)

When SSE auto-reconnects after a server restart, the chat now
re-syncs from the database so no messages are lost.

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 src/channels/web/static/app.js | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/channels/web/static/app.js b/src/channels/web/static/app.js
index 02a7ea73..fd5f9441 100644
--- a/src/channels/web/static/app.js
+++ b/src/channels/web/static/app.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ let assistantThreadId = null;
 let hasMore = false;
 let oldestTimestamp = null;
 let loadingOlder = false;
+let sseHasConnectedBefore = false;
 let jobEvents = new Map(); // job_id -> Array of events
 let jobListRefreshTimer = null;
 const JOB_EVENTS_CAP = 500;
@@ -107,6 +108,10 @@ function connectSSE() {
   eventSource.onopen = () => {
     document.getElementById('sse-dot').classList.remove('disconnected');
     document.getElementById('sse-status').textContent = 'Connected';
+    if (sseHasConnectedBefore && currentThreadId) {
+      loadHistory();
+    }
+    sseHasConnectedBefore = true;
   };
 
   eventSource.onerror = () => {