multiple tabs stuck on 2FA don't refresh after authentication is done

[GoddeerisEdouard]

Issue:
When multiple tabs are open and 2FA is required on the login screens, all (uGent related) tabs will be stuck at 2FA to be filled in.
After one of the tabs has completed 2FA, the others still have to be manually refreshed to "notice" that the 2FA was completed.

(this is from what I can remember, it's hard to force 2FA to test this)

Potential Fix:
Once one 2FA has been completed, the other tabs should refresh automatically.
=> call some function which refreshes all the other tabs stuck at 2FA login screens.
Or redirect the "stuck" tabs to their "target" URL after 2FA is done on one of them.

[emiledeloof]

Wouldn't this also be the case when the current session is expired? So not just when 2FA is needed?

[GoddeerisEdouard]

Wouldn't this also be the case when the current session is expired? So not just when 2FA is needed?

When a session expires, it'll redirect you to the login screen where the extension does its job. (gets called on these URLs)
There are no issues with sessions expiring without 2FA being required.

I think it would be redundant to refresh all (uGent related) background tabs once the session expires, as you're not even using them anyways...
Only once you're using an expired (session) background tab again & you're browsing in it, will it redirect to the login screen.
Or did you have other use cases/issues in mind?

[emiledeloof]

In my experience I sometimes just get a popup that mentions the fact that I have been inactive for too long (at least it did for me when I came back from class haha). It then gives the option to either log back in or something else which i forgot.

[GoddeerisEdouard]

In my experience I sometimes just get a popup that mentions the fact that I have been inactive for too long (at least it did for me when I came back from class haha). It then gives the option to either log back in or something else which i forgot.

If you're referring to the element that sometimes appears from the bottom where "you haven't moved in 300(?) seconds" on Ufora which has a link to "log in in a new window": it's a security measure. The pop-up also explains that it's specifically there for security purposes: in case a student forgot to log out on a shared computer. Preventing that time-out isn't recommended.

Just clicking the "log in in a new window" button will open the login screen, which this extension automates. - yes, you still have to manually click the "log in in a new window" link.

I'm not sure if this inactive "pop-up" appears on every Ufora tab & if it goes away automatically once there has been logged in through one tab... (it does)