not running debounced updates while network requests in flight

nextjs/src/app/api/trpc/[trpc]/route.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import { trpcAppRouter } from "@/services/serverFunctions/router/app";
 import { fetchRequestHandler } from "@trpc/server/adapters/fetch";
 
 const handler = async (request: Request) => {
+
+  await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 1000)); // delay for testing
   return fetchRequestHandler({
     endpoint: "/api/trpc",
     req: request,

nextjs/src/app/course/[courseName]/modules/[moduleName]/assignment/[assignmentName]/EditAssignment.tsx

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export default function EditAssignment({
   const router = useRouter();
   const { courseName } = useCourseContext();
   const [settings] = useLocalCourseSettingsQuery();
-  const [assignment, { dataUpdatedAt: serverDataUpdatedAt }] =
+  const [assignment, { dataUpdatedAt: serverDataUpdatedAt, isFetching: assignmentIsFetching }] =
     useAssignmentQuery(moduleName, assignmentName);
   const updateAssignment = useUpdateAssignmentMutation();
 
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ export default function EditAssignment({
 
     const handler = setTimeout(() => {
       try {
+        if (assignmentIsFetching || updateAssignment.isPending) {
+          console.log("network requests in progress, not updating assignments");
+          return;
+        }
+
         const updatedAssignment: LocalAssignment =
           localAssignmentMarkdown.parseMarkdown(text);
         if (
@@ -62,7 +67,7 @@ export default function EditAssignment({
           localAssignmentMarkdown.toMarkdown(updatedAssignment)
         ) {
           if (clientIsAuthoritative) {
-            console.log("updating assignment");
+            console.log("updating assignment, client is authoritative");
             updateAssignment
               .mutateAsync({
                 assignment: updatedAssignment,
@@ -109,6 +114,7 @@ export default function EditAssignment({
     clientDataUpdatedAt,
     clientIsAuthoritative,
     courseName,
+    assignmentIsFetching,
     moduleName,
     router,
     serverUpdatedAt,

nextjs/src/app/course/[courseName]/modules/[moduleName]/page/[pageName]/EditPage.tsx

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export default function EditPage({
 }) {
   const router = useRouter();
   const { courseName } = useCourseContext();
-  const [page, { dataUpdatedAt }] = usePageQuery(
+  const [page, { dataUpdatedAt, isFetching }] = usePageQuery(
     moduleName,
     pageName
   );
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ export default function EditPage({
   useEffect(() => {
     const delay = 500;
     const handler = setTimeout(() => {
+      if (isFetching || updatePage.isPending) {
+        console.log("network requests in progress, not updating page");
+        return;
+      }
+
       try {
         const updatedPage = localPageMarkdownUtils.parseMarkdown(text);
         if (
@@ -89,6 +94,7 @@ export default function EditPage({
   }, [
     clientIsAuthoritative,
     courseName,
+    isFetching,
     moduleName,
     page,
     pageName,

nextjs/src/app/course/[courseName]/modules/[moduleName]/quiz/[quizName]/EditQuiz.tsx

@@ -65,10 +65,8 @@ export default function EditQuiz({
 }) {
   const router = useRouter();
   const { courseName } = useCourseContext();
-  const [quiz, { dataUpdatedAt: serverDataUpdatedAt }] = useQuizQuery(
+  const [quiz, { dataUpdatedAt: serverDataUpdatedAt, isFetching }] =
-    moduleName,
+    useQuizQuery(moduleName, quizName);
-    quizName
-  );
   const updateQuizMutation = useUpdateQuizMutation();
   const { clientIsAuthoritative, text, textUpdate, monacoKey } =
     useAuthoritativeUpdates({
@@ -82,6 +80,10 @@ export default function EditQuiz({
   useEffect(() => {
     const delay = 1000;
     const handler = setTimeout(async () => {
+      if (isFetching || updateQuizMutation.isPending) {
+        console.log("network requests in progress, not updating page");
+        return;
+      }
       try {
         if (
           quizMarkdownUtils.toMarkdown(quiz) !==
@@ -128,6 +130,7 @@ export default function EditQuiz({
   }, [
     clientIsAuthoritative,
     courseName,
+    isFetching,
     moduleName,
     quiz,
     quizName,

nextjs/src/app/course/[courseName]/utils/useAuthoritativeUpdates.tsx

@@ -12,8 +12,12 @@ export function useAuthoritativeUpdates({
   const [clientDataUpdatedAt, setClientDataUpdatedAt] =
     useState(serverUpdatedAt);
   const [updateMonacoKey, setUpdateMonacoKey] = useState(1);
+  const clientIsAuthoritative = useMemo(() => {
+    const authority = serverUpdatedAt <= clientDataUpdatedAt + 500;
+    console.log("client is authoritative", authority);
+    return authority;
+  }, [clientDataUpdatedAt, serverUpdatedAt]); // if it is close, it might be the second-to-last update changing the first (by file update delays), add some buffer...
 
-  // console.log("client is authoritative", clientIsAuthoritative);
   const textUpdate = useCallback((t: string, updateMonaco: boolean = false) => {
     setText(t);
     setClientDataUpdatedAt(Date.now());
@@ -22,13 +26,20 @@ export function useAuthoritativeUpdates({
 
   return useMemo(
     () => ({
-      clientIsAuthoritative: serverUpdatedAt <= clientDataUpdatedAt,
+      clientIsAuthoritative,
       serverUpdatedAt,
       clientDataUpdatedAt,
       textUpdate,
       text,
       monacoKey: updateMonacoKey,
     }),
-    [clientDataUpdatedAt, serverUpdatedAt, text, textUpdate, updateMonacoKey]
+    [
+      clientDataUpdatedAt,
+      clientIsAuthoritative,
+      serverUpdatedAt,
+      text,
+      textUpdate,
+      updateMonacoKey,
+    ]
   );
 }

nextjs/src/services/fileStorage/assignmentsFileStorageService.ts

@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ export const assignmentsFileStorageService = {
     const assignmentMarkdown =
       assignmentMarkdownSerializer.toMarkdown(assignment);
     console.log(`Saving assignment ${filePath}`);
+
+
     await fs.writeFile(filePath, assignmentMarkdown);
   },
   async delete({