From 932499f2118ba11c4c109b8f345e71bcb49521b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: schroda <50052685+schroda@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2025 01:17:18 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Reset app initial load time on page reload

---
 .../components/WebUIUpdateChecker.tsx         |  5 ++++-
 src/lib/BrowserUtil.ts                        | 21 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 src/lib/BrowserUtil.ts

diff --git a/src/features/app-updates/components/WebUIUpdateChecker.tsx b/src/features/app-updates/components/WebUIUpdateChecker.tsx
index 119f8bcf..6887d8d3 100644
--- a/src/features/app-updates/components/WebUIUpdateChecker.tsx
+++ b/src/features/app-updates/components/WebUIUpdateChecker.tsx
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import { useUpdateChecker } from '@/features/app-updates/hooks/useUpdateChecker.
 import { useMetadataServerSettings } from '@/features/settings/services/ServerSettingsMetadata.ts';
 import { getErrorMessage, noOp } from '@/lib/HelperFunctions.ts';
 import { AppStorage } from '@/lib/storage/AppStorage.ts';
+import { BrowserUtil } from '@/lib/BrowserUtil.ts';
 
 const disabledUpdateCheck = () => Promise.resolve();
 
@@ -33,7 +34,9 @@ const FORCED_REFRESH_THRESHOLD = d(30).seconds.inWholeMilliseconds;
 
 const INITIAL_LOAD_TIMESTAMP_KEY = 'webUIInitialLoadTimestamp';
 
-AppStorage.session.setItemIfMissing(INITIAL_LOAD_TIMESTAMP_KEY, Date.now());
+if (BrowserUtil.isActualPageLoad()) {
+    AppStorage.session.setItem(INITIAL_LOAD_TIMESTAMP_KEY, Date.now());
+}
 
 export const WebUIUpdateChecker = () => {
     const { t } = useTranslation();
diff --git a/src/lib/BrowserUtil.ts b/src/lib/BrowserUtil.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bed4afca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/BrowserUtil.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) Contributors to the Suwayomi project
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+
+export class BrowserUtil {
+    static isActualPageLoad(): boolean {
+        const navEntries = performance.getEntriesByType('navigation');
+
+        if (!navEntries.length) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        const { type } = navEntries[0] as PerformanceNavigationTiming;
+
+        return ['reload', 'navigate'].includes(type);
+    }
+}