Fix bug which caused app not to load correctly when force_verification is enabled (#31265)

* MatrixChat: add a load of logging for view transitions

This stuff was essentially impossible to follow and debug. I think a load of
logging will help.

* Add more comments on `state.view`

* Add a new state between LOADING/SOFT_LOGOUT and LOGGED_IN

... so that we can transition into COMPLETE_SECURITY without going via
LOGGED_IN.

* Remove redundant check for `force_verification`

This check was previously necessary to keep the tests working, because:

 * onLoggedIn would call `onShowPostLoginScreen`,
 * which (without the check) would call `showScreenAfterLogin`
 * which would queue up an action `Action.ViewHomePage`
 * Then we would receive an already-queued `ClientStarted` action, which would
   transition us (correctly) to the `COMPLETE_SECURITY` view
 * Then we would receive the `ViewHomePage` action, taking us back to `LOGGED_IN`.

I don't think the check was necessary in practice, because in practice there
would be enough delay between the OnLoggedIn and ClientStarted actions that the
race didn't happen.

The *problem* with the check was that it meant that, whenever
`force_verification` was enabled, we would get stuck in the LOADING state.

The check is now unnecessary, because `onLoggedIn` no longer calls
`onShowPostLoginScreen`.

* `onShowPostLoginScreen` need no longer be `async`

* Regression test for https://github.com/element-hq/element-web/issues/31203
This commit is contained in:
Richard van der Hoff
2025-12-02 11:14:00 +00:00
committed by GitHub
parent 57fd3c46bb
commit 04cf53e7aa
4 changed files with 172 additions and 71 deletions

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@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
/*
Copyright 2025 Element Creations Ltd.
SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Element-Commercial
Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
*/
import { expect, test } from "../../element-web-test";
import { logIntoElement } from "../crypto/utils.ts";
test.describe(`With force_verification: true`, () => {
test.use({
config: {
force_verification: true,
},
});
test("Can reload after login", async ({ page, credentials }) => {
// The page should reload fine when going to the base client URL
// Regression test for https://github.com/element-hq/element-web/issues/31203
await logIntoElement(page, credentials);
// We should auto-upload the E2EE keys, and show a welcome page
await expect(page.getByRole("heading", { name: `Welcome ${credentials.displayName}` })).toBeVisible();
await page.goto("/");
await expect(page.getByRole("heading", { name: `Welcome ${credentials.displayName}` })).toBeVisible();
});
});

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@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ const notLoggedInMap: Record<Exclude<Views, Views.LOGGED_IN>, ScreenName> = {
[Views.FORGOT_PASSWORD]: "ForgotPassword",
[Views.COMPLETE_SECURITY]: "CompleteSecurity",
[Views.E2E_SETUP]: "E2ESetup",
[Views.PENDING_CLIENT_START]: "Loading",
[Views.SOFT_LOGOUT]: "SoftLogout",
[Views.LOCK_STOLEN]: "SessionLockStolen",
};

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@@ -20,52 +20,62 @@ Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
* │ LOADING │─────────────────────────────►│ CONFIRM_LOCK_ │
* │ │◄─────────────────────────────│ THEFT │
* └─────────────────┘ Lock theft confirmed └─────────────────┘
* Session recovered │ │
* ┌──────────────┘ │ └────────────────┐
* │ ┌─────────────┘ No previous session
* │ │ Token/OIDC login succeeded
* │
* │ ┌─────────────────┐
* │ │ WELCOME │ (from all other states
* │ │ │ except LOCK_STOLEN)
* │ └─────────────────┘ │
* │ │ "Create Account" │ │ "Sign in" │ Client logged out
* │ ────────────────────────┘ │
* │ │ ┌────────────────────
* │ │ │
* │ ▼ "Create an "Forgot
* │ ┌─────────────────┐ account" ┌─────────────────┐ password" ┌─────────────────┐
* │ REGISTER │◄───────────────│ LOGIN │───────────────►│ FORGOT_PASSWORD
* │ │ │───────────────►│ │◄───────────────│ │
* │ └─────────────────┘ "Sign in here" └─────────────────┘ Complete / └─────────────────┘
* │ │ │ "Sign in instead" ▲
* │ └────────────────────────────────┐ │
* │ └────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │
* │ ▼ ▼ ▼
* │ ┌──────────────────┐
* │ │ (postLoginSetup) │
* │ └──────────────────┘
* │ ┌────────────────────────────────────┘
* │ │ E2EE not enabled ┌─────────────┘ └──────┐
* │ │ Account has │ Account lacks
* │ │ │ cross-signing │ cross-signing │
* │ keys │ keys
* │ │ Client started and ▼ ▼ │
* force_verification ┌─────────────────┐ ┌─────────────────┐
* pending COMPLETE_ E2E_SETUP │ │
* │ │ ┌─────────────────►│ SECURITY │
* │ └─────────────────┘ └─────────────────┘ │ "Forgotten
* │ ─────────────────────── your
* │ │ │ │ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┘password?"
* │ │ │
* │ │ │ │ │ (from all other states
* │ │ │ │ │ except LOCK_STOLEN)
* │ │ │ │ │ └──────────────┐ │
* ▼ ▼ │ ▼ Soft logout error ▼ │
* ┌─────────────────┐ ┌─────────────────┐
* │ LOGGED_INRe-authentication succeeded SOFT_LOGOUT
* │ │◄────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
* ─────────────────┘ └─────────────────┘
* Session recovered │ Token/OIDC login succeeded
* ┌──────────────┘ │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
* │ └───────────────────────────────────────────┐
* │ │ No previous session
* │
* │ (from all other states ┌─────────────────┐
* │ except LOCK_STOLEN) │ WELCOME │
* │ │ │
* │ │ Client logged out └─────────────────┘ │
* │ │ │ │
* │ ──────────────────────────┐ "Sign in" │ │ "Create account"
* │ │ ┌────────────┘ └──────────────┐ │
* │ │ │
* │ "Forgot "Create an ▼
* │ ┌─────────────────┐ password" ┌─────────────────┐ account" ┌─────────────────┐
* │ │ FORGOT_PASSWORD │◄───────────────│ LOGIN │───────────────►│ REGISTER │
* │ │ │───────────────►│ │◄───────────────│ │
* │ └─────────────────┘ Complete / └─────────────────┘ "Sign in here" └─────────────────┘
* │ ▲ "Sign in instead" │ │
* │ └──────────────────────┐ ┌─────────
* │ │"Forgotten your │ ┌──────────────────┘
* │ │ password?" │ │
* │ │ │
* │ ┌─────────────────┐ Soft-logout error │ │
* │ │ SOFT_LOGOUT │◄───────────── (from all other states │ │
* │ except LOCK_STOLEN) │ │
* │ └─────────────────┘ │ │
* │ │ Re-authentication succeeded
* │ ┌──────────────────┐
* │ (postLoginSetup)
* ┌─────────────────┐ └──────────────────┘
* │ PENDING_CLIENT_ │ Account has │ Account lacks
* START cross-signing │ │ │ cross-signing
* ───────────────── keys │ keys
* │ │ │ │
* │ └───────────────────────────────┐
* │ Client started, │ │ └──────┐
* │ force_verification pending │
* │ ▼ │ │
* │ Client started, ┌─────────────────┐
* │ force_verification COMPLETE_ │◄────────────┘ │ ▼
* │ not needed │ SECURITY │ │ ┌─────────────────┐
* └─────────────────┘ │ E2E_SETUP │
*
* │ ┌───────────────────────────────────── E2EE not enabled │ └─────────────────┘
* │ │ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
* │ │ │ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
* │ │ │ │
* │ │ │ │
* │ │ │ │
* │ │ │ │
* ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼
* ┌─────────────────┐
* │ LOGGED_IN │
* │ │
* └─────────────────┘
*
* (from all other states)
* │
@@ -102,6 +112,12 @@ enum Views {
// flow to setup SSSS / cross-signing on this account
E2E_SETUP,
/**
* We have successfully recovered a session from localstorage, but the client
* has not yet been started.
*/
PENDING_CLIENT_START,
// we are logged in with an active matrix client. The logged_in state also
// includes guests users as they too are logged in at the client level.
LOGGED_IN,

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@@ -173,8 +173,18 @@ interface IProps {
}
interface IState {
// the master view we are showing.
/**
* The master view we are showing.
*
* This represents the state of a state machine: see the documentation on {@link Views} for a transition diagram.
*
* TODO: this doesn't work well, because updates to React state are not instantaneous, meaning that if several
* events or {@link Action}s happen in quick succession, we may end up following the wrong transition.
* We should probably move the view into a separate object (like a ViewModel) and have the React state subscribe
* to updates.
*/
view: Views;
// What the LoggedInView would be showing if visible.
// A member of the enum for standard pages or a string for those provided by
// a module.
@@ -473,6 +483,9 @@ export default class MatrixChat extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
| (Pick<IState, K> | IState | null),
callback?: () => void,
): void {
if (state && "view" in state) {
logger.debug(`MatrixChat: Queuing change of view from ${Views[this.state.view]} to ${Views[state.view]}`);
}
if (this.shouldTrackPageChange(this.state, { ...this.state, ...state })) {
this.startPageChangeTimer();
}
@@ -648,9 +661,15 @@ export default class MatrixChat extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
private onAction = (payload: ActionPayload): void => {
// once the session lock has been stolen, don't try to do anything.
if (this.state.view === Views.LOCK_STOLEN) {
logger.warn(`MatrixChat: ignoring action ${payload.action} as session lock has been stolen`);
return;
}
// Exclude some rather spammy actions from being logged.
if (payload.action != Action.UserActivity) {
logger.debug(`MatrixChat: handling action ${payload.action}`);
}
// Start the onboarding process for certain actions
if (
MatrixClientPeg.get()?.isGuest() &&
@@ -1390,11 +1409,14 @@ export default class MatrixChat extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
*
* In other words, whenever we think we have completed the login and E2E setup tasks.
*/
private async onShowPostLoginScreen(): Promise<void> {
private onShowPostLoginScreen(): void {
logger.debug("onShowPostLoginScreen: Transitioning to logged in view.");
this.setStateForNewView({ view: Views.LOGGED_IN });
// If a specific screen is set to be shown after login, show that above
// all else, as it probably means the user clicked on something already.
if (this.screenAfterLogin?.screen) {
logger.debug(`onShowPostLoginScreen: showing screen ${this.screenAfterLogin.screen}`);
this.showScreen(this.screenAfterLogin.screen, this.screenAfterLogin.params);
this.screenAfterLogin = undefined;
} else if (MatrixClientPeg.currentUserIsJustRegistered()) {
@@ -1403,6 +1425,7 @@ export default class MatrixChat extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
if (ThreepidInviteStore.instance.pickBestInvite()) {
// The user has a 3pid invite pending - show them that
const threepidInvite = ThreepidInviteStore.instance.pickBestInvite();
logger.debug(`onShowPostLoginScreen: showing room ${threepidInvite.roomId} after registration`);
// HACK: This is a pretty brutal way of threading the invite back through
// our systems, but it's the safest we have for now.
@@ -1411,9 +1434,11 @@ export default class MatrixChat extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
} else {
// The user has just logged in after registering,
// so show the homepage.
logger.debug("onShowPostLoginScreen: Showing home page after registration");
dis.dispatch<ViewHomePagePayload>({ action: Action.ViewHomePage, justRegistered: true });
}
} else if (!(await this.shouldForceVerification())) {
} else {
logger.debug("onShowPostLoginScreen: showScreenAfterLogin");
this.showScreenAfterLogin();
}
@@ -1477,15 +1502,19 @@ export default class MatrixChat extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
// If screenAfterLogin is set, use that, then null it so that a second login will
// result in view_home_page, _user_settings or _room_directory
if (this.screenAfterLogin && this.screenAfterLogin.screen) {
logger.debug(`showScreenAfterLogin: showing screen ${this.screenAfterLogin.screen}`);
this.showScreen(this.screenAfterLogin.screen, this.screenAfterLogin.params);
this.screenAfterLogin = undefined;
} else if (localStorage && localStorage.getItem("mx_last_room_id")) {
// Before defaulting to directory, show the last viewed room
logger.debug("showScreenAfterLogin: showing last room");
this.viewLastRoom();
} else {
if (MatrixClientPeg.safeGet().isGuest()) {
logger.debug("showScreenAfterLogin: showing guest welcome page");
dis.dispatch({ action: "view_welcome_page" });
} else {
logger.debug("showScreenAfterLogin: showing home page");
dis.dispatch({ action: Action.ViewHomePage });
}
}
@@ -1506,18 +1535,27 @@ export default class MatrixChat extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
this.stores.client = MatrixClientPeg.safeGet();
StorageManager.tryPersistStorage();
// If we're in the middle of a login/registration, we wait for it to complete before transitioning to the logged
// in view the login flow will call `postLoginSetup` when it's done, which will arrange for `onShowPostLoginScreen`
// to be called.
// If we're loading the app for the first time, we can now transition to a splash screen while we wait for the
// client to start. The exceptions are:
//
// - If there is a token login in flight: in that case we wait for the login to complete (which hits
// `postLoginSetup`).
//
// - Lifecycle emits an `Action.OnLoggedIn` event during startup even if the localstorage flag indicating a
// previous soft logout is set. In that situation we actually want to wait for the `Action.ClientNotViable`
// event, which will transition us into Views.SOFT_LOGOUT. We therefore have to check for !isSoftLogout().
// There will be a subsequent `Action.OnLoggedIn` event once the reauthentication completes.
//
// XXX: fix this properly by having Lifecycle not emit OnLoggedIn when it knows it is about to emit a
// ClientNotViable.
//
// If we're already in the SOFT_LOGOUT view, that means that reauthentication has succeeded, and we can
// transition to the splash screen.
if (
!this.tokenLogin &&
!Lifecycle.isSoftLogout() &&
this.state.view !== Views.LOGIN &&
this.state.view !== Views.REGISTER &&
this.state.view !== Views.COMPLETE_SECURITY &&
this.state.view !== Views.E2E_SETUP
(this.state.view === Views.LOADING && !Lifecycle.isSoftLogout() && !this.tokenLogin) ||
this.state.view === Views.SOFT_LOGOUT
) {
this.onShowPostLoginScreen();
this.setStateForNewView({ view: Views.PENDING_CLIENT_START });
}
}
@@ -1750,15 +1788,6 @@ export default class MatrixChat extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
const cli = MatrixClientPeg.safeGet();
const shouldForceVerification = await this.shouldForceVerification();
// XXX: Don't replace the screen if it's already one of these: postLoginSetup
// changes to these screens in certain circumstances so we shouldn't clobber it.
// We should probably have one place where we decide what the next screen is after
// login.
if (![Views.COMPLETE_SECURITY, Views.E2E_SETUP].includes(this.state.view)) {
if (shouldForceVerification) {
this.setStateForNewView({ view: Views.COMPLETE_SECURITY });
}
}
const crypto = cli.getCrypto();
if (crypto) {
@@ -1775,13 +1804,31 @@ export default class MatrixChat extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
this.setState({
ready: true,
});
// If the view is PENDING_CLIENT_START, that means we recovered the session from localstorage, or from
// soft-logout: we can now transition to the logged-in view.
//
// If the view is something else, that probably means it's a login or registration view; we handle that in
// `postLoginSetup`.
if (this.state.view === Views.PENDING_CLIENT_START) {
if (shouldForceVerification) {
this.setStateForNewView({ view: Views.COMPLETE_SECURITY });
} else {
this.onShowPostLoginScreen();
}
}
}
public showScreen(screen: string, params?: { [key: string]: any }): void {
logger.debug(`showScreen ${screen}`);
const cli = MatrixClientPeg.get();
const isLoggedOutOrGuest = !cli || cli.isGuest();
if (!isLoggedOutOrGuest && AUTH_SCREENS.includes(screen)) {
// user is logged in and landing on an auth page which will uproot their session, redirect them home instead
logger.info(
`showScreen: suppressing change to AuthScreen ${screen} for logged-in user, and going to home screen instead`,
);
dis.dispatch({ action: Action.ViewHomePage });
return;
}
@@ -2087,9 +2134,7 @@ export default class MatrixChat extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
}
}
await this.onShowPostLoginScreen().catch((e) => {
logger.error("Exception showing post-login screen", e);
});
this.onShowPostLoginScreen();
};
private getFragmentAfterLogin(): string {
@@ -2128,6 +2173,15 @@ export default class MatrixChat extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
view = <CompleteSecurity onFinished={this.onCompleteSecurityE2eSetupFinished} />;
} else if (this.state.view === Views.E2E_SETUP) {
view = <E2eSetup onCancelled={this.onCompleteSecurityE2eSetupFinished} />;
} else if (this.state.view === Views.PENDING_CLIENT_START) {
// we think we are logged in, but are still waiting for the /sync to complete
view = (
<LoginSplashView
matrixClient={MatrixClientPeg.safeGet()}
onLogoutClick={this.onLogoutClick}
syncError={this.state.syncError}
/>
);
} else if (this.state.view === Views.LOGGED_IN) {
// `ready` and `view==LOGGED_IN` may be set before `page_type` (because the
// latter is set via the dispatcher). If we don't yet have a `page_type`,