Change refresh on version change to be after explicit click (#7090)

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/webapp/actions/global_actions.jsx b/webapp/actions/global_actions.jsx
index ce14661f6..f464483cf 100644
--- a/webapp/actions/global_actions.jsx
+++ b/webapp/actions/global_actions.jsx
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ export function emitChannelClickEvent(channel) {
 
             // Mark previous and next channel as read
             ChannelStore.resetCounts([chan.id, oldChannelId]);
+            reloadIfServerVersionChanged();
         });
 
         // Subtract mentions for the team
@@ -593,3 +594,15 @@ export function emitPopoverMentionKeyClick(isRHS, mentionKey) {
         mentionKey
     });
 }
+
+let serverVersion = '';
+
+export function reloadIfServerVersionChanged() {
+    const newServerVersion = Client4.getServerVersion();
+    if (serverVersion && serverVersion !== newServerVersion) {
+        console.log('Detected version update refreshing the page'); //eslint-disable-line no-console
+        window.location.reload(true);
+    }
+
+    serverVersion = newServerVersion;
+}