2 files changed, 27 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/web/react/stores/browser_store.jsx b/web/react/stores/browser_store.jsx
index 2e3a26cff..ff6ae45ea 100644
--- a/web/react/stores/browser_store.jsx
+++ b/web/react/stores/browser_store.jsx
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2015 Mattermost, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 // See License.txt for license information.
 
+import {generateId} from '../utils/utils.jsx';
+
 function getPrefix() {
     if (global.window.mm_user) {
         return global.window.mm_user.id + '_';
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ class BrowserStoreClass {
         this.clearAll = this.clearAll.bind(this);
         this.checkedLocalStorageSupported = '';
         this.signalLogout = this.signalLogout.bind(this);
+        this.isSignallingLogout = this.isSignallingLogout.bind(this);
 
         var currentVersion = sessionStorage.getItem('storage_version');
         if (currentVersion !== global.window.mm_config.Version) {
@@ -113,11 +116,19 @@ class BrowserStoreClass {
 
     signalLogout() {
         if (this.isLocalStorageSupported()) {
-            localStorage.setItem('__logout__', 'yes');
+            // PLT-1285 store an identifier in session storage so we can catch if the logout came from this tab on IE11
+            const logoutId = generateId();
+
+            sessionStorage.setItem('__logout__', logoutId);
+            localStorage.setItem('__logout__', logoutId);
             localStorage.removeItem('__logout__');
         }
     }
 
+    isSignallingLogout(logoutId) {
+        return logoutId === sessionStorage.getItem('__logout__');
+    }
+
     /**
      * Preforms the given action on each item that has the given prefix
      * Signature for action is action(key, value)
@@ -151,7 +162,14 @@ class BrowserStoreClass {
     }
 
     clear() {
+        // don't clear the logout id so IE11 can tell which tab sent a logout request
+        const logoutId = sessionStorage.getItem('__logout__');
+
         sessionStorage.clear();
+
+        if (logoutId) {
+            sessionStorage.setItem('__logout__', logoutId);
+        }
     }
 
     clearAll() {
@@ -185,3 +203,4 @@ class BrowserStoreClass {
 
 var BrowserStore = new BrowserStoreClass();
 export default BrowserStore;
+window.BrowserStore = BrowserStore;
diff --git a/web/templates/head.html b/web/templates/head.html
index 709edbaec..be4ed2b25 100644
--- a/web/templates/head.html
+++ b/web/templates/head.html
@@ -58,7 +58,13 @@
 
         $(function () {
             $(window).bind('storage', function (e) {
-                if (e.originalEvent.key === '__logout__') {
+                // when one tab on a browser logs out, it sets __logout__ in localStorage to trigger other tabs to log out
+                if (e.originalEvent.key === '__logout__' && e.originalEvent.storageArea === localStorage && e.originalEvent.newValue) {
+                    // make sure it isn't this tab that is sending the logout signal (only necessary for IE11)
+                    if (window.BrowserStore.isSignallingLogout(e.originalEvent.newValue)) {
+                        return;
+                    }
+
                     console.log('detected logout from a different tab');
                     window.location.href = '/' + window.mm_team.name;
                 }