Merge pull request #1198 from PR0M3TH3AN/stale-while-revalidate-moderation-13578942910948659410

feat: implement stale-while-revalidate for moderation lists

js/accessControl.js

@@ -433,22 +433,20 @@ class AccessControl {
   }
 
   async ensureReady() {
+    // If not loaded and not already refreshing, kick off a background refresh.
+    // We do NOT await this promise, allowing the application to proceed immediately.
+    // Reactive updates (e.g. onBlacklistChange) will handle the UI state when data arrives.
     if (!this.hasLoaded && !this._isRefreshing) {
-      this.refresh();
+      this.refresh().catch((error) => {
+        userLogger.warn(
+          "[accessControl] Background refresh failed:",
+          error,
+        );
+      });
     }
 
-    try {
-      await this._refreshPromise;
-      userLogger.info("[accessControl] ensureReady resolved");
-    } catch (error) {
-      if (!this.hasLoaded) {
-        userLogger.warn("[accessControl] ensureReady retry");
-        await this.refresh();
-        await this._refreshPromise;
-      } else {
-        throw error;
-      }
-    }
+    // Always resolve immediately to prevent blocking application startup.
+    return Promise.resolve();
   }
 
   whitelistMode() {

js/app.js

@@ -436,9 +436,20 @@ class Application {
         profileModalPromise,
       ]);
 
-      const nostrInitPromise = nostrClient.init();
+      // Initialize the pool early to unblock bootstrapTrustedSeeds,
+      // but do NOT await the full connection process here.
+      try {
+        await nostrClient.ensurePool();
+      } catch (poolError) {
+        devLogger.warn("[app.init()] Pool ensure failed:", poolError);
+      }
 
-      await Promise.all([modalBootstrapPromise, nostrInitPromise]);
+      // Kick off relay connection in the background.
+      const nostrInitPromise = nostrClient.init().catch((err) => {
+        devLogger.warn("[app.init()] Background nostrClient.init failed:", err);
+      });
+
+      await modalBootstrapPromise;
 
       try {
         await bootstrapTrustedSeeds();
@@ -591,6 +602,21 @@ class Application {
         });
       }
 
+      if (typeof accessControl.onWhitelistChange === "function") {
+        accessControl.onWhitelistChange(() => {
+          const refreshReason = "admin-whitelist-change";
+          this.refreshAllVideoGrids({
+            reason: refreshReason,
+            forceMainReload: true,
+          }).catch((error) => {
+            devLogger.warn(
+              "[app.init()] Failed to refresh video grids after admin whitelist change:",
+              error,
+            );
+          });
+        });
+      }
+
       // Grab the "Subscriptions" link by its id in the sidebar
       this.subscriptionsLink = document.getElementById("subscriptionsLink");