user.data not updated when changing deactivated to false and setting data (formerly: observe current user not working when evaluation expired or deactivated)

[retotito]

Hy
I'm observing the currentUser, to be able to notify the user inside the app, if a users evaluation or subscription expires or a subscription started.

const userObservable = dexieJS.db.cloud.currentUser

In cases of subscription expire or starting, i use the dexieCloudRestAPI to set the "type" and so on.

This works great as long as
"type" is "prod", "valid until" is a date in the future and "deactivated" is "false" or "undefined.
or
"type" is "eval", "valid until" is a date in the future and "deactivated" is "false" or "undefined.

But when "valid until" is in the past or "deactivated" is "true"(or a date),
from then on the observer is not working anymore, because there is a HttpError: 403 with the dexieCloudAddon.

When the "type" is set back to "prod" via dexieCloudRestAPI, because the user purchased a subscription on Stripe or somewhere else,
then the app has to be restarted to connect to the cloud again.
Sometimes you also have to restart twice, to reconnect.

Is there any solution in Dexie for that usecase?
Or is my concept totally wrong?

Thanks for some answers.

[dfahlander]

Yes, we are aware of this and it is according to how we have specified it: If a user has expired, it will stop connecting to the cloud unless db.cloud.sync() called explicitly by the application code.

It is recommended that the app should actively call db.cloud.sync() to refresh the license, for example as a step after a purchase flow, or allow the user to click a refresh button in the app's profile settings page where license status is visible.

[retotito]

Thanks, good to know.
There is just a thing.
When i set deactivated to true via restAPI:
{ "userId": user, "type": "eval", "deactivated": true, "data": { "RC_event": RC_event,// a nested object "test_string": "test set to deactivated", // a string } }

And then set it back to deactivated false:
{ "userId": user, "type": "prod", "deactivated": false, "validUntil": "2099-04-01T19:18:44+02:00", "evalDaysLeft": 0, "data": { "RC_event": RC_event, // a nested object "test_string": "test set to production", // a string } }

And then use db.cloud.sync() or restart the app, the "data" i did add to the User does not sync down to the app.

This only happens, when sync was deactivated.
When i now, while it's not deactivated, update the "data" again, it does sync.

[dfahlander]

Thanks! I mark this as a bug and add it to the backlog. Were you able to work around it?