fix(NOISSUE-0000): Infinite refresh loop when session has RefreshTokenError

[MrLeonix]

Problem

Users with an expired or revoked refresh token were stuck in an infinite loop on the home page, with the console repeatedly logging:

[auth-next-client] Session has error: RefreshTokenError

The proactive token refresh effect in useImmutableSession was responsible:

  useEffect(() => {
    if (!session?.accessTokenExpires) return;
    // No check for session.error ← bug
    if (timeUntilExpiry <= 0) {
      deduplicatedUpdate(() => updateRef.current()); // fires even on known-broken sessions
    }
  }, [session?.accessTokenExpires]); // session.error not tracked ← bug

When a refresh fails, the server sets session.error = 'RefreshTokenError' and rewrites the JWT — which updates session.accessTokenExpires as a side effect of signing the token. That new value triggered the effect again, which called update() again, which failed again, repeating indefinitely.

Each retry cycle caused isAuthenticated to briefly flicker during the loading phase, which caused WalletProvider to re-invoke connectWallet → which called getUser() → which logged the warning.

Fix

Added an early-return guard and tracked session?.error in the dependency array:

  useEffect(() => {
    if (!session?.accessTokenExpires) return;
    if (session?.error) return; // Don't retry a known-failing refresh

    if (timeUntilExpiry <= 0) {
      deduplicatedUpdate(() => updateRef.current());
    }
  }, [session?.accessTokenExpires, session?.error]);

Adding session?.error to the dep array also ensures that if the error later clears (e.g. user re-authenticates in the same session lifecycle), the effect re-evaluates and background refreshes resume correctly.

Impact

The ability to auto-refresh based on access token expiration is lost, since we'll simply interrupt the flow when there is an error AND access token is expired - we get in a loop. I'm looking into ways to overcome this.

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☁️ Nx Cloud last updated this comment at 2026-02-27 05:42:38 UTC