[MM-37379] Add "Clear Data" options in the menu to allow users to force Electron to blow away session data.

i18n/en.json

@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@
   "main.app.app.handleAppCertificateError.certNotTrusted.dialog.title": "Certificate Not Trusted",
   "main.app.app.handleAppCertificateError.dialog.extraDetail": "Certificate is different from previous one.\n\n",
   "main.app.initialize.downloadBox.allFiles": "All files",
+  "main.app.utils.clearAllData.cancel": "Cancel",
+  "main.app.utils.clearAllData.confirm": "Clear All Data",
+  "main.app.utils.clearAllData.message": "This action will erase all session, cache, cookie and storage data for all server. Performing this action will restart the application. Are you sure you want to clear all data?",
+  "main.app.utils.clearDataForServer.cancel": "Cancel",
+  "main.app.utils.clearDataForServer.confirm": "Clear Data",
+  "main.app.utils.clearDataForServer.message": "This action will erase all session, cache, cookie and storage data for the server \"{serverName}\". Are you sure you want to clear data for this server?",
   "main.app.utils.migrateMacAppStore.button.dontImport": "Don't Import",
   "main.app.utils.migrateMacAppStore.button.selectAndImport": "Select Directory and Import",
   "main.app.utils.migrateMacAppStore.dialog.detail": "It appears that an existing {appName} configuration exists, would you like to import it? You will be asked to pick the correct configuration directory.",
@@ -82,7 +88,9 @@
   "main.menus.app.history.forward": "Forward",
   "main.menus.app.view": "&View",
   "main.menus.app.view.actualSize": "Actual Size",
+  "main.menus.app.view.clearAllData": "Clear All Data",
   "main.menus.app.view.clearCacheAndReload": "Clear Cache and Reload",
+  "main.menus.app.view.clearDataForServer": "Clear Data for Current Server",
   "main.menus.app.view.developerModeBrowserOnly": "Browser Only Mode",
   "main.menus.app.view.developerModeDisableContextMenu": "Disable Context Menu",
   "main.menus.app.view.developerModeDisableNotificationStorage": "Disable Notification Storage",

src/main/app/utils.ts

@@ -258,3 +258,54 @@ export async function updateServerInfos(servers: MattermostServer[]) {
     }));
     ServerManager.updateRemoteInfos(map);
 }
+
+export async function clearDataForServer(server: MattermostServer) {
+    const mainWindow = MainWindow.get();
+    if (!mainWindow) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    const response = await dialog.showMessageBox(mainWindow, {
+        type: 'warning',
+        buttons: [
+            localizeMessage('main.app.utils.clearDataForServer.confirm', 'Clear Data'),
+            localizeMessage('main.app.utils.clearDataForServer.cancel', 'Cancel'),
+        ],
+        defaultId: 1,
+        message: localizeMessage('main.app.utils.clearDataForServer.message', 'This action will erase all session, cache, cookie and storage data for the server "{serverName}". Are you sure you want to clear data for this server?', {serverName: server.name}),
+    });
+
+    if (response.response === 0) {
+        await session.defaultSession.clearData({
+            origins: [server.url.origin],
+        });
+        ViewManager.reload();
+    }
+}
+
+export async function clearAllData() {
+    const mainWindow = MainWindow.get();
+    if (!mainWindow) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    const response = await dialog.showMessageBox(mainWindow, {
+        title: app.name,
+        type: 'warning',
+        buttons: [
+            localizeMessage('main.app.utils.clearAllData.confirm', 'Clear All Data'),
+            localizeMessage('main.app.utils.clearAllData.cancel', 'Cancel'),
+        ],
+        defaultId: 1,
+        message: localizeMessage('main.app.utils.clearAllData.message', 'This action will erase all session, cache, cookie and storage data for all server. Performing this action will restart the application. Are you sure you want to clear all data?'),
+    });
+
+    if (response.response === 0) {
+        await session.defaultSession.clearAuthCache();
+        await session.defaultSession.clearCodeCaches({});
+        await session.defaultSession.clearHostResolverCache();
+        await session.defaultSession.clearData();
+        app.relaunch();
+        app.exit();
+    }
+}

src/main/menus/app.test.js

@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ jest.mock('app/serverViewState', () => ({
     switchServer: jest.fn(),
     getCurrentServer: jest.fn(),
 }));
+jest.mock('main/app/utils', () => ({}));
 jest.mock('main/diagnostics', () => ({}));
 jest.mock('main/downloadsManager', () => ({
     hasDownloads: jest.fn(),

src/main/menus/app.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import ServerManager from 'common/servers/serverManager';
 import {t} from 'common/utils/util';
 import {getViewDisplayName} from 'common/views/View';
 import type {ViewType} from 'common/views/View';
+import {clearAllData, clearDataForServer} from 'main/app/utils';
 import type {UpdateManager} from 'main/autoUpdater';
 import DeveloperMode from 'main/developerMode';
 import Diagnostics from 'main/diagnostics';
@@ -274,6 +275,18 @@ export function createTemplate(config: Config, updateManager: UpdateManager) {
         click() {
             return downloadsManager.openDownloadsDropdown();
         },
+    }, separatorItem, {
+        id: 'clear-data-for-server',
+        label: localizeMessage('main.menus.app.view.clearDataForServer', 'Clear Data for Current Server'),
+        async click() {
+            return clearDataForServer(ServerViewState.getCurrentServer());
+        },
+    }, {
+        id: 'clear-data',
+        label: localizeMessage('main.menus.app.view.clearAllData', 'Clear All Data'),
+        async click() {
+            return clearAllData();
+        },
     }, separatorItem, {
         label: localizeMessage('main.menus.app.view.devToolsSubMenu', 'Developer Tools'),
         submenu: devToolsSubMenu,