[Personal-WP] Fix broadcast message loop in tab coordinator#3217
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Prevent infinite loop where checkForExistingTabs was being called repeatedly, causing continuous ping messages between BroadcastChannel instances in the same tab. Changes: - Add mutex lock and rate limiting (1s min interval) to checkForExistingTabs - Fix unstable useCallback dependency in useTabTracking hook
adamziel
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Jan 29, 2026
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Motivation for the change, related issues
The tab coordinator was causing an infinite loop of broadcast messages, where
checkForExistingTabswas being called repeatedly. This resulted in continuouspingmessages being sent between BroadcastChannel instances, even within a single tab.The issue had two contributing factors:
tab-coordinator.ts, another inuseTabTrackinghook) could trigger each otheruseCallbackdependency inuseTabTrackingcaused the effect to re-run on every renderImplementation details
tab-coordinator.ts:
isCheckingTabs) to prevent concurrent calls tocheckForExistingTabslastCheckTime+ 1 second minimum interval) to prevent rapid successive callsdestroyTabCoordinatorfor proper cleanupuse-tab-tracking.ts:
useCallbackdependency by storingoptions.onWorkerLostin a refcheckWorkerLostcallback to have empty dependencies[]instead of[options]Testing Instructions (or ideally a Blueprint)
cc @fellyph since you also observed this!