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Problem When Updating the User in the Session

I set up Theo’s

uploadthing

uploadthing

to handle my image uploads. On the

uploadthing

uploadthing

server, I update the user’s image in the database like in the code below. I did not use

authClient.updateUser

authClient.updateUser

to update the user's image in the database. Now, every time I have a successful update, I check my database and see that the user’s image is updated correctly. My only problem is that the content of the user in the session

authClient.userSession

authClient.userSession

does not update—it seems there is about a minute delay before the session is updated. I don't know if it’s just my internet acting up or if I simply don't know how to handle this kind of situation. When there is a change in the database, the session on the client side should be updated immediately so that when I call

router.refresh()

router.refresh()

, the image is displayed right away.

Solution

This is not your fault!
Essentially,

useSession

useSession

will only update whenever a relevant endpoint was called from the client which would have something to do with modifying the user session.

Since you're updating the user's image from your server, the BetterAuthClient doesn't have a way of knowing that - thus it doesn't update.

You would need to find a solution for your front-end to detect that the img was changed, then call