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# Live Recipe Reload
**Date:** 2026-05-20
**Status:** Approved
## Problem
The server watches the recipe directory for file changes and updates the
in-memory recipe index live (via `fsnotify` + `IORef`), but users must
manually refresh their browser to see the new content. The recipe index
page and recipe detail pages should reload automatically when their
relevant content changes on disk.
## Goal
Push recipe change notifications to the browser using Server-Sent Events
(SSE), triggering an automatic page reload when appropriate:
- **Index page:** reloads when any recipe is added, modified, or removed.
- **Recipe detail page:** reloads only when the specific recipe being viewed
changes on disk.
## Non-Goals
- In-place content swapping (full page reload is acceptable).
- Bidirectional communication (WebSocket is overkill for one-way push).
- Inline edit of recipes from the browser.
- Persisting checkbox or scroll state across reloads.
## Architecture
### Change Log — Shared State
A new `ChangeLog` `IORef` alongside the existing recipe map `IORef` tracks
every recipe change with a monotonic version number:
```haskell
type ChangeLog = IORef (Int, [(Int, FilePath)])
-- (currentVersion, [(version, changedFile), ...])
```
- **`currentVersion`** — monotonically increasing `Int`, bumped on every
add/modify/delete event.
- **Change list** — newest-first, capped at the last 100 entries
(`take 99` after prepending). Enough for any reasonable burst of
recipe edits.
- **Concurrency** — updated with `atomicModifyIORef'` alongside the recipe
map update in the watcher callback.
No new concurrency primitives (`Chan`, `TVar`, `TChan`) needed — `IORef`
is sufficient for this scale.
### Watcher Integration
The existing `watchRecipes` function gains a `ChangeLog` parameter.
After each successful recipe change (add/modify/delete), it calls:
```haskell
recordChange :: ChangeLog -> FilePath -> IO ()
recordChange changeLog path = atomicModifyIORef' changeLog $ \(version, entries) ->
let newVersion = version + 1
newEntries = (newVersion, path) : take 99 entries
in ((newVersion, newEntries), ())
```
### SSE Endpoint — `/events`
A new WAI route at `["events"]` returns a streaming `text/event-stream`
response. Each connected client runs a 500ms polling loop:
1. Read the `ChangeLog`'s current version.
2. If `currentVersion > lastSentVersion`, push `recipe-changed` events for
all entries with `v > lastSentVersion`.
3. Every 30 seconds, push a `ping` event as a keepalive.
**Response format:**
```
event: recipe-changed
data: FriedRice.cook
event: recipe-changed
data: PadThai.cook
event: ping
data: keepalive
```
**Connection lifecycle:**
- `Content-Type: text/event-stream`, `Cache-Control: no-cache`,
`Connection: keep-alive`
- Client disconnect causes the write action to throw → `finally` cleans up
the polling loop.
- Warp handles client disconnect detection natively.
- Browser `EventSource` reconnects automatically on drop.
### Router — Dispatching to SSE vs Recipe Handlers
A new `router` function replaces the direct use of `handleRequest`:
```haskell
router :: IORef (Map FilePath RecipeInfo) -> ChangeLog -> Wai.Application
router state changeLog request respond =
case Wai.pathInfo request of
["events"] -> sseHandler changeLog request respond
_ -> handleRequest state request respond
```
### Client-Side JavaScript
**Index page** — appended to the existing inline `<script>` in `Html.hs`:
```javascript
(function() {
if (window.EventSource) {
const es = new EventSource('/events');
es.addEventListener('recipe-changed', function() { location.reload(); });
}
})();
```
**Recipe detail page** — new inline `<script>` added by `recipePage`:
```javascript
(function() {
if (window.EventSource) {
const currentRecipe = document.getElementById('roux-current-recipe').textContent;
const es = new EventSource('/events');
es.addEventListener('recipe-changed', function(e) {
if (e.data === currentRecipe) location.reload();
});
}
})();
```
A hidden `<span id="roux-current-recipe" style="display:none;">`
containing the filename (e.g. `"FriedRice.cook"`) is injected into the
recipe detail page HTML, allowing the JS to match SSE event data against
the currently viewed recipe.
## Changes by File
### `src/Roux/Server.hs`
| Change | Detail |
|--------|--------|
| New import | `Data.ByteString.Lazy.Char8 (pack)` — for SSE event payloads |
| New type alias | `type ChangeLog = IORef (Int, [(Int, FilePath)])` |
| New function | `recordChange :: ChangeLog -> FilePath -> IO ()` |
| New function | `sseHandler :: ChangeLog -> Wai.Application` |
| New function | `router :: IORef (Map FilePath RecipeInfo) -> ChangeLog -> Wai.Application` |
| Modify `app` | Create `ChangeLog`, pass to watcher, return `router` instead of `handleRequest` |
| Modify `watchRecipes` | Accept `ChangeLog`, call `recordChange` on each event |
| Keep | `handleRequest`, `lookupRecipe`, `stripCookExt`, `urlDecodePath`, `htmlResponse`, `notFound` unchanged |
### `src/Roux/Html.hs`
| Change | Detail |
|--------|--------|
| Modify `renderRecipe` | Add hidden `<span id="roux-current-recipe">` with the filename |
| Modify `recipePage` | Add inline `<script>` for SSE listener on recipe detail page |
| Modify `indexPage` | Add a separate `<script>` block after the existing JS with the SSE listener IIFE |
### `app/Main.hs`
No changes needed — `Roux.app` signature stays the same.
## Testing
- **Manual: modify a recipe** while viewing its detail page → page reloads
within ~1 second showing the new content.
- **Manual: add a recipe** while viewing the index page → index page reloads
within ~1 second showing the new entry.
- **Manual: delete a recipe** while viewing it → page reloads to a 404.
- **Manual: disconnect network** → `EventSource` reconnects automatically
when the connection returns.
- **Manual: invalid recipe** → watcher logs the error, keeps the old version,
no SSE event fired → no page reload.