fix: server overrides user's locale/appearance (#2771)

web/src/App.tsx

@@ -82,12 +82,11 @@ const App = () => {
   }, [systemStatus.customizedProfile]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    document.documentElement.setAttribute("lang", locale);
-    i18n.changeLanguage(locale);
-    storage.set({
-      locale: locale,
-    });
-    if (locale === "ar") {
+    const { locale: storageLocale } = storage.get(["locale"]);
+    const currentLocale = storageLocale || userStore?.userSetting?.locale || locale;
+    i18n.changeLanguage(currentLocale);
+    document.documentElement.setAttribute("lang", currentLocale);
+    if (currentLocale === "ar") {
       document.documentElement.setAttribute("dir", "rtl");
     } else {
       document.documentElement.setAttribute("dir", "ltr");
@@ -95,12 +94,9 @@ const App = () => {
   }, [locale]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    storage.set({
-      appearance: appearance,
-    });
-
-    let currentAppearance = appearance;
-    if (appearance === "system") {
+    const { appearance: storageAppearance } = storage.get(["appearance"]);
+    let currentAppearance = (storageAppearance || userStore?.userSetting?.appearance || appearance) as Appearance;
+    if (currentAppearance === "system") {
       currentAppearance = getSystemColorScheme();
     }
 

web/src/store/module/global.ts

@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@ import store, { useAppSelector } from "../";
 import { setAppearance, setGlobalState, setLocale } from "../reducer/global";
 
 export const initialGlobalState = async () => {
-  const { locale: storageLocale, appearance: storageAppearance } = storage.get(["locale", "appearance"]);
   const defaultGlobalState = {
-    locale: (storageLocale || "en") as Locale,
-    appearance: (storageAppearance || "system") as Appearance,
+    locale: "en" as Locale,
+    appearance: "system" as Appearance,
     systemStatus: {
       allowSignUp: false,
       disablePasswordLogin: false,
@@ -44,9 +43,19 @@ export const initialGlobalState = async () => {
         externalUrl: "",
       },
     };
+    // Use storageLocale > userLocale > customizedProfile.locale (server's default locale)
+    // Initially, storageLocale is undefined and user is not logged in, so use server's default locale.
+    // User can change locale in login/sign up page, set storageLocale and override userLocale after logged in.
+    // Otherwise, storageLocale remains undefined and if userLocale has value after user logged in, set to storageLocale and re-render.
+    // Otherwise, use server's default locale, set to storageLocale.
+    const { locale: storageLocale, appearance: storageAppearance } = storage.get(["locale", "appearance"]);
     defaultGlobalState.locale =
-      defaultGlobalState.systemStatus.customizedProfile.locale || defaultGlobalState.locale || findNearestLanguageMatch(i18n.language);
-    defaultGlobalState.appearance = defaultGlobalState.systemStatus.customizedProfile.appearance || defaultGlobalState.appearance;
+      storageLocale ||
+      defaultGlobalState.systemStatus.customizedProfile.locale ||
+      defaultGlobalState.locale ||
+      findNearestLanguageMatch(i18n.language);
+    defaultGlobalState.appearance =
+      storageAppearance || defaultGlobalState.systemStatus.customizedProfile.appearance || defaultGlobalState.appearance;
   }
   store.dispatch(setGlobalState(defaultGlobalState));
 };
@@ -83,9 +92,17 @@ export const useGlobalStore = () => {
       );
     },
     setLocale: (locale: Locale) => {
+      // Set storageLocale to user selected locale.
+      storage.set({
+        locale: locale,
+      });
       store.dispatch(setLocale(locale));
     },
     setAppearance: (appearance: Appearance) => {
+      // Set storageAppearance to user selected appearance.
+      storage.set({
+        appearance: appearance,
+      });
       store.dispatch(setAppearance(appearance));
     },
   };

web/src/store/v1/user.ts

 import { create } from "zustand";
 import { combine } from "zustand/middleware";
 import { authServiceClient, userServiceClient } from "@/grpcweb";
+import storage from "@/helpers/storage";
+import store from "@/store";
+import { setAppearance, setLocale } from "@/store/reducer/global";
 import { User, UserSetting } from "@/types/proto/api/v2/user_service";
 import { UserNamePrefix, extractUsernameFromName } from "./resourceName";
 
@@ -110,6 +113,22 @@ export const useUserStore = create(
           ...setting,
         }),
       });
+      const userLocale = get().userSetting?.locale;
+      const userAppearance = get().userSetting?.appearance;
+      const { locale: storedLocale, appearance: storedAppearance } = storage.get(["locale", "appearance"]);
+      // Use storageLocale > userLocale > default locale
+      const locale = storedLocale || userLocale || store.getState().global.locale;
+      const appearance = (storedAppearance || userAppearance || store.getState().global.appearance) as Appearance;
+
+      // If storedLocale is undefined, set storageLocale to userLocale.
+      if (storedLocale === undefined && storedAppearance === undefined) {
+        storage.set({ locale: locale });
+        storage.set({ appearance: appearance });
+      }
+
+      store.dispatch(setLocale(locale));
+      store.dispatch(setAppearance(appearance));
+
       return user;
     },
     updateUserSetting: async (userSetting: Partial<UserSetting>, updateMask: string[]) => {