From a3cc8ca0679d1c91b5ccc36e92b38d472bf17f68 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rishab11250 <rishab.chandgothia.cg@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:19:03 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: invalidate HTML cache when files change on disk via
 mtime check (#281)

---
 server.js | 14 +++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 302324fa..09fd5fd6 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -81,8 +81,16 @@ app.use((req, res, next) => {
 // 4. HTML page routes — inject per-request nonce into __NONCE__ placeholders
 const htmlCache = {};
 function serveHtml(res, filePath) {
-  if (htmlCache[filePath]) {
-    const html = htmlCache[filePath].replace(/__NONCE__/g, res.locals.nonce);
+  let stats;
+  try {
+    stats = fs.statSync(filePath);
+  } catch (err) {
+    return res.status(500).send("Error loading page");
+  }
+
+  const cached = htmlCache[filePath];
+  if (cached && cached.mtime >= stats.mtimeMs) {
+    const html = cached.data.replace(/__NONCE__/g, res.locals.nonce);
     return res.type("html").send(html);
   }
 
@@ -90,7 +98,7 @@ function serveHtml(res, filePath) {
     if (err) {
       return res.status(500).send("Error loading page");
     }
-    htmlCache[filePath] = data;
+    htmlCache[filePath] = { mtime: stats.mtimeMs, data };
     const html = data.replace(/__NONCE__/g, res.locals.nonce);
     res.type("html").send(html);
   });