react-context-auth-user-switch

React Context state gets stale during same-tab user switching because localStorage updates do not trigger component re-renders. Same-tab storage events also fail to fire, leaving previous user data visible until a full page reload manually refreshes the application state.

Trigger an explicit context refresh function immediately upon the login event to update React Context state. This forces the application to load the new user's data before navigating to protected routes, ensuring the interface updates without requiring a full page reload.

Yes, React Context and localStorage support multi-account authentication in a single-page application when paired with explicit context reset functions on logout and refresh functions on login. This clears stale user-related state, preventing leftover data from being visible to the next account.

Call an explicit context reset function triggered by the logout event to clear all stale user-related state from React Context. This prevents leftover data, such as per-user chatbot conversation lists or protected route access, from remaining visible to the next authenticated user.

Implement a lightweight polling fallback mechanism to catch user switches triggered by browser back or forward navigation, direct URL access after login, or page refreshes. This periodically checks authentication state to bypass standard login and logout event triggers without requiring a full page reload.