From 9d08b6effad5293c2a356bc81afaccd2ceb43aff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Taylor Southwick <tasou@microsoft.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 12:24:48 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: use local storage for oauth (#1421)

the angular-oauth2-oidc library uses session storage by default. This
means that once you've closed the tab, the info is lost and you must log
in again. This change switches it to local storage so that it can be
persisted.

Fixes #1379
---
 booklore-ui/src/main.ts | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/booklore-ui/src/main.ts b/booklore-ui/src/main.ts
index 867b5517a..e622269c1 100644
--- a/booklore-ui/src/main.ts
+++ b/booklore-ui/src/main.ts
@@ -13,9 +13,14 @@ import Aura from '@primeng/themes/aura';
 import {routes} from './app/app.routes';
 import {AuthInterceptorService} from './app/core/security/auth-interceptor.service';
 import {AuthService, websocketInitializer} from './app/shared/service/auth.service';
-import {provideOAuthClient} from 'angular-oauth2-oidc';
+import {OAuthStorage, provideOAuthClient} from 'angular-oauth2-oidc';
 import {APP_INITIALIZER, provideAppInitializer} from '@angular/core';
 import {initializeAuthFactory} from './app/core/security/auth-initializer';
+
+export function storageFactory(): OAuthStorage {
+  return localStorage;
+}
+
 import {StartupService} from './app/shared/service/startup.service';
 import {provideCharts, withDefaultRegisterables} from 'ng2-charts';
 import ChartDataLabels from 'chartjs-plugin-datalabels';
@@ -37,6 +42,11 @@ bootstrapApplication(AppComponent, {
     },
     provideHttpClient(withInterceptors([AuthInterceptorService])),
     provideOAuthClient(),
+    // Configure OAuth to use localStorage instead of sessionStorage
+    {
+      provide: OAuthStorage,
+      useFactory: storageFactory
+    },
     provideAppInitializer(initializeAuthFactory()),
     provideRouter(routes),
     DialogService,