From 3f9495f19d6055fca076d301bfa46a5b6e94aae4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Germain Souquet <germain@souquet.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2021 12:20:29 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix event index passphrase change process

---
 src/electron-main.js | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/electron-main.js b/src/electron-main.js
index 47c4e19..d0abd72 100644
--- a/src/electron-main.js
+++ b/src/electron-main.js
@@ -100,6 +100,12 @@ if (argv["help"]) {
     app.exit();
 }
 
+function delay(timeout) {
+    return new Promise(res => {
+        setTimeout(() => res(), timeout);
+    });
+}
+
 // Electron creates the user data directory (with just an empty 'Dictionaries' directory...)
 // as soon as the app path is set, so pick a random path in it that must exist if it's a
 // real user data directory.
@@ -596,8 +602,15 @@ ipcMain.on('seshat', async function(ev, payload) {
                         // index.
                         await eventIndex.changePassphrase(newPassphrase);
 
+                        // Keep this delay to avoid race conditions where the DB
+                        // lock has not been released properly when trying to
+                        // create a new event index
+                        await delay(500);
+
                         // Re-open the event index with the new passphrase.
-                        eventIndex = new Seshat(eventStorePath, {newPassphrase});
+                        eventIndex = new Seshat(eventStorePath, {
+                            passphrase: newPassphrase,
+                        });
                     } catch (e) {
                         sendError(payload.id, e);
                         return;