feat: update start api to be async

frontend/src/components/redirects/SetupRedirect.tsx

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { Outlet, useLocation, useNavigate } from "react-router-dom";
 import Loading from "src/components/Loading";
 import { useInfo } from "src/hooks/useInfo";
 
-let didSetupThisSession = false;
 export function SetupRedirect() {
   const { data: info } = useInfo();
   const location = useLocation();
@@ -13,17 +12,10 @@ export function SetupRedirect() {
     if (!info) {
       return;
     }
-    if (didSetupThisSession) {
-      // ensure redirect does not happen as node may still be starting
-      // which would then incorrectly redirect to the login page
-      console.info("Skipping setup redirect on initial setup");
-      return;
-    }
-    if (info.setupCompleted) {
+    if (info.setupCompleted && info.running) {
       navigate("/");
       return;
     }
-    didSetupThisSession = true;
   }, [info, location, navigate]);
 
   if (!info) {

frontend/src/screens/Start.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import React from "react";
-import { useNavigate } from "react-router-dom";
 import Container from "src/components/Container";
 import TwoColumnLayoutHeader from "src/components/TwoColumnLayoutHeader";
 import { Input } from "src/components/ui/input";
@@ -8,21 +7,24 @@ import { LoadingButton } from "src/components/ui/loading-button";
 import { useToast } from "src/components/ui/use-toast";
 import { useCSRF } from "src/hooks/useCSRF";
 import { useInfo } from "src/hooks/useInfo";
+import { startupMessages as messages } from "src/types";
+import { asyncTimeout } from "src/utils/asyncTimeout";
 import { handleRequestError } from "src/utils/handleRequestError";
 import { request } from "src/utils/request";
 
 export default function Start() {
   const [unlockPassword, setUnlockPassword] = React.useState("");
   const [loading, setLoading] = React.useState(false);
-  const navigate = useNavigate();
+  const [buttonText, setButtonText] = React.useState("Login");
   const { data: csrf } = useCSRF();
-  const { mutate: refetchInfo } = useInfo();
+  const { data: info } = useInfo(true);
   const { toast } = useToast();
 
   async function onSubmit(e: React.FormEvent) {
     e.preventDefault();
     try {
       setLoading(true);
+      setButtonText(messages[0]);
       if (!csrf) {
         throw new Error("csrf not loaded");
       }
@@ -36,13 +38,32 @@ export default function Start() {
           unlockPassword,
         }),
       });
-      await refetchInfo();
 
-      navigate("/");
+      let messageIndex = 1;
+      const intervalId = setInterval(() => {
+        // we don't check for info.running as HomeRedirect takes care of it
+        if (messageIndex < messages.length) {
+          setButtonText(messages[messageIndex]);
+          messageIndex++;
+        } else {
+          clearInterval(intervalId);
+        }
+      }, 5000);
+
+      await asyncTimeout(180000); // wait for 3 minutes
+      if (!info?.running) {
+        toast({
+          title: "Failed to start",
+          description: "Please try starting the node again.",
+          variant: "destructive",
+        });
+      }
     } catch (error) {
       handleRequestError(toast, "Failed to connect", error);
     } finally {
       setLoading(false);
+      setButtonText("Login");
+      setUnlockPassword("");
     }
   }
 
@@ -68,7 +89,7 @@ export default function Start() {
                 />
               </div>
               <LoadingButton type="submit" loading={loading}>
-                Login
+                {buttonText}
               </LoadingButton>
             </div>
           </form>

frontend/src/screens/setup/SetupFinish.tsx

@@ -9,14 +9,15 @@ import { useCSRF } from "src/hooks/useCSRF";
 import { useInfo } from "src/hooks/useInfo";
 import useSetupStore from "src/state/SetupStore";
 import { SetupNodeInfo } from "src/types";
+import { asyncTimeout } from "src/utils/asyncTimeout";
 import { handleRequestError } from "src/utils/handleRequestError";
 import { request } from "src/utils/request";
 
 export function SetupFinish() {
   const navigate = useNavigate();
   const { nodeInfo, unlockPassword } = useSetupStore();
 
-  const { mutate: refetchInfo } = useInfo();
+  const { data: info } = useInfo(true);
   const { data: csrf } = useCSRF();
   const [connectionError, setConnectionError] = React.useState(false);
   const hasFetchedRef = React.useRef(false);
@@ -40,24 +41,24 @@ export function SetupFinish() {
     (async () => {
       const succeeded = await finishSetup(csrf, nodeInfo, unlockPassword);
       if (succeeded) {
-        const info = await refetchInfo();
-        if (!info) {
-          throw new Error("Failed to re-fetch info");
+        // only setup call is successful as start is async
+        await asyncTimeout(180000); // wait for 3 minutes
+        if (!info?.running) {
+          setConnectionError(true);
         }
-        navigate("/");
       } else {
         setConnectionError(true);
       }
     })();
-  }, [csrf, nodeInfo, refetchInfo, navigate, unlockPassword]);
+  }, [csrf, nodeInfo, info, navigate, unlockPassword]);
 
   if (connectionError) {
     return (
       <Container>
         <div className="flex flex-col gap-5 text-center items-center">
           <div className="grid gap-2">
             <h1 className="font-semibold text-lg">Connection Failed</h1>
-            <p>Please check your node configuration.</p>
+            <p>Please check your node configuration and try again.</p>
           </div>
           <Button
             onClick={() => {

frontend/src/types.ts

@@ -116,6 +116,14 @@ export const budgetOptions: Record<string, number> = {
   Unlimited: 0,
 };
 
+export const startupMessages: string[] = [
+  "Unlocking",
+  "Starting the wallet",
+  "Connecting to the network",
+  "Syncing",
+  "Still syncing, please wait...",
+];
+
 export interface ErrorResponse {
   message: string;
 }

frontend/src/utils/asyncTimeout.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export const asyncTimeout = (ms: number) => {
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    setTimeout(resolve, ms);
+  });
+};

http/http_service.go

@@ -180,14 +180,20 @@ func (httpSvc *HttpService) startHandler(c echo.Context) error {
 		})
 	}
 
-	err := httpSvc.api.Start(&startRequest)
-	if err != nil {
-		return c.JSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, ErrorResponse{
-			Message: fmt.Sprintf("Failed to start node: %s", err.Error()),
+	if !httpSvc.cfg.CheckUnlockPassword(startRequest.UnlockPassword) {
+		return c.JSON(http.StatusUnauthorized, ErrorResponse{
+			Message: "Invalid password",
 		})
 	}
 
-	err = httpSvc.saveSessionCookie(c)
+	go func() {
+		err := httpSvc.api.Start(&startRequest)
+		if err != nil {
+			logger.Logger.WithError(err).Error("Failed to start node")
+		}
+	}()
+
+	err := httpSvc.saveSessionCookie(c)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return c.JSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, ErrorResponse{