Disable service worker by default (#18914) (#19342)

The service worker causes a lot of issues with JS errors after instance upgrades while not bringing any real performance gain over regular HTTP caching. Disable it by default for this reason. Maybe later we can remove it completely, as I simply see no benefit in having it.
go-gitea · Apr 7, 2022 · 61c7732 · 61c7732
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diff --git a/custom/conf/app.example.ini b/custom/conf/app.example.ini
@@ -1075,7 +1075,7 @@ PATH =
 ;SEARCH_REPO_DESCRIPTION = true
 ;;
 ;; Whether to enable a Service Worker to cache frontend assets
-;USE_SERVICE_WORKER = true
+;USE_SERVICE_WORKER = false
 
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diff --git a/docs/content/doc/advanced/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md b/docs/content/doc/advanced/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ The following configuration set `Content-Type: application/vnd.android.package-a
     add it to this config.
 - `DEFAULT_SHOW_FULL_NAME`: **false**: Whether the full name of the users should be shown where possible. If the full name isn't set, the username will be used.
 - `SEARCH_REPO_DESCRIPTION`: **true**: Whether to search within description at repository search on explore page.
-- `USE_SERVICE_WORKER`: **true**: Whether to enable a Service Worker to cache frontend assets.
+- `USE_SERVICE_WORKER`: **false**: Whether to enable a Service Worker to cache frontend assets.
 
 ### UI - Admin (`ui.admin`)
 

diff --git a/docs/content/doc/developers/hacking-on-gitea.en-us.md b/docs/content/doc/developers/hacking-on-gitea.en-us.md
@@ -185,8 +185,6 @@ Before committing, make sure the linters pass:
 make lint-frontend
 ```
 
-Note: When working on frontend code, set `USE_SERVICE_WORKER` to `false` in `app.ini` to prevent undesirable caching of frontend assets.
-
 ### Building and adding SVGs
 
 SVG icons are built using the `make svg` target which compiles the icon sources defined in `build/generate-svg.js` into the output directory `public/img/svg`. Custom icons can be added in the `web_src/svg` directory.

diff --git a/modules/setting/setting.go b/modules/setting/setting.go
@@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@ func loadFromConf(allowEmpty bool, extraConfig string) {
 	UI.ShowUserEmail = Cfg.Section("ui").Key("SHOW_USER_EMAIL").MustBool(true)
 	UI.DefaultShowFullName = Cfg.Section("ui").Key("DEFAULT_SHOW_FULL_NAME").MustBool(false)
 	UI.SearchRepoDescription = Cfg.Section("ui").Key("SEARCH_REPO_DESCRIPTION").MustBool(true)
-	UI.UseServiceWorker = Cfg.Section("ui").Key("USE_SERVICE_WORKER").MustBool(true)
+	UI.UseServiceWorker = Cfg.Section("ui").Key("USE_SERVICE_WORKER").MustBool(false)
 
 	HasRobotsTxt, err = util.IsFile(path.Join(CustomPath, "robots.txt"))
 	if err != nil {