Gatsby: [v2] gatsby-plugin-offline on Firefox reloads indefinitly

[mquandalle]

Description

On Firefox 60 (Ubuntu) the gatsby-plugin-offline seems broken. When its installed and a new version of a website is served, the browser window is reloaded indefinitely without ending on the new version.

I've experienced this bug on my website, but also on https://www.gatsbyjs.com.

The only way to “solve” the issue on the user side, is to close the tab, and re-open it.

[KyleAMathews]

Thanks for the bug report! This is a known issue. I've been trying to find time to fix it but haven't yet so if you'd like to tackle it (or anyone else) please do!

[mquandalle]

I don't want to sound too catastrophic, but I think this is a pretty critical bug because it makes sites completely broken for Firefox users. If there isn't a plan to fix this issue soon, I think there should be a notice on the README of the plugin warning that the gatsby-plugin-offline is broken on Firefox.

[Khaledgarbaya]

could be related to this issue.

[m-allanson]

@kkemple do you know if this was fixed in #2757?

[kkemple]

This is not fixed yet, it's a separate issue that needs investigation, I am working on this next actually.

[m-allanson]

This should be fixed in https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby/pull/6566. I'm going to close this, but please reopen if you're still seeing the problem.