Refresh the page under more general conditions

app/soapbox/reducers/auth.js

@@ -124,17 +124,36 @@ const reducer = (state, action) => {
   }
 };
 
-const maybeReload = (oldState, state, action) => {
+// The user has a token stored in their browser
-  if (action.type === SWITCH_ACCOUNT) {
+const canAuth = state => {
-    if (location.pathname === '/auth/sign_in') {
+  state = maybeShiftMe(state);
-      location.replace('/');
+  const me = state.get('me');
-    } else {
+  const token = state.getIn(['users', me, 'access_token']);
-      location.reload();
+  return typeof token === 'string';
-    }
+};
-  }
 
-  if (action.type === VERIFY_CREDENTIALS_FAIL && state.get('me') !== oldState.get('me')) {
+// Reload, but redirect home if the user is already logged in
-    location.reload();
+const reload = state => {
+  if (location.pathname === '/auth/sign_in' && canAuth(state)) {
+    return location.replace('/');
+  } else {
+    return location.reload();
+  }
+};
+
+// `me` has changed from one valid ID to another
+const userSwitched = (oldState, state) => {
+  const validMe = state => typeof state.get('me') === 'string';
+
+  const stillValid = validMe(oldState) && validMe(state);
+  const didChange = oldState.get('me') !== state.get('me');
+
+  return stillValid && didChange;
+};
+
+const maybeReload = (oldState, state, action) => {
+  if (userSwitched(oldState, state)) {
+    reload(state);
   }
 };
 

app/soapbox/reducers/index.js

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ const appReducer = combineReducers({
 
 // Clear the state (mostly) when the user logs out
 const logOut = (state = ImmutableMap()) => {
-  const whitelist = ['instance', 'soapbox', 'custom_emojis'];
+  const whitelist = ['instance', 'soapbox', 'custom_emojis', 'auth'];
 
   return ImmutableMap(
     whitelist.reduce((acc, curr) => {