Leaderboard and PollList Fails to Update Immediately After New Polls or Votes Are Submitted

[tristenwallace]

Problem Summary

Users are experiencing issues where newly created polls or votes do not appear in the leaderboard statistics immediately after submission. The updates only become visible upon manually refreshing the application. This issue suggests a potential problem with state management or real-time data updating within the app.

Description

When a user creates a new poll or submits a vote, the expectation is that these actions will immediately be reflected in the leaderboard. However, the current behavior requires users to refresh the entire application to see their updates. This behavior can confuse users and detract from the real-time interactive experience expected from modern SPAs (Single-Page Applications).

Current Behavior

• New polls or votes are submitted successfully.
• The leaderboard does not update automatically with the new data.
• A manual refresh of the application is required to see the changes.

Expected Behavior

• Any new poll creation or vote should trigger an immediate update in the leaderboard.
• Users should see their changes reflected in real time without needing to refresh the application manually.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Log into the application.
2. Create a new poll or participate in an existing poll by submitting a vote.
3. Navigate to the leaderboard page to view updates.
4. Observe that the new data is not reflected in the leaderboard.
5. Refresh the page manually.
6. Observe that the new data appears in the leaderboard after refreshing.

Possible Causes

• State Management: After adding new data, the state might not be correctly updated across components or views.
• Client-Server Synchronization: After data modifications, there might be a delay or lack of real-time synchronization between the client and server.
• Caching Issues: If there's aggressive caching, either on the client or server side, it might prevent the new state from being fetched immediately.

[tristenwallace]

There's a similar issue with the poll list on the home component. Newly created polls are not being displayed in the poll list immediately after their creation. This is similar to the issue with the leaderboard updates, indicating a broader state management or data synchronization problem within our application.

Additional Details:

• When a user creates a new poll, although the backend confirms successful creation, the poll does not appear in the poll list visible on the home component.

• Like the leaderboard, the new poll only becomes visible in the poll list after the user manually refreshes the entire application.

• This issue disrupts the user experience and suggests that our frontend is not dynamically updating to reflect changes in the application's state or is not receiving real-time updates from the backend.

Potential Impact:

• User Experience: Users may believe their actions (like creating a poll) have not been successful, leading to confusion or repeated attempts.

• Data Integrity: There is a risk that the perceived lack of responsiveness might lead to data duplication as users attempt to create multiple polls due to a lack of immediate feedback.

[tristenwallace]

🎉 This issue has been resolved in version 1.0.0 🎉

The release is available on GitHub release

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