From ab05190e5ed1d44e2afe18c1ae6d2f663a3a9494 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: TheFlow <theflow@sydigital.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2025 16:18:34 +1300
Subject: [PATCH] fix(i18n): add cache-busting to translation fetches
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Forces fresh translation fetches on every language change by appending
?v=<timestamp> to bypass browser cache and service worker cache.

Resolves production cache issues where stale translation files persisted
after service worker updates.

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 public/js/i18n-simple.js | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/public/js/i18n-simple.js b/public/js/i18n-simple.js
index be3a137b..be7db5bc 100644
--- a/public/js/i18n-simple.js
+++ b/public/js/i18n-simple.js
@@ -92,8 +92,11 @@ const I18n = {
 
   async loadTranslations(lang) {
     try {
+      // Cache-busting: Add timestamp to force fresh fetch and bypass stale cache
+      const cacheBust = `?v=${Date.now()}`;
+
       // Always load common translations (footer, navbar, etc.)
-      const commonResponse = await fetch(`/locales/${lang}/common.json`);
+      const commonResponse = await fetch(`/locales/${lang}/common.json${cacheBust}`);
       let commonTranslations = {};
       if (commonResponse.ok) {
         commonTranslations = await commonResponse.json();
@@ -101,7 +104,7 @@ const I18n = {
 
       // Load page-specific translations
       const pageName = this.detectPageName();
-      const pageResponse = await fetch(`/locales/${lang}/${pageName}.json`);
+      const pageResponse = await fetch(`/locales/${lang}/${pageName}.json${cacheBust}`);
       let pageTranslations = {};
       if (pageResponse.ok) {
         pageTranslations = await pageResponse.json();