Including missing improvement that was available on the original project

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "foxbox",
-  "version": "1.0.2",
+  "version": "1.0.3",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "private": true,
   "productName": "Foxbox",

packages/studio-base/src/components/MessagePipeline/index.test.tsx

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 /* eslint-disable jest/no-conditional-expect */
 
-import { renderHook, act } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { act, renderHook } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { PropsWithChildren, useCallback, useState } from "react";
 import { DeepPartial } from "ts-essentials";
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import MockCurrentLayoutProvider from "@foxglove/studio-base/providers/CurrentLa
 import delay from "@foxglove/studio-base/util/delay";
 import { makeMockAppConfiguration } from "@foxglove/studio-base/util/makeMockAppConfiguration";
 
-import { MessagePipelineProvider, useMessagePipeline, MessagePipelineContext } from ".";
+import { MessagePipelineContext, MessagePipelineProvider, useMessagePipeline } from ".";
 import FakePlayer from "./FakePlayer";
 import { MAX_PROMISE_TIMEOUT_TIME_MS } from "./pauseFrameForPromise";
 
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ describe("MessagePipelineProvider/useMessagePipeline", () => {
         playerState: {
           activeData: undefined,
           capabilities: [],
-          presence: PlayerPresence.NOT_PRESENT,
+          presence: PlayerPresence.INITIALIZING,
           playerId: "",
           progress: {},
         },
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ describe("MessagePipelineProvider/useMessagePipeline", () => {
     expect(all[0]!.playerState).toEqual({
       activeData: undefined,
       capabilities: [],
-      presence: PlayerPresence.NOT_PRESENT,
+      presence: PlayerPresence.INITIALIZING,
       playerId: "",
       progress: {},
     });
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ describe("MessagePipelineProvider/useMessagePipeline", () => {
         playerState: {
           activeData: undefined,
           capabilities: [],
-          presence: PlayerPresence.NOT_PRESENT,
+          presence: PlayerPresence.INITIALIZING,
           playerId: "",
           progress: {},
         },

packages/studio-base/src/components/MessagePipeline/store.ts

@@ -21,15 +21,16 @@ import {
   PlayerState,
   SubscribePayload,
 } from "@foxglove/studio-base/players/types";
-import { assertNever } from "@foxglove/studio-base/util/assertNever";
 import isDesktopApp from "@foxglove/studio-base/util/isDesktopApp";
 
 import { FramePromise } from "./pauseFrameForPromise";
 import { MessagePipelineContext } from "./types";
 
-export function defaultPlayerState(): PlayerState {
+export function defaultPlayerState(player?: Player): PlayerState {
   return {
-    presence: PlayerPresence.NOT_PRESENT,
+    // when there is a player we default to initializing, to prevent thrashing in the UI when
+    // the player is initialized.
+    presence: player ? PlayerPresence.INITIALIZING : PlayerPresence.NOT_PRESENT,
     progress: {},
     capabilities: [],
     profile: undefined,
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ export function createMessagePipelineStore({
     },
 
     public: {
-      playerState: defaultPlayerState(),
+      playerState: defaultPlayerState(initialPlayer),
       messageEventsBySubscriberId: new Map(),
       subscriptions: [],
       sortedTopics: [],
@@ -424,10 +425,6 @@ export function reducer(
     }
   }
 
-  assertNever(
-    action,
-    `Unhandled message pipeline action type ${(action as MessagePipelineStateAction).type}`,
-  );
 }
 
 async function builtinFetch(url: string, opts?: { signal?: AbortSignal }) {

packages/studio-base/src/components/PanelExtensionAdapter/PanelExtensionAdapter.tsx

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { CSSProperties, useEffect, useLayoutEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState }
 import { useLatest } from "react-use";
 import { v4 as uuid } from "uuid";
 
-import { useValueChangedDebugLog, useSynchronousMountedState } from "@foxglove/hooks";
+import { useSynchronousMountedState, useValueChangedDebugLog } from "@foxglove/hooks";
 import Logger from "@foxglove/log";
 import { fromSec, toSec } from "@foxglove/rostime";
 import {
@@ -42,11 +42,12 @@ import useGlobalVariables from "@foxglove/studio-base/hooks/useGlobalVariables";
 import {
   AdvertiseOptions,
   PlayerCapabilities,
+  PlayerPresence,
   SubscribePayload,
 } from "@foxglove/studio-base/players/types";
 import {
-  usePanelSettingsTreeUpdate,
   useDefaultPanelTitle,
+  usePanelSettingsTreeUpdate,
 } from "@foxglove/studio-base/providers/PanelStateContextProvider";
 import { PanelConfig, SaveConfig } from "@foxglove/studio-base/types/panels";
 import { assertNever } from "@foxglove/studio-base/util/assertNever";
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ function PanelExtensionAdapter(
   const { playerState, pauseFrame, setSubscriptions, seekPlayback, sortedTopics } =
     messagePipelineContext;
 
-  const { capabilities, profile: dataSourceProfile } = playerState;
+  const { capabilities, profile: dataSourceProfile, presence: playerPresence  } = playerState;
 
   const { openSiblingPanel, setMessagePathDropConfig } = usePanelContext();
 
@@ -547,6 +548,9 @@ function PanelExtensionAdapter(
     );
   }, [initialState, highestSupportedConfigVersion]);
 
+
+   const playerIsInitializing = playerPresence === PlayerPresence.INITIALIZING;
+
   // Manage extension lifecycle by calling initPanel() when the panel context changes.
   //
   // If we useEffect here instead of useLayoutEffect, the prevRenderState can get polluted with data
@@ -556,9 +560,12 @@ function PanelExtensionAdapter(
       throw new Error("Expected panel container to be mounted");
     }
 
-    // If the config is too new for this panel to support we bail and don't do any panel initialization
-    // We will instead show a warning message to the user
-    if (configTooNew) {
+    // Also don't show panel when the player is initializing. The initializing state is temporary for
+    // players to go through to load their sources. Once a player has completed initialization `initPanel` is called again (or even a few times),
+    // because parts of the player context have changed. This cleans up the old panel that was present
+    // during initialization. So there can be no state held between extension panels between initialization and
+    // whatever follows it. To prevent this unnecessary render, we do not render the panel during initialization.
+    if (configTooNew || playerIsInitializing) {
       return;
     }
 
@@ -596,7 +603,7 @@ function PanelExtensionAdapter(
       getMessagePipelineContext().setSubscriptions(panelId, []);
       getMessagePipelineContext().setPublishers(panelId, []);
     };
-  }, [initPanel, panelId, partialExtensionContext, getMessagePipelineContext, configTooNew]);
+  }, [initPanel, panelId, partialExtensionContext, getMessagePipelineContext, configTooNew, playerIsInitializing,]);
 
   const style: CSSProperties = {};
   if (slowRender) {

packages/studio/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@foxglove/studio",
-  "version": "1.0.2",
+  "version": "1.0.3",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",