fix: huddles not launching reliably

Closes #160
Race condition preventing proper initialization.

js/src/electron.d.ts

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ declare global {
       closeHuddle: () => void;
     };
     electronHuddle: {
-      onConnect: (callback: (data: { token: string; serverUrl: string }) => void) => () => void;
       getScreenSources: () => Promise<ScreenSource[]>;
     };
     electronAutoplay: {

js/src/huddle_window/HuddleApp.tsx

@@ -24,14 +24,15 @@ import { RoomEvent, Track } from 'livekit-client';
 import { useState, useEffect, useRef, useCallback } from 'react';
 import { ScreenSourcePicker } from '@/components/screen-source-picker';
 
-export function HuddleApp() {
+function readConnectionFromHash(): { token: string; serverUrl: string } | null {
-  const [connection, setConnection] = useState<{ token: string; serverUrl: string } | null>(null);
+  const params = new URLSearchParams(window.location.hash.slice(1));
+  const token = params.get('token');
+  const serverUrl = params.get('serverUrl');
+  return token && serverUrl ? { token, serverUrl } : null;
+}
 
-  useEffect(() => {
+export function HuddleApp() {
-    return window.electronHuddle.onConnect((data) => {
+  const [connection] = useState(readConnectionFromHash);
-      setConnection(data);
-    });
-  }, []);
 
   const handleDisconnected = () => {
     window.electronWindow.closeHuddle();
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ export function HuddleApp() {
   if (!connection) {
     return (
       <div className="flex h-screen items-center justify-center bg-background text-foreground">
-        <p className="text-muted-foreground text-sm">Connecting to huddle...</p>
+        <p className="text-muted-foreground text-sm">Missing huddle connection data.</p>
       </div>
     );
   }

js/src/main.ts

@@ -162,10 +162,7 @@ const createAutoplayWindow = () => {
 };
 
 const createHuddleWindow = () => {
-  if (huddleWindow) {
+  if (huddleWindow) return;
-    huddleWindow.focus();
-    return;
-  }
 
   huddleWindow = new BrowserWindow({
     width: 1024,
@@ -180,19 +177,28 @@ const createHuddleWindow = () => {
   });
   hardenWindow(huddleWindow);
 
-  if (HUDDLE_WINDOW_VITE_DEV_SERVER_URL) {
-    huddleWindow.loadURL(HUDDLE_WINDOW_VITE_DEV_SERVER_URL);
-  } else {
-    huddleWindow.loadFile(
-      path.join(__dirname, `../renderer/${HUDDLE_WINDOW_VITE_NAME}/index.html`),
-    );
-  }
-
   huddleWindow.on('closed', () => {
     huddleWindow = null;
   });
 };
 
+// Connection data is passed via URL hash so it's available synchronously on
+// renderer mount — avoids the IPC race where `huddle:connect` could be sent
+// before React attached its listener.
+const loadHuddleWindow = (data: { token: string; serverUrl: string }) => {
+  if (!huddleWindow) return;
+  const params = new URLSearchParams({ token: data.token, serverUrl: data.serverUrl });
+  const hash = params.toString();
+  if (HUDDLE_WINDOW_VITE_DEV_SERVER_URL) {
+    huddleWindow.loadURL(`${HUDDLE_WINDOW_VITE_DEV_SERVER_URL}#${hash}`);
+  } else {
+    huddleWindow.loadFile(
+      path.join(__dirname, `../renderer/${HUDDLE_WINDOW_VITE_NAME}/index.html`),
+      { hash },
+    );
+  }
+};
+
 function positionAutoplayWindow() {
   if (!autoplayWindow) return;
   const { width } = screen.getPrimaryDisplay().workAreaSize;
@@ -261,14 +267,8 @@ ipcMain.on('window:fullscreen', (event) => {
 // Secondary window IPC handlers
 ipcMain.on('window:open-huddle', (_event, data: { token: string; serverUrl: string }) => {
   createHuddleWindow();
-  // Send connection data once the huddle window is ready
+  loadHuddleWindow(data);
-  huddleWindow?.webContents.once('did-finish-load', () => {
+  huddleWindow?.focus();
-    huddleWindow?.webContents.send('huddle:connect', data);
-  });
-  // If already loaded, send immediately
-  if (!huddleWindow?.webContents.isLoading()) {
-    huddleWindow?.webContents.send('huddle:connect', data);
-  }
 });
 ipcMain.on('window:close-huddle', () => {
   huddleWindow?.close();

js/src/preload.ts

@@ -12,11 +12,6 @@ contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('electronWindow', {
 });
 
 contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('electronHuddle', {
-  onConnect: (callback: (data: { token: string; serverUrl: string }) => void) => {
-    const handler = (_event: Electron.IpcRendererEvent, data: { token: string; serverUrl: string }) => callback(data);
-    ipcRenderer.on('huddle:connect', handler);
-    return () => { ipcRenderer.removeListener('huddle:connect', handler); };
-  },
   getScreenSources: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('screen:get-sources'),
 });