Added cache busting option for devs

api/src/routes/members.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { requireLogin, requireMemberState, requireRole } from '../middleware/aut
 import { getUserActiveLOA } from '../services/db/loaService';
 import { getAllMembersLite, getMemberSettings, getMembersFull, getMembersLite, getUserData, getUserState, setUserSettings, getFilteredMembers, setUserState, getLastNonSuspendedState } from '../services/db/memberService';
 import { getUserRoles, stripUserRoles } from '../services/db/rolesService';
-import { memberSettings, MemberState, myData } from '@app/shared/types/member';
+import { memberSettings, MemberState, myData, UserCacheBustResult } from '@app/shared/types/member';
 import { Discharge } from '@app/shared/schemas/dischargeSchema';
 
 import { Performance } from 'perf_hooks';
@@ -211,6 +211,32 @@ router.post('/full/bulk', async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
     }
 })
 
+router.post('/cache/user/bust', [requireLogin, requireMemberState(MemberState.Member), requireRole('dev')], async (req: Request, res: Response) => {
+    try {
+        const clearedEntries = memberCache.Clear();
+        const payload: UserCacheBustResult = {
+            success: true,
+            clearedEntries,
+            bustedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+        };
+
+        logger.info('app', 'User cache manually busted', {
+            actor: req.user.id,
+            clearedEntries,
+        });
+
+        return res.status(200).json(payload);
+    } catch (error) {
+        logger.error('app', 'Failed to bust user cache', {
+            caller: req.user?.id,
+            error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error),
+            stack: error instanceof Error ? error.stack : undefined,
+        });
+
+        return res.status(500).json({ error: 'Failed to bust user cache' });
+    }
+})
+
 router.get('/:id', [requireLogin], async (req, res) => {
     const userId = req.params.id;
 

api/src/services/cache/cache.ts

@@ -16,4 +16,14 @@ export class CacheService<Key, Value> {
     public Invalidate(key: Key): boolean {
         return this.cacheMap.delete(key);
     }
+
+    public Size(): number {
+        return this.cacheMap.size;
+    }
+
+    public Clear(): number {
+        const priorSize = this.cacheMap.size;
+        this.cacheMap.clear();
+        return priorSize;
+    }
 }

shared/types/member.ts

@@ -50,4 +50,10 @@ export interface myData {
     LOAs: LOARequest[];
     roles: Role[];
     state: MemberState;
+}
+
+export interface UserCacheBustResult {
+    success: boolean;
+    clearedEntries: number;
+    bustedAt: string;
 }

ui/src/api/member.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Discharge } from "@shared/schemas/dischargeSchema";
-import { memberSettings, Member, MemberLight, MemberCardDetails, PaginatedMembers, MemberState } from "@shared/types/member";
+import { memberSettings, Member, MemberLight, MemberCardDetails, PaginatedMembers, MemberState, UserCacheBustResult } from "@shared/types/member";
 
 //  @ts-ignore
 const addr = import.meta.env.VITE_APIHOST;
@@ -157,4 +157,17 @@ export async function unsuspendMember(memberID: number): Promise<boolean> {
         throw new Error("Failed to discharge member");
     }
     return true;
+}
+
+export async function bustUserCache(): Promise<UserCacheBustResult> {
+    const response = await fetch(`${addr}/members/cache/user/bust`, {
+        credentials: 'include',
+        method: 'POST',
+    });
+
+    if (!response.ok) {
+        throw new Error('Failed to bust user cache');
+    }
+
+    return response.json();
 }

ui/src/components/Navigation/Navbar.vue

@@ -153,6 +153,12 @@ function blurAfter() {
                                     </NavigationMenuLink>
                                 </NavigationMenuContent>
                             </NavigationMenuItem>
+
+                            <NavigationMenuItem v-if="auth.hasRole('Dev')">
+                                <NavigationMenuLink as-child :class="navigationMenuTriggerStyle()">
+                                    <RouterLink to="/developer" @click="blurAfter">Developer</RouterLink>
+                                </NavigationMenuLink>
+                            </NavigationMenuItem>
                         </NavigationMenuList>
                     </NavigationMenu>
                 </div>

ui/src/pages/DeveloperTools.vue

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import Button from '@/components/ui/button/Button.vue';
+import { bustUserCache } from '@/api/member';
+import type { UserCacheBustResult } from '@shared/types/member';
+import { ref } from 'vue';
+
+const loading = ref(false);
+const result = ref<UserCacheBustResult | null>(null);
+const error = ref<string | null>(null);
+
+async function onBustUserCache() {
+    loading.value = true;
+    error.value = null;
+
+    try {
+        result.value = await bustUserCache();
+    } catch (err) {
+        result.value = null;
+        error.value = err instanceof Error ? err.message : 'Failed to bust user cache';
+    } finally {
+        loading.value = false;
+    }
+}
+</script>
+
+<template>
+    <div class="max-w-3xl mx-auto pt-10 px-4">
+        <h1 class="scroll-m-20 text-2xl font-semibold tracking-tight">Developer Tools</h1>
+        <p class="mt-2 text-sm text-muted-foreground">
+            Use this page to recover from stale in-memory authentication data after manual database changes.
+        </p>
+
+        <div class="mt-6 rounded-lg border p-5 bg-card">
+            <p class="font-medium">Server User Cache</p>
+            <p class="text-sm text-muted-foreground mt-1">
+                This clears the API server's cached user session data so the next request reloads from the database.
+            </p>
+
+            <div class="mt-4 flex items-center gap-3">
+                <Button :disabled="loading" @click="onBustUserCache">
+                    {{ loading ? 'Busting Cache...' : 'Bust User Cache' }}
+                </Button>
+            </div>
+
+            <p v-if="result" class="mt-4 text-sm text-green-700">
+                Cache busted successfully. Cleared {{ result.clearedEntries }} entr{{ result.clearedEntries === 1 ? 'y' : 'ies' }} at
+                {{ new Date(result.bustedAt).toLocaleString() }}.
+            </p>
+            <p v-if="error" class="mt-4 text-sm text-red-700">{{ error }}</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+</template>

ui/src/router/index.ts

@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ const router = createRouter({
     { path: '/trainingReport/new', component: () => import('@/pages/TrainingReport.vue'), meta: { requiresAuth: true, memberOnly: true } },
     { path: '/trainingReport/:id', component: () => import('@/pages/TrainingReport.vue'), meta: { requiresAuth: true, memberOnly: true } },
 
+    { path: '/developer', component: () => import('@/pages/DeveloperTools.vue'), meta: { requiresAuth: true, memberOnly: true, roles: ['Dev'] } },
+
     // ADMIN / STAFF ROUTES
     {
       path: '/administration',