fix: allow guests to see their replies immediately

src/api/topics.js

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const meta = require('../meta');
 const apiHelpers = require('./helpers');
 const doTopicAction = apiHelpers.doTopicAction;
 
+const websockets = require('../socket.io');
 const socketHelpers = require('../socket.io/helpers');
 
 const topicsAPI = module.exports;
@@ -72,7 +73,12 @@ topicsAPI.reply = async function (caller, data) {
 	};
 
 	user.updateOnlineUsers(caller.uid);
-	socketHelpers.emitToUids('event:new_post', result, [caller.uid]);
+	if (caller.uid) {
+		socketHelpers.emitToUids('event:new_post', result, [caller.uid]);
+	} else if (caller.uid === 0 && caller.sessionID) {
+		websockets.in('sess_' + caller.sessionID).emit('event:new_post', result);
+	}
+
 	socketHelpers.notifyNew(caller.uid, 'newPost', result);
 
 	return postObj[0];

src/socket.io/index.js

@@ -198,14 +198,15 @@ async function authorize(socket, callback) {
 	}
 
 	await cookieParserAsync(request);
-
-	const sessionData = await getSessionAsync(request.signedCookies[nconf.get('sessionKey')]);
+	const sid = request.signedCookies[nconf.get('sessionKey')];
+	const sessionData = await getSessionAsync(sid);
 	if (sessionData && sessionData.passport && sessionData.passport.user) {
 		request.session = sessionData;
 		socket.uid = parseInt(sessionData.passport.user, 10);
 	} else {
 		socket.uid = 0;
 	}
+	socket.sessionID = sid;
 	request.uid = socket.uid;
 	callback();
 }

src/user/online.js

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ var meta = require('../meta');
 
 module.exports = function (User) {
 	User.updateLastOnlineTime = async function (uid) {
+		if (!(parseInt(uid, 10) > 0)) {
+			return;
+		}
 		const userData = await db.getObjectFields('user:' + uid, ['status', 'lastonline']);
 		const now = Date.now();
 		if (userData.status === 'offline' || now - parseInt(userData.lastonline, 10) < 300000) {
@@ -16,6 +19,9 @@ module.exports = function (User) {
 	};
 
 	User.updateOnlineUsers = async function (uid) {
+		if (!(parseInt(uid, 10) > 0)) {
+			return;
+		}
 		const now = Date.now();
 		const userOnlineTime = await db.sortedSetScore('users:online', uid);
 		if (now - parseInt(userOnlineTime, 10) < 300000) {