Can't refresh accounts

[umaknow-jessica]

I can't refresh a mint account. Here's how I use your function :

const client = await getClient(req);
await client.refreshAndWaitIfNeeded({maxAgeMillis: 1});
const accounts = await client.getAccounts();

I think the refresh doesn't start, because if I call client.getRefreshingAccounts() after the refresh, I get an empty array

[dhleong]

refreshAndWaitIfNeeded will wait until client.getRefreshingAccounts() returns an empty array. The client will periodically emit the refreshing event with a list of the accounts that are still being refreshed.

[umaknow-jessica]

Thank you! But is my code supposed to refresh? I tried to refresh many times and I tried a lot of different things but my account will only refresh if I go on the mint website and hit refresh manually

[dhleong]

It's supposed to, but honestly it can be unreliable. It does seem to trigger a refresh (because running again a short time later will show that accounts have been updated and don't need refreshing) but I think I've observed the data not actually being fully ready after getRefreshingAccounts() returns empty. On the other hand, usually when I go to the Mint website after triggering a refresh through peppermint it will want to refresh again, so....

I'm not 100% sure what Mint is doing differently right now, and haven't had time to look back into it deeply. I'd be happy to get a PR from someone who's looked into this and can tighten it up a bit!

[umaknow-jessica]

I understand, thank you for your quick response and for your time!