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Closes #169

Opt-in fix for the multi-bundle problem discussed in #169: each micro-frontend remote bundles its own copy of oidc-spa, so the module scoped earlyInit state and instance cache exist once per bundle. The first bundle's message listener calls stopImmediatePropagation and swallows the other bundles' iframe auth responses, and the auth callback is consumed by whichever bundle initialises first.

  • New oidcEarlyInit({ isMicroFrontendSetup: true }). When set, the earlyInit memo, the createOidc global context, and the BASE_URL / original-location stores live on window under __oidc_spa_shared__, so all bundles share one listener, one instance cache, and one auth callback. Every participating bundle passes the flag.
  • Shared state is resolved at use time, not module scope, so it cannot race against the dynamic import of createOidc.
  • Reads never create the window global, only opting in does. The store carries a format version, a bundle seeing a different version falls back to its own module scope and warns.
  • Default behaviour is byte-for-byte unchanged, nothing is written to window unless the flag is passed, and a console warning states the security trade-off when it is.
  • Also fixes two Windows build failures in scripts/build.ts: the generated webpack config embedded unescaped backslash paths, and esbuild was invoked with single quoted paths that cmd.exe does not strip.

Verified in our production setup from #169 (React 17 host, Angular remote, React 19 remote, each bundling oidc-spa): with the flag on all three bundles the listener conflict and callback collisions are gone.

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  • New Features

    • Added optional shared initialization support for micro-frontend deployments, allowing compatible bundles to reuse OIDC state and configuration.
    • Added controls for enabling and checking shared-scope behavior.
    • Shared initialization values, callbacks, and session state can now be reused across compatible bundles.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved Windows build compatibility by correctly handling paths containing backslashes.
    • Added safe fallback behavior when shared state is unavailable or incompatible.

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The PR adds opt-in shared window state for micro-frontend bundles. It shares early initialization, OIDC instance context, and initialization values. It also changes esbuild integration and Windows path serialization in the build script.

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Micro-frontend shared state

Layer / File(s) Summary
Shared scope storage
src/core/sharedScope.ts
Adds a versioned window-backed store with enablement checks, compatibility warnings, keyed object reuse, and module-local fallback behavior.
Shared early initialization state
src/core/earlyInit.ts, src/core/earlyInit_BASE_URL.ts, src/core/earlyInit_rootRelativeOriginalLocationHref.ts
Adds the isMicroFrontendSetup option and shares initialization memoization, BASE_URL, and rootRelativeOriginalLocationHref when enabled.
Shared OIDC context integration
src/core/createOidc.ts
Resolves the OIDC context through shared state so bundled copies can reuse deferred exports, instance caches, and logout state.

Windows build path handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Build bundling and path serialization
scripts/build.ts
Uses the esbuild JavaScript API with equivalent bundle options and serializes generated webpack paths with JSON.stringify.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to d2e96

Opted-in micro-frontends will share authentication state through the browser window, so an untrusted or misbehaving same-page script can affect all participating bundles. The first bundle also determines security-related initialization settings, while mixed versions may leave competing authentication listeners active. Default behavior remains isolated, but these risks should be explicitly accepted and deployment compatibility enforced before merge.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Host
  participant oidcEarlyInit
  participant sharedScope
  participant createOidc
  Host->>oidcEarlyInit: Set isMicroFrontendSetup
  oidcEarlyInit->>sharedScope: Enable shared scope
  oidcEarlyInit->>sharedScope: Get shared initialization state
  createOidc->>sharedScope: Get shared global context
  sharedScope-->>createOidc: Shared exports and instance cache
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The changes address issue #169 by sharing the OIDC instance cache, early-init state, callback-related stores, and location state across opted-in bundles. Default module-scoped behavior remains unchanged, and the security warning is included.

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In `@scripts/build.ts`:
- Around line 225-234: Update the targetFormat === "esm" vendor bundling flow in
scripts/build.ts to invoke esbuild without a shell, replacing the run/execSync
command-string path with execFileSync or spawnSync and an argument array. Pass
filePath and bundledFilePath as separate arguments without shell quoting, while
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- Around line 87-94: Update getSharedState and the store-enable flow to track
enablement in module scope, requiring the current bundle’s local opt-in as well
as a compatible enabled window store before returning shared state; otherwise
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reuse entries such as earlyInitMemo or globalContext created by another bundle.
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aziobakas force-pushed the feat/mfe-shared-scope-upstream branch from 4e7d9fd to 0c89263 Compare August 28, 2026 13:17
Each micro-frontend remote bundles its own copy of oidc-spa, so the module
scoped earlyInit state and instance cache exist once per bundle. The first
bundle's message listener swallows the other bundles' iframe auth responses
via stopImmediatePropagation, and the auth callback is consumed by whichever
bundle initialises first.

With oidcEarlyInit({ isMicroFrontendSetup: true }) that state is held on
window, so all bundles share one listener, one instance cache and one auth
callback. Shared state is resolved at use time so it cannot race against the
dynamic import of createOidc, reads never create the window global, and the
store carries a format version so mismatched bundles fall back to module
scope. Default behaviour is unchanged.

Also fixes two Windows build failures: the generated webpack config embedded
unescaped backslash paths, and esbuild was invoked with single quoted paths
that cmd.exe does not strip.
@aziobakas
aziobakas force-pushed the feat/mfe-shared-scope-upstream branch from 0c89263 to d2e96a2 Compare August 28, 2026 13:52
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