fix: restore SPA session on page refresh using refresh tokens and localstorage cache - #9
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Problem
In SPA mode, authentication state was lost on every page refresh because:
auth0-spa-jsdefaults to in-memory token storage — cleared on page refreshThis caused users to be redirected to login on every page refresh or full-page navigation.
Fix
useRefreshTokenstotrue— uses refresh tokens instead of the blocked iframe approachcacheLocationtolocalstorage— refresh token survives page refreshgetTokenSilently()during provider init to restore the session from the stored refresh token on remountBoth options are overridable via env vars for apps with stricter security requirements:
VITE_AUTH0_USE_REFRESH_TOKENS=falseto disable refresh tokensVITE_AUTH0_CACHE_LOCATION=memoryto opt into in-memory only storageAuth0 dashboard requirements