#RIVS-247 - Invalid database is displayed for some period of time after installing the extension

Author: egor-zalenski

src/Webview.ts

@@ -147,6 +147,11 @@ export class WebviewPanel extends Webview implements vscode.Disposable {
       opts.column || vscode.ViewColumn.One,
       this.getWebviewOptions(),
     )
+
+    // todo: connection between webviews
+    if (opts.message) {
+      await this.panel.webview.postMessage(opts.message)
+    }
     // Update the content
     this.update()
 
@@ -157,11 +162,6 @@ export class WebviewPanel extends Webview implements vscode.Disposable {
       this.dispose()
     }, null, this._disposables)
 
-    // todo: connection between webviews
-    if (opts.message) {
-      this.panel.webview.postMessage(opts.message)
-    }
-
     // Update the content based on view changes
     // this.panel.onDidChangeViewState(
     //   e => {

src/webviews/src/utils/formatters/valueFormatters.ts

@@ -124,12 +124,17 @@ const formattingBuffer = (
       }
     }
     case KeyValueFormat.Vector64Bit: {
+      const valueUTF = bufferToUTF8(reply)
       try {
+        if (isEqualBuffers(reply, UTF8ToBuffer(valueUTF))) {
+          return { value: valueUTF, isValid: false }
+        }
+
         const vector = Array.from(bufferToFloat64Array(reply.data as Uint8Array))
         const value = JSONBigInt.stringify(vector)
         return JSONViewer({ value, useNativeBigInt: false, ...props })
       } catch (e) {
-        return { value: bufferToUTF8(reply), isValid: false }
+        return { value: valueUTF, isValid: false }
       }
     }
     case KeyValueFormat.Protobuf: {