is there a way to refresh the app from a custom hook?

[fleet steeple]

I added a 'user' field to the 'directus_files' collection (ManyToOne) in order to organize files by user through a custom hook. The files to which a user is assigned (with a specific role that I have chosen for this feature) are automatically placed in a subfolder called 'user_files' using their names (first_name + last_name).

My entire system works perfectly. When I change the user of a file, it places the file in the respective user's folder or creates one if it doesn't exist. Additionally, if I move the file to another user's folder, it updates the file's associated user.

My only issue is that when I create a new folder by selecting a user who doesn't yet have his folder, the module navigation doesn't refresh. I'm forced to manually refresh the page.

so do you know if it's possible to trigger an action to refresh the navigation from within my custom hook?

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[fleet steeple]

A picture is worth a thousand words 😅 (at the end)

[mental dirge]

Without running code in the browser/app there is no way to refresh it 😬 and hooks run on the server/api

[fleet steeple]

Thank for your answer! Yes, I suspected that it would be complicated from a hook.. 😅 but isn't there a front/app event that I could trigger once my hook has executed?

[mental dirge]

There is no such thing as app events😬 the app fetches/pulls from the API. The api cannot push to the app at this time

[fleet steeple]

too bad, that's what I was afraid of.. thanks anyway 😁

[dreamy flame]

is it a planned feature?
for starters, it would be possible to just show a dialog saying something like: "A new version is available. Please reload the page".
That would also help in situations where a user still has an old version of Directus in the browser, after the server has been updated