From 4e32abc78852b922a16fac69f1d9a121886ee43e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Westfall <ryan@aimloperations.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 06:03:21 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix mobile white screen from Outlet remount loop (#54).

Stop keying protected routes with Date.now(), which remounted the dashboard on every context update, and memoize the styled-components theme so ParticleBackground stops restarting each render.
---
 llm-fe/src/App.tsx                            |  2 +-
 .../GlobalThemeWrapper/GlobalThemeWrapper.tsx | 32 +++++++++----------
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/llm-fe/src/App.tsx b/llm-fe/src/App.tsx
index 50a46d8..884c2a5 100644
--- a/llm-fe/src/App.tsx
+++ b/llm-fe/src/App.tsx
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const ProtectedRoutes = () => {
   if (!authenticated) return <Navigate to='/signin/' replace />
   //if(!needsNewPassword) return <Navigate to='/password_reset/' replace/>
 
-  return <Outlet key={Date.now()} />
+  return <Outlet />
 }
 
 
diff --git a/llm-fe/src/llm-fe/components/GlobalThemeWrapper/GlobalThemeWrapper.tsx b/llm-fe/src/llm-fe/components/GlobalThemeWrapper/GlobalThemeWrapper.tsx
index 7264ead..2e8a688 100644
--- a/llm-fe/src/llm-fe/components/GlobalThemeWrapper/GlobalThemeWrapper.tsx
+++ b/llm-fe/src/llm-fe/components/GlobalThemeWrapper/GlobalThemeWrapper.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React from 'react';
+import React, { useMemo } from 'react';
 import { ThemeProvider } from 'styled-components';
 import { useMaterialUIController } from '../../ui-kit/context';
 import palettes from '../../ui-kit/assets/theme/base/palettes';
@@ -11,21 +11,21 @@ const GlobalThemeWrapper = ({ children }: GlobalThemeWrapperProps): JSX.Element
     const [controller] = useMaterialUIController();
     const { themeColor, darkMode } = controller;
 
-    // Default to blue if themeColor is not found
-    const selectedPalette = palettes[themeColor as keyof typeof palettes] || palettes.blue;
-
-    const theme = {
-        main: selectedPalette.main,
-        focus: selectedPalette.focus,
-        darkMode: darkMode,
-        // Add other global theme variables here if needed
-        colors: {
-            background: darkMode ? '#1a2035' : '#f0f2f5',
-            text: darkMode ? '#ffffff' : '#344767',
-            cardBackground: darkMode ? 'rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4)' : 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8)',
-            cardBorder: darkMode ? 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1)' : 'rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05)',
-        }
-    };
+    // Stable theme ref — ParticleBackground restarts its canvas whenever theme identity changes.
+    const theme = useMemo(() => {
+        const selectedPalette = palettes[themeColor as keyof typeof palettes] || palettes.blue;
+        return {
+            main: selectedPalette.main,
+            focus: selectedPalette.focus,
+            darkMode: darkMode,
+            colors: {
+                background: darkMode ? '#1a2035' : '#f0f2f5',
+                text: darkMode ? '#ffffff' : '#344767',
+                cardBackground: darkMode ? 'rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4)' : 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8)',
+                cardBorder: darkMode ? 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1)' : 'rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05)',
+            }
+        };
+    }, [themeColor, darkMode]);
 
     return (
         <ThemeProvider theme={theme}>
-- 
2.54.0