be more transparent about caching behavior to editors

Author: devksingh4

src/api/routes/events.ts

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
   QueryCommand,
   ScanCommand,
 } from "@aws-sdk/client-dynamodb";
-import { genericConfig } from "../../common/config.js";
+import { EVENT_CACHED_DURATION, genericConfig } from "../../common/config.js";
 import { marshall, unmarshall } from "@aws-sdk/util-dynamodb";
 import {
   BaseError,
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ import { IUpdateDiscord, updateDiscord } from "../functions/discord.js";
 import rateLimiter from "api/plugins/rateLimiter.js";
 
 const repeatOptions = ["weekly", "biweekly"] as const;
-const CLIENT_HTTP_CACHE_POLICY =
-  "public, max-age=120, stale-while-revalidate=420, stale-if-error=3600";
+const CLIENT_HTTP_CACHE_POLICY = `public, max-age=${EVENT_CACHED_DURATION}, stale-while-revalidate=420, stale-if-error=3600`;
 export type EventRepeatOptions = (typeof repeatOptions)[number];
 
 const baseSchema = z.object({

src/common/config.ts

@@ -126,4 +126,6 @@ const roleArns = {
   Entra: process.env.EntraRoleArn,
 };
 
+export const EVENT_CACHED_DURATION = 120;
+
 export { genericConfig, environmentConfig, roleArns };

src/ui/pages/events/ManageEvent.page.tsx

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { getRunEnvironmentConfig } from '@ui/config';
 import { useApi } from '@ui/util/api';
 import { OrganizationList as orgList } from '@common/orgs';
 import { AppRoles } from '@common/roles';
+import { EVENT_CACHED_DURATION } from '@common/config';
 
 export function capitalizeFirstLetter(string: string) {
   return string.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + string.slice(1);
@@ -138,10 +139,10 @@ export const ManageEventPage: React.FC = () => {
       };
 
       const eventURL = isEditing ? `/api/v1/events/${eventId}` : '/api/v1/events';
-      const response = await api.post(eventURL, realValues);
+      await api.post(eventURL, realValues);
       notifications.show({
         title: isEditing ? 'Event updated!' : 'Event created!',
-        message: isEditing ? undefined : `The event ID is "${response.data.id}".`,
+        message: `Changes may take up to ${Math.ceil(EVENT_CACHED_DURATION / 60)} minutes to reflect to users.`,
       });
       navigate('/events/manage');
     } catch (error) {