Reapply excluded paths when the frontend receives messages for device

arrivals or removals

2 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/gui/src/main/daemon-rpc.ts b/gui/src/main/daemon-rpc.ts
index ac677f4ded..c00508dc57 100644
--- a/gui/src/main/daemon-rpc.ts
+++ b/gui/src/main/daemon-rpc.ts
@@ -501,6 +501,10 @@ export class DaemonRpc {
     await this.callBool(this.client.setSplitTunnelState, enabled);
   }
 
+  public async checkVolumes(): Promise<void> {
+    await this.callEmpty(this.client.checkVolumes);
+  }
+
   private subscriptionId(): number {
     const current = this.nextSubscriptionId;
     this.nextSubscriptionId += 1;
diff --git a/gui/src/main/index.ts b/gui/src/main/index.ts
index a9daa98367..5b7504e711 100644
--- a/gui/src/main/index.ts
+++ b/gui/src/main/index.ts
@@ -1857,6 +1857,20 @@ class ApplicationMain {
           // https://github.com/electron/electron/blob/main/docs/faq.md#the-font-looks-blurry-what-is-this-and-what-can-i-do
           backgroundColor: '#fff',
         });
+        const WM_DEVICECHANGE = 0x0219;
+        const DBT_DEVICEARRIVAL = 0x8000;
+        const DBT_DEVICEREMOVECOMPLETE = 0x8004;
+        appWindow.hookWindowMessage(WM_DEVICECHANGE, (wParam) => {
+          const wParamL = wParam.readBigInt64LE(0);
+          if (wParamL != DBT_DEVICEARRIVAL && wParamL != DBT_DEVICEREMOVECOMPLETE) {
+            return;
+          }
+          this.daemonRpc
+            .checkVolumes()
+            .catch((error) =>
+              log.error(`Unable to notify daemon of device event: ${error.message}`),
+            );
+        });
 
         appWindow.removeMenu();