From 0a87baf99d2afd517f1a594d14372223d82459db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dariusz Niemczyk <dariuszn@element.io>
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2021 20:30:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Remove accidentally persisted log-level data

This commit gets rid of log-level data in localStorage which in some
extreme cases could fill up the entire localStorage making the app
unusable
Followup to https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-js-sdk/pull/1880
---
 src/vector/index.ts            |  1 +
 src/vector/localstorage-fix.ts | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/vector/localstorage-fix.ts

diff --git a/src/vector/index.ts b/src/vector/index.ts
index de68bf0a43..e23fc4b35a 100644
--- a/src/vector/index.ts
+++ b/src/vector/index.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ require('katex/dist/katex.css');
  * On production build it's going to be an empty module, so don't worry about that.
  */
 require('./devcss');
+require('./localstorage-fix');
 // These are things that can run before the skin loads - be careful not to reference the react-sdk though.
 import { parseQsFromFragment } from "./url_utils";
 import './modernizr';
diff --git a/src/vector/localstorage-fix.ts b/src/vector/localstorage-fix.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d0ca05174f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/vector/localstorage-fix.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/**
+ * Because we've been saving a lot of additional logger data in the localStorage for no particular reason
+ * we need to, hopefully, unbrick user's devices by geting rid of unnecessary data.
+ * */
+
+if (window.localStorage) {
+    Object.keys(window.localStorage).forEach(key => {
+        if (key.indexOf('loglevel:') === 0) {
+            window.localStorage.removeItem(key);
+        }
+    });
+}