Load event also fires on back button when previous page is still available

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3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend, web-dev

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Start by reproducing the reported sequence: an HTMX-loaded table, hx-boosted links, navigation to another page, and the browser back button. Observe whether the load event fires while the cached table is visible and determine the project entry point responsible. Done means the table is not unnecessarily refetched on back navigation while still loading on a true initial load.

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Description

I have a table that has a header that listens for a load event to fetch its contents using HTMX. The table is then full of links that are hx-boosted.

When these links are clicked, they navigate to a new page. Now, when pressing the back button, the table is still visibly loaded/the page has been cached (on first load the table is blank), but the load event is refired and the table is unnecessarily re-fetched.

Is there a way to filter these out and only fetch the table on "true" loads?

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