From 905db1d29b94fd2f1251122e1905cea4ef87a537 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: martin-mfg <2026226+martin-mfg@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 12:10:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix logout problems

---
 frontend/frontend/src/api/user.js            | 4 +++-
 frontend/frontend/src/redux/reducers/user.js | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frontend/frontend/src/api/user.js b/frontend/frontend/src/api/user.js
index 87baf7d8..f89585e7 100644
--- a/frontend/frontend/src/api/user.js
+++ b/frontend/frontend/src/api/user.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import axios from 'axios';
 
 import { HOST } from '../constants';
 import { logout } from '../redux/actions/userActions';
+import { useDispatch } from 'react-redux';
 
 const authenticate = async (code, privateAccess, userKey) => {
   try {
@@ -22,13 +23,14 @@ const authenticate = async (code, privateAccess, userKey) => {
 };
 
 const getUserMetadata = async (userKey) => {
+  const dispatch = useDispatch();
   try {
     const fullUrl = `https://${HOST}/api/user-access?user_key=${userKey}`;
     const result = await axios.get(fullUrl);
     return result.data;
   } catch (error) {
     if (error.response && error.response.status === 404) {
-      logout(userKey);
+      dispatch(logout(userKey));
     }
     console.error(error);
     return null;
diff --git a/frontend/frontend/src/redux/reducers/user.js b/frontend/frontend/src/redux/reducers/user.js
index b42b3564..37d1d9a4 100644
--- a/frontend/frontend/src/redux/reducers/user.js
+++ b/frontend/frontend/src/redux/reducers/user.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export default (state = initialState, action) => {
     case types.LOGOUT:
       if (
         action.payload.userKey !== null &&
-        action.payload.userKey !== localStorage.getItem('userKey')
+        action.payload.userKey !== JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('userKey'))
       ) {
         return state;
       }