From 3337e2133a9ecc15d07164db568be1bae29fd973 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ansuz <ansuz@transitiontech.ca>
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 11:57:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] more thorough tests for localStorage presence

---
 www/common/boot2.js | 16 ++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/www/common/boot2.js b/www/common/boot2.js
index 64d4bd71d..f197b792a 100644
--- a/www/common/boot2.js
+++ b/www/common/boot2.js
@@ -20,16 +20,24 @@ define([], function () {
         };
     }
 
-    if (!localStorage || typeof(localStorage.getItem) !== 'function') {
-        require('jquery', function ($) {
+    var failStore = function () {
+        require(['jquery'], function ($) {
             $.ajax({
                 type: 'HEAD',
                 url: '/common/feedback.html?NO_LOCALSTORAGE=' + (+new Date()),
             });
         });
         window.alert("CryptPad needs localStorage to work, try a different browser");
-        return;
-    }
+    };
+
+    try {
+        var test_key = 'localStorage_test';
+        var testval = Math.random().toString();
+        localStorage.setItem(test_key, testval);
+        if (localStorage.getItem(test_key) !== test_key) {
+            return failStore();
+        }
+    } catch (e) { console.error(e); return failStore(); }
 
     require([document.querySelector('script[data-bootload]').getAttribute('data-bootload')]);
 });