docs/config.md

@@ -114,8 +114,9 @@ What lazysecrets has loaded is kept in
 you: the Sources lists, vaults and scopes, and secrets' names and metadata
 (tags, dates, references), never values. On the next start they show at
 once, and anything older than two minutes reloads in the background when
-you go to it, or when Go to searches it. Revealing and copying always
+you go to it, or when Go to searches it. While it does, the pane's
-fetch the value live.
+bottom border says how old what it shows is (`cached 3h ago`). Revealing
+and copying always fetch the value live.
 
 Lists not loaded for 30 days are dropped, and so is everything from an
 account you're no longer signed in to. Repos aren't cached: their files

internal/ui/app/app.go

@@ -456,6 +456,8 @@ func New(providers []provider.Provider, opts Options) Model {
 		m.loadCacheFile()
 		if len(m.sourceResults) > 0 {
 			m.rebuildSources()
+			m.sources.Loading = true // reloading what the file had
+			m.sources.Age = m.cachedAge(m.oldestSources())
 		}
 	}
 	if m.placeDir != "" && opts.Open == nil {
@@ -1156,6 +1158,7 @@ func (m *Model) showContainers(src provider.Source, key string) tea.Cmd {
 		return nil
 	}
 	m.containers.Refresh()
+	m.containers.Age = m.cachedAge(e.at)
 	return m.loadContainers(src, key)
 }
 
@@ -1172,6 +1175,7 @@ func (m *Model) showObjects(c provider.Container, key string) tea.Cmd {
 		return nil
 	}
 	m.secrets.Refresh()
+	m.secrets.Age = m.cachedAge(e.at)
 	return m.loadObjects(c, m.objType, key)
 }
 
@@ -1301,6 +1305,26 @@ func (m *Model) detailStale() bool {
 	return hasSecret || shown != m.containers.SelectedID()
 }
 
+// cachedAge is how old a list loaded at at is, if it's older than
+// cacheTTL: the panes say it while it reloads.
+func (m Model) cachedAge(at time.Time) string {
+	if d := m.now().Sub(at); d >= cacheTTL {
+		return ago(d)
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+// oldestSources is when the oldest of the cached Sources lists loaded.
+func (m Model) oldestSources() time.Time {
+	var oldest time.Time
+	for _, at := range m.sourcesAt {
+		if oldest.IsZero() || at.Before(oldest) {
+			oldest = at
+		}
+	}
+	return oldest
+}
+
 func (m *Model) handleSources(msg sourcesMsg) tea.Cmd {
 	if msg.gen != m.sourcesGen {
 		return nil

internal/ui/app/persist_test.go

@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ func TestCacheFileShowsLastRunAtOnce(t *testing.T) {
 	// Next run, with a backend too slow to answer during the test: the
 	// lists show from the file, and the cursor is where it was.
 	d2 := newDriverOpts(t, Options{CacheFile: file}, fake.Azure(time.Minute))
+	if strings.Contains(d2.screen(), "cached") {
+		t.Errorf("a fresh cache said its age:\n%s", d2.screen())
+	}
 	d2.keys("2")
 	if _, v, _ := d2.selected(); v != vault {
 		t.Errorf("vaults from the cache: selected %q, want %q\n%s", v, vault, d2.screen())
@@ -49,6 +52,29 @@ func TestCacheFileShowsLastRunAtOnce(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Lists from an older cache say how old they are while they reload.
+func TestCacheFileSaysItsAge(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	file := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "cache.json")
+	d := newDriverOpts(t, Options{CacheFile: file}, fake.Azure(0))
+	d.keys("3")
+	at := time.Now().Add(-3 * time.Hour)
+	for k, e := range d.m.cache.containers {
+		d.m.cache.containers[k] = entry[[]provider.Container]{e.value, at}
+	}
+	for id := range d.m.sourcesAt {
+		d.m.sourcesAt[id] = at
+	}
+	if err := d.m.Persist(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	d2 := newDriverOpts(t, Options{CacheFile: file}, fake.Azure(time.Minute))
+	d2.keys("2")
+	if n := strings.Count(d2.screen(), "cached 3h ago"); n != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("Sources and Vaults should say they're from 3h ago (%d do):\n%s", n, d2.screen())
+	}
+}
+
 func TestCacheFileDropsOldAndSignedOut(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	file := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "cache.json")

internal/ui/panes/list.go

@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ type List[T any] struct {
 	Empty   string // shown when loaded with no items
 	Loading bool
 	Err     error
+	// Age says how old the items are ("2h ago") while they reload, by
+	// the counter.
+	Age string
 
 	item    Item[T]
 	items   []T
@@ -88,6 +91,7 @@ func (l *List[T]) SetError(err error) {
 func (l *List[T]) Refresh() {
 	l.Loading = true
 	l.Err = nil
+	l.Age = ""
 }
 
 func (l *List[T]) SetLoading() {
@@ -369,6 +373,9 @@ func (l List[T]) View(st styles.Styles, focused bool, spin string) string {
 	if len(l.visible) > 0 {
 		counter = fmt.Sprintf("%d of %d", l.cursor+1, len(l.visible))
 	}
+	if l.Loading && l.Age != "" && len(l.items) > 0 {
+		counter = "cached " + l.Age + " · " + counter
+	}
 	return BoxCounted(st, title, "", counter, body, l.w, l.h, focused)
 }