recover from bad CSRF tokens without requiring a hard refresh of the browser

app/assets/javascripts/discourse.js

@@ -132,13 +132,13 @@ Discourse = Ember.Application.createWithMixins(Discourse.Ajax, {
     });
 
     // Add a CSRF token to all AJAX requests
-    var csrfToken = $('meta[name=csrf-token]').attr('content');
+    Discourse.csrfToken = $('meta[name=csrf-token]').attr('content');
+
+    console.log(Discourse.csrfToken);
 
     $.ajaxPrefilter(function(options, originalOptions, xhr) {
       if (!options.crossDomain) {
-        // This may be delay set
+        xhr.setRequestHeader('X-CSRF-Token', Discourse.csrfToken);
-        csrfToken = csrfToken || $('meta[name=csrf-token]').attr('content');
-        xhr.setRequestHeader('X-CSRF-Token', csrfToken);
       }
     });
 

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/mixins/ajax.js

@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ Discourse.Ajax = Em.Mixin.create({
       var oldError = args.error;
       args.error = function(xhr) {
 
+        // note: for bad CSRF we don't loop an extra request right away.
+        //  this allows us to eliminate the possibility of having a loop.
+        if (xhr.status === 403 && xhr.responseText == "['BAD CSRF']") {
+          Discourse.csrfToken = null;
+        }
+
         // If it's a parseerror, don't reject
         if (xhr.status === 200) return args.success(xhr);
 
@@ -73,12 +79,11 @@ Discourse.Ajax = Em.Mixin.create({
 
     // For cached pages we strip out CSRF tokens, need to round trip to server prior to sending the
     //  request (bypass for GET, not needed)
-    var csrfToken = $('meta[name=csrf-token]').attr('content');
+    if(args.type && args.type !== 'GET' && !Discourse.csrfToken){
-    if(args.type && args.type !== 'GET' && !csrfToken){
       return Ember.Deferred.promise(function(promise){
         $.ajax(Discourse.getURL('/session/csrf'))
            .success(function(result){
-              $('head').append('<meta name="csrf-token" content="' + result.csrf + '">');
+              Discourse.csrfToken = result.csrf;
               performAjax(promise);
            });
       });

app/controllers/application_controller.rb

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
     unless is_api?
       super
       clear_current_user
-      raise Discourse::CSRF
+      render text: "['BAD CSRF']", status: 403
     end
   end
 

app/controllers/session_controller.rb

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class SessionController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def destroy
-    session[:current_user_id] = nil
+    reset_session
     cookies[:_t] = nil
     render nothing: true
   end

app/controllers/users/omniauth_callbacks_controller.rb

@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ class Users::OmniauthCallbacksController < ApplicationController
     # log on any account that is active with forum access
     if Guardian.new(user).can_access_forum? && user.active
       log_on_user(user)
+      # don't carry around old auth info, perhaps move elsewhere
+      session[:authentication] = nil
       @data.authenticated = true
     else
       if SiteSetting.invite_only?