From 488c771a0945066bddc66ee560ef51d3124e625b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Nikola=20Dere=C5=BEi=C4=87?= <nikola.derezic@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2026 16:03:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] (fix) ParamsYearInvalidMessage moved to client-side component
 so that it can use `useEffect`

---
 app/ui/HomePage.tsx                 | 22 ++--------------------
 app/ui/ParamsYearInvalidMessage.tsx | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 app/ui/ParamsYearInvalidMessage.tsx

diff --git a/app/ui/HomePage.tsx b/app/ui/HomePage.tsx
index fd7d4aa..2e46fcb 100644
--- a/app/ui/HomePage.tsx
+++ b/app/ui/HomePage.tsx
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ import { fetchAllLocations } from '@/app/lib/actions/locationActions';
 import { fetchAvailableYears } from '@/app/lib/actions/monthActions';
 import { getUserSettings } from '@/app/lib/actions/userSettingsActions';
 import { BillingLocation, YearMonth } from '@/app/lib/db-types';
-import { FC, useEffect } from 'react';
+import { FC } from 'react';
 import { MonthLocationList } from '@/app/ui/MonthLocationList';
-import { redirect } from 'next/navigation';
+import { ParamsYearInvalidMessage } from './ParamsYearInvalidMessage';
 
 export interface HomePageProps {
   searchParams?: {
@@ -13,24 +13,6 @@ export interface HomePageProps {
   };
 }
 
-const ParamsYearInvalidMessage:FC<{ firstAvailableYear?: number }> = ({ firstAvailableYear }) => {
-
-  // Redirect to the first available year after showing the message
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if(firstAvailableYear) {
-      redirect(`/?year=${firstAvailableYear}`);
-    } else {
-      redirect(`/`);
-    }
-  });
-
-  return(
-    <main className="flex min-h-screen flex-col p-6 bg-base-300">
-      <p className="text-center text-2xl text-red-500">The year specified in the URL is invalid ... redirecting</p>
-    </main>
-    );
-};
-
 export const HomePage:FC<HomePageProps> = async ({ searchParams }) => {
 
   /** years found in the DB sorted descending */
diff --git a/app/ui/ParamsYearInvalidMessage.tsx b/app/ui/ParamsYearInvalidMessage.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea20a1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/ui/ParamsYearInvalidMessage.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+"use client";
+import { FC, useEffect } from 'react';
+import { redirect } from 'next/navigation';
+
+export const ParamsYearInvalidMessage:FC<{ firstAvailableYear?: number }> = ({ firstAvailableYear }) => {
+
+  // Redirect to the first available year after showing the message
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if(firstAvailableYear) {
+      redirect(`/?year=${firstAvailableYear}`);
+    } else {
+      redirect(`/`);
+    }
+  });
+
+  return(
+    <main className="flex min-h-screen flex-col p-6 bg-base-300">
+      <p className="text-center text-2xl text-red-500">The year specified in the URL is invalid ... redirecting</p>
+    </main>
+    );
+};
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