From a786bf074e3b7599f74488cd9cb0a6006e86a0b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: erinz2020 <erinz2020@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:08:25 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] do not refresh the page when loading site settings

---
 frontend/src/pages/MatchResultsPage/MatchResults.jsx | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/MatchResultsPage/MatchResults.jsx b/frontend/src/pages/MatchResultsPage/MatchResults.jsx
index 2f5eaaf317..e405be7012 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/MatchResultsPage/MatchResults.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/MatchResultsPage/MatchResults.jsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, { useMemo, useEffect } from "react";
+import React, { useMemo, useEffect, useRef } from "react";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react-lite";
 import { FormattedMessage } from "react-intl";
 import { Container, Form } from "react-bootstrap";
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ const MatchResults = observer(() => {
     }));
   }, [projectsForUser]);
 
+  const hasFetchedRef = useRef(false);
+
   useEffect(() => {
     if (taskId) {
       let initialProjectIds = [];
@@ -62,8 +64,14 @@ const MatchResults = observer(() => {
 
       store.setTaskId(taskId);
       store.setProjectNames(initialProjectIds, { fetch: false });
-      store.fetchMatchResults();
+
+      store.fetchMatchResults({
+        silent: hasFetchedRef.current,
+      });
+
+      hasFetchedRef.current = true;
     } else {
+      hasFetchedRef.current = false;
       store.setTaskId(null);
       store.setProjectNames([], { fetch: false });
       store.clearResults();