How to reset subEntityId as empty once desired task is executed in MS Teams Tabs

[jailene5]

Is there any way to update the context/subEntityId or have a record that the subEntityId has already been followed once? I have enabled deeplinking using subEntityId for one of my tabs in my app, but when trying to return to the default state/page of this tab, it's reloading the path/page triggered by the subEntityId because I can't set it to be an empty string or null after the desired task is executed. Is there some sort of workaround for this issue?

Thank you for your help!

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[Meghana-MSFT]

@jailene5 - Thank you for reporting this, we will check this and get back to you.

[Meghana-MSFT]

@jailene5 - We got the below response from engineering team.

We don't provide a mechanism for apps to clear the subEntityId from the context. The subEntityId gets automatically cleared when the user navigates away from the app/tab.

Could you please let us know how this app handles internal routing or what stack it's built on? Typically, a developer should be able to read the subEntityId when their app is first loaded and store it in memory (e.g. using React's useState hook). Then they can clear this in-memory state once it's no longer relevant and avoid re-using it again until their app is reloaded (e.g. when the user navigates away and comes back possibly via a different deep link).

[ccascante87]

I'm having the same issue, subEntityId is not cleared after navigating to another tab. Only after navigating away from the app.

[bitobrian]

Same issue. subPageId sticks until nav out of app and back in without subPageId data..