That’s true. If you program the sending to a pid, then push_redirect from the live component, the live view will be shut down and a new one created in its place, thus the old process won’t exist anymore. Changing to push_patch should work.
Also, forgot to mention that you also need to make sure the socket is connected before sending the message:
if connected?(socket), do: ...
@baldwindavid, it will just be removed from the DOM. You could chain together 2 events: 1st fade-out the element (add a css class), then remove it altogether. Worth mentioning that animations are best kept for Javascript, rather than Liveview. You could have a hook on the flash message that will remove itself in 5 seconds with animation effects and everything.
