fix client-side js crashing in webkit and firefox

[jgunnCO]

Description

Fixes the client occasionally breaking on chrome when following a next link, and fixes Safari and Firefox reliably breaking as a result of fixing the first error.

Type of change

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• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue).
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality).
• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected).
• This change requires a documentation update.

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• I have performed a self-review of my code.
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• I have made corresponding changes to the documentation where applicable.
• I have ran cypress tests and they all pass locally.