Blank nvim-tree when opening a session from Startify/Dashboard - session related

[imreverse]

Whenever I try to load a session from Startify (from the sessionlist) or Dashboard (using sessionsave and sessionload), nvim-tree always shows a blank window.
I save and retrieve my sessions using the following commands,

nnoremap <Leader>ss :source     $HOME/.config/nvim/session/
nnoremap <Leader>sv :mksession! $HOME/.config/nvim/session/

If I try to load a session using the above source command, nvim-tree toggle behaves as expected and shows the directory of the session.

Here is the config which is able to reproduce the above error.

call plug#begin('~/.config/nvim/plug')
Plug 'kyazdani42/nvim-tree.lua'
Plug 'kyazdani42/nvim-web-devicons'
Plug 'mhinz/vim-startify'
call plug#end()
nnoremap <A-e> :NvimTreeToggle<CR>
nnoremap <Leader>ss :source $HOME/.config/nvim/session/
nnoremap <Leader>sv :mksession! $HOME/.config/nvim/session/
let g:startify_files_number = 7
let g:startify_session_dir="$HOME/.config/nvim/session"
let g:startify_lists = [
      \ { 'type': 'bookmarks', 'header': ['   Bookmarks']      },
      \ { 'type': 'sessions',  'header': ['   Sessions']       },
      \ { 'type': 'files',     'header': ['   MRU']            },
      \ { 'type': 'commands',  'header': ['   Commands']       },
      \ ]

I have tried this using Packer and Plug both, yet the problem persists.
I also have tried nerdtree, and it works as expected.

[kyazdani42]

hi, does this still happen ?

[imreverse]

Hey, yep the problem still remains. However someone commented on this for a hacky fix, although they deleted their comment later. The hacky fix was to do NvimTreeRefresh before any NvimTreeToggle, and it works.