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feat!: make channels.release() throw unless the channel is detached (RTS4e) - #2323
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- Line 3455: Update the release() documentation to state that it throws
ErrorInfo with code 90001 and does not release the channel when the channel is
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| * Releases all SDK-held references to a {@link Channel} or {@link RealtimeChannel} object, enabling it to be garbage collected. Warning: this method has no guardrails; using a channel reference after it has been released is undefined behaviour. It can be useful for applications that work with a continually changing set of channels on a single client and need to avoid unbounded memory growth; if this does not describe you, don't call it. Realtime channels not already in the `INITIALIZED`, `DETACHED`, or `FAILED` state are detached before release. | ||
| * Releases all SDK-held references to a {@link Channel} or {@link RealtimeChannel} object, enabling it to be garbage collected. Warning: this method has no guardrails; using a channel reference after it has been released is undefined behaviour. It can be useful for applications that work with a continually changing set of channels on a single client and need to avoid unbounded memory growth; if this does not describe you, don't call it. A realtime channel can only be released when it is in the `INITIALIZED`, `DETACHED`, or `FAILED` state. |
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Document the thrown error and the required detach step.
release() now throws an ErrorInfo with code 90001 for channels in the attaching, attached, detaching, and suspended states. This is a breaking change from the earlier behavior, where release() detached the channel first. The comment states which states are allowed. It does not say that release() throws in other states, and it does not tell callers to await channel.detach() first. A caller that relies on the old behavior will get an uncaught synchronous exception.
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- * ... A realtime channel can only be released when it is in the `INITIALIZED`, `DETACHED`, or `FAILED` state.
+ * ... A realtime channel can only be released when it is in the `INITIALIZED`, `DETACHED`, or `FAILED` state. In any other state, this method throws an {@link ErrorInfo} with code 90001 and does not release the channel. Call `await channel.detach()` before calling `release()`.
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* @param name - The channel name.
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Review comment at @packages/core/ably.d.ts at line 3455:
Update the release() documentation to state that it throws ErrorInfo with code
90001 and does not release the channel when the channel is outside the
releasable states, and instruct callers to await channel.detach() before calling
release(). Add the corresponding @throws documentation while preserving the
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…RTS4e) BREAKING CHANGE: channels.release(name) now throws an ErrorInfo with code 90011 when the channel is not in the initialized, detached or failed state, instead of detaching it and removing it once the detach completes. Call channel.detach() and await it before releasing. Spec 6.3.0 replaces RTS4a with RTS4c-e. Under RTS4a the channel stayed in the collection for the duration of the detach, so a get() for the same name in that window returned the channel that was about to be removed, which then received no further messages. release() is now synchronous and removes the channel immediately or not at all. Bumps the ably-common pin to pick up the registration of 90011. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Implements ably/specification#557 (spec 6.3.0) for v3.
Breaking change:
channels.release(name)now throws anErrorInfowith code 90011 when the channel isn't in theinitialized,detachedorfailedstate. Previously it detached the channel and removed it once the detach completed. Callchannel.detach()and await it before releasing.Under the old behaviour (RTS4a), the channel stayed in the collection while the detach was in flight. A
get()for the same name in that window returned the channel that was about to be removed, which then received no further messages.release()is now synchronous, and removes the channel either immediately or not at all (RTS4c–e).The UTS-derived tests are updated to the spec's RTS4c–e tests (per ably/specification#563).
Depends on ably/ably-common#367, which registers 90011. The
ably-commonsubmodule is currently pinned to that PR's branch commit, and should be re-pinned tomainonce it merges.The deprecation warning for v2 is in #2322. When
mainis next merged intointegration/v3, take this branch's side ofbaserealtime.ts.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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90011and status400.