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fix(okhttp): complete the close handshake when the server closes the websocket - #1241

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When the server closes the websocket, the OkHttp engine never responds with its own close frame. The connection sits half-open and the transport only finds out once the idle timer expires. (Is a server-side close expected to be common? It shows up fairly often in practice.)

OkHttp signals the remote close through onClosing, and completing the handshake from there with a close() call lets onClosed fire as normal.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved WebSocket shutdown handling when the server initiates a connection close.
    • The client now explicitly acknowledges the server’s closing request, helping connections terminate more reliably and reducing the risk of lingering WebSocket sessions.

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The OkHttp WebSocket handler now overrides onClosing and closes the socket with code 1000 and no reason.

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WebSocket close handling

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Server close acknowledgment
network-client-okhttp/src/main/java/io/ably/lib/network/OkHttpWebSocketClient.java
The WebSocketHandler responds to onClosing by calling webSocket.close(1000, null).

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The change completes server-initiated WebSocket closure without a verified current-head defect or merge-blocking risk.

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`@network-client-okhttp/src/main/java/io/ably/lib/network/OkHttpWebSocketClient.java`:
- Around line 63-69: Add a focused test for the OkHttp WebSocket listener’s
onClosing and onClosed callbacks, using a peer/server-initiated close to verify
webSocket.close receives the received code and reason and listener.onClose is
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Pull request overview

This PR fixes OkHttp WebSocket handling for server-initiated closes by completing the close handshake promptly.

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  • Responds with the server-provided close code and reason.
  • Allows onClosed to fire without waiting for the idle timeout.

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Thanks a lot for spotting this! requested small changes

…websocket

The OkHttp engine never implemented onClosing, so a server-initiated close was
left half-open and the transport only noticed when its idle timer fired.
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xwang1498 force-pushed the fix/okhttp-websocket-onclosing branch from 7801df5 to 014f7d3 Compare September 14, 2026 17:16
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LGTM

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ttypic merged commit 792030a into ably:main Sep 14, 2026
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