fix(remote-device): correct clock skew and half-open socket wedges - #629
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Two independent device-connector bugs, both surfaced by the same prod Realtime "Unauthorized" flood: - A forward-skewed device clock makes auth-js treat every fresh token as already-expired, refreshing in a tight loop forever (confirmed in prod: 9,300+ refreshes/24h on one device vs a healthy ~1/50min). Disable autoRefreshToken and drive refresh on our own fixed cadence, and correct Date.now for this process from the `Date` header every Supabase response carries, so every expiry check sees accurate time regardless of where it lives in the library. - checkConnectionHealth() trusted channel.state === 'joined' as proof of life with no independent check, so a half-open socket (sleep/ wake, dead peer) could leave it reading 'joined' forever with zero recovery attempt and zero telemetry. Cross-check against the last confirmed realtime heartbeat reply and force a recreate once it goes stale.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe remote channel now observes Supabase server time, disables automatic auth refresh, refreshes tokens on a fixed cadence, records heartbeat confirmations, and recreates channels whose heartbeats become stale. Tests cover clock correction, token refresh, timer cleanup, and half-open socket recovery. ChangesRemote channel recovery
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The change improves recovery from clock-skew refresh loops and half-open connections, but heartbeat recovery currently depends on a wall clock that the PR also adjusts, which can delay recovery or recreate healthy connections after a time correction. A telemetry promise can also produce an unhandled rejection during connectivity faults, so owner follow-up is needed before merge. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Supabase
participant RemoteChannel
participant Auth
participant Realtime
participant HealthCheck
Supabase-->>RemoteChannel: response with Date header
RemoteChannel->>RemoteChannel: correct Date.now() when skew exceeds threshold
RemoteChannel->>Auth: refresh session on fixed timer
Auth-->>RemoteChannel: TOKEN_REFRESHED
RemoteChannel->>Realtime: apply refreshed auth token
HealthCheck->>RemoteChannel: evaluate heartbeat age
RemoteChannel->>Realtime: recreate channel when heartbeat is stale
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In `@src/remote-device/remote-channel.ts`:
- Line 716: Update the stale-heartbeat telemetry call in the remote channel
reconnect flow to explicitly handle the promise returned by captureRemote:
invoke it with void and attach a catch handler that ignores telemetry failures,
matching the guarded telemetry calls elsewhere in the file.
- Around line 97-124: Update heartbeat liveness tracking in the subscription and
heartbeat-success paths around lastHeartbeatOkAt, plus the stale check near the
half-open recovery logic, to use a monotonic elapsed-time source for recording
and comparing heartbeat activity. Keep Date.now() limited to auth-expiry
correction, and add a regression test that applies server-time correction after
subscription then verifies stale detection still follows elapsed monotonic time.
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src/remote-device/remote-channel.tstest/test-remote-channel-reconnect.js
| export function observeServerDate(dateHeader: string | null): void { | ||
| if (!dateHeader) return; | ||
| const serverMs = Date.parse(dateHeader); | ||
| if (Number.isNaN(serverMs)) return; | ||
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| const offsetMs = serverMs - rawDateNow(); | ||
| if (Math.abs(offsetMs) <= CLOCK_SKEW_CORRECTION_THRESHOLD_MS) { | ||
| if (clockPatched) { | ||
| Date.now = rawDateNow; | ||
| clockPatched = false; | ||
| } | ||
| return; | ||
| } | ||
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| clockOffsetMs = offsetMs; | ||
| if (!clockPatched) { | ||
| Date.now = () => rawDateNow() + clockOffsetMs; | ||
| clockPatched = true; | ||
| console.warn(`⚠️ Device clock skewed ~${Math.round(offsetMs / 1000)}s from Supabase — correcting for this process`); | ||
| captureRemote('remote_channel_clock_skew_corrected', { offsetMs }).catch(() => { }); | ||
| } | ||
| } | ||
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| async function clockAwareFetch(input: RequestInfo | URL, init?: RequestInit): Promise<Response> { | ||
| const response = await fetch(input, init); | ||
| observeServerDate(response.headers.get('date')); | ||
| return response; | ||
| } |
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Use a monotonic clock for heartbeat liveness.
observeServerDate() can change Date.now() by hours after Line 191 or Line 537 records lastHeartbeatOkAt. Line 713 then subtracts values from different clock offsets.
A backward correction can make staleMs negative and suppress half-open recovery until the offset elapses. A forward correction can recreate a healthy channel immediately.
Store and compare heartbeat liveness with a monotonic clock. Keep Date.now() only for auth expiry correction. Add a regression test that corrects server time after subscription and then verifies the stale deadline uses elapsed monotonic time.
Also applies to: 169-192, 537-537, 710-718, 832-837
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In `@src/remote-device/remote-channel.ts` around lines 97 - 124, Update heartbeat
liveness tracking in the subscription and heartbeat-success paths around
lastHeartbeatOkAt, plus the stale check near the half-open recovery logic, to
use a monotonic elapsed-time source for recording and comparing heartbeat
activity. Keep Date.now() limited to auth-expiry correction, and add a
regression test that applies server-time correction after subscription then
verifies stale detection still follows elapsed monotonic time.
| const staleMs = Date.now() - this.lastHeartbeatOkAt; | ||
| if (staleMs > HEARTBEAT_STALE_TIMEOUT_MS) { | ||
| console.debug(`[DEBUG] ⚠️ Channel reads 'joined' but no confirmed heartbeat in ${Math.round(staleMs / 1000)}s - forcing recreate — ${this.connState()}`); | ||
| captureRemote('remote_channel_heartbeat_stale', { staleMs, attempt: this.reconnectAttempt }); |
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Handle rejection from stale-heartbeat telemetry.
captureRemote() returns a promise. This new call has no await or rejection handler. If telemetry capture fails during a connectivity fault, it creates an unhandled rejection.
Use void captureRemote(...).catch(() => {}), consistent with the guarded telemetry calls in this file.
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In `@src/remote-device/remote-channel.ts` at line 716, Update the stale-heartbeat
telemetry call in the remote channel reconnect flow to explicitly handle the
promise returned by captureRemote: invoke it with void and attach a catch
handler that ignores telemetry failures, matching the guarded telemetry calls
elsewhere in the file.
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Summary
Two independent device-connector bugs, both surfaced while investigating a prod Realtime "Unauthorized" flood:
@supabase/auth-jstreat every fresh token as already-expired, refreshing in a tight loop forever (confirmed in prod: one device did 9,300+ refreshes/24h vs a healthy ~1/50min baseline, and recurred again days later on the same machine). DisablesautoRefreshTokenand drives refresh on our own fixed 45-min cadence, and correctsDate.now()for the process from theDateheader every Supabase response carries — covers every expiry check in the library regardless of where it lives, rather than chasing individual call sites (two rounds of this fix landed on the wrong mechanism before this one).checkConnectionHealth()trustedchannel.state === 'joined'as proof of life with no independent verification, so a half-open socket (sleep/wake, dead peer) could leave it reading'joined'forever with zero recovery attempt and zero telemetry. Cross-checks against the last confirmed realtime heartbeat reply and forces a recreate once it goes stale.Test plan
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