perf(llc): skip replaying oversized /sync payloads - #2934
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Replaying a large `/sync` payload through `handleEvent` holds local persistence and state updates long enough to slow down the regular requests that need them. Payloads over 250 events are no longer replayed. On reconnect the synced channels are re-queried in their place, a page at a time, and `lastSyncAt` only advances once that refresh succeeded — dropping the events is safe when their state has been re-fetched, but advancing past a failed refresh would lose them. Mark-all-read events are still applied, since a channel refresh does not carry read state. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughChangesSync recovery
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to Oversized sync payload recovery is mergeable, but direct sync callers need clearer documentation and the recovery-enabled reconnect path should receive regression coverage to guard against duplicate channel queries. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant StreamChatClient
participant PersistenceClient
participant ChannelQuery
StreamChatClient->>PersistenceClient: Read persisted sync payload
StreamChatClient->>StreamChatClient: Replay events within the limit
StreamChatClient->>ChannelQuery: Refresh active channels in batches when replay is skipped
StreamChatClient->>PersistenceClient: Advance lastSyncAt
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…lay-limit # Conflicts: # packages/stream_chat/CHANGELOG.md
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5548-5549: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winAdd a case with
recoverStateOnReconnectenabled.This test sets
recoverStateOnReconnect: false, so it proves the refresh runs when recovery is disabled. The new dedup branch in_onConnectionStatusChanged(_recoverStateOnReconnect && !channelsRefreshedBySync) stays unexercised. Add a test with the defaultrecoverStateOnReconnect: truethat asserts only the batched refresh runs, and that no extraqueryChannelswithPaginationParams(limit: 30)over all cids follows it.💚 Suggested additional test
test('should not re-query twice when recovery is enabled and the sync skipped replay', () async { client = StreamChatClient(apiKey, chatApi: api, ws: ws); await client.connectUser(user, token); await delay(300); const cid = 'messaging:c1'; client.state.addChannels({ cid: Channel.fromState(client, ChannelState(channel: ChannelModel(cid: cid))), }); final lastSyncAt = DateTime.now().subtract(const Duration(hours: 1)); client.chatPersistenceClient = FakePersistenceClient(channelCids: const [cid], lastSyncAt: lastSyncAt); await client.openPersistenceConnection(user); addTearDown(() => client.chatPersistenceClient = null); when(() => api.general.sync(const [cid], lastSyncAt)).thenAnswer( (_) async => SyncResponse() ..events = List.generate( 251, (index) => Event( type: EventType.messageNew, cid: cid, message: Message(id: 'message-$index'), createdAt: lastSyncAt.add(Duration(seconds: index + 1)), ), ), ); clearInteractions(api.channel); await simulateReconnect(); // Only the refresh issued by the skipped replay runs. verify( () => api.channel.queryChannels( filter: Filter.in_('cid', const [cid]), sort: any(named: 'sort'), state: any(named: 'state'), watch: any(named: 'watch'), presence: any(named: 'presence'), memberLimit: any(named: 'memberLimit'), messageLimit: any(named: 'messageLimit'), paginationParams: const PaginationParams(limit: 1), ), ).called(1); verifyNoMoreInteractions(api.channel); });🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@packages/stream_chat/CHANGELOG.md`:
- Line 7: Update the StreamChatClient.sync changelog entry to state that direct
sync calls skip oversized payload events, advance lastSyncAt, and do not
re-query channels; callers must refresh their own state. Keep the existing
reconnect behavior description intact.
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In `@packages/stream_chat/test/src/client/client_test.dart`:
- Around line 5548-5549: Add a companion test for the sync-skipped replay
scenario with the default enabled recoverStateOnReconnect setting, using the
existing test setup and reconnect helpers. Verify exactly one batched channel
refresh with the expected CID and PaginationParams(limit: 1), and assert no
additional api.channel.queryChannels call with the all-CID
PaginationParams(limit: 30) recovery request occurs.
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| - `Channel.translateMessage` now merges the translated message into the channel state, so the translation reaches anything watching the channel without the caller applying the response itself. | ||
| - Raised minimum Dart SDK to `^3.12.0`. | ||
| - `Channel` and `ClientState` streams that expose a single primitive value are now distinct, so they only emit when the value actually changes. Affects `Channel.memberCountStream`, `messageCountStream`, `watcherCountStream`, `cooldownStream`, `nameStream`, `imageStream`, `frozenStream`, `disabledStream`, `hiddenStream`, `isPinnedStream`, `isArchivedStream`, `createdAtStream`, `updatedAtStream`, `deletedAtStream`, `truncatedAtStream`, `lastMessageAtStream`, and `ClientState.totalUnreadCountStream`, `unreadChannelsStream`, `unreadThreadsStream`. | ||
| - `StreamChatClient.sync` now skips replaying oversized `/sync` payloads (over 250 events) to avoid stalling local persistence. On reconnect the synced channels are re-queried in their place before `lastSyncAt` advances. |
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State the behavior for a direct sync call.
The entry describes the reconnect path only. A direct client.sync() call uses refreshChannelsOnSkip: false, so an oversized payload drops the events and still advances lastSyncAt without any channel re-query. Consumers that call sync themselves must refresh their own state. Add that to the entry.
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-- `StreamChatClient.sync` now skips replaying oversized `/sync` payloads (over 250 events) to avoid stalling local persistence. On reconnect the synced channels are re-queried in their place before `lastSyncAt` advances.
+- `StreamChatClient.sync` now skips replaying oversized `/sync` payloads (over 250 events) to avoid stalling local persistence. On reconnect the synced channels are re-queried in their place before `lastSyncAt` advances. A direct `sync` call does not re-query the channels, so callers that rely on the replayed state must refresh it themselves.As per coding guidelines: "After modifying any package, update its CHANGELOG.md."
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| - `StreamChatClient.sync` now skips replaying oversized `/sync` payloads (over 250 events) to avoid stalling local persistence. On reconnect the synced channels are re-queried in their place before `lastSyncAt` advances. | |
| - `StreamChatClient.sync` now skips replaying oversized `/sync` payloads (over 250 events) to avoid stalling local persistence. On reconnect the synced channels are re-queried in their place before `lastSyncAt` advances. A direct `sync` call does not re-query the channels, so callers that rely on the replayed state must refresh it themselves. |
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In `@packages/stream_chat/CHANGELOG.md` at line 7, Update the
StreamChatClient.sync changelog entry to state that direct sync calls skip
oversized payload events, advance lastSyncAt, and do not re-query channels;
callers must refresh their own state. Keep the existing reconnect behavior
description intact.
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Superseded by #2945, which contains this commit plus the FLU-756 follow-ups it enabled: the cid cap, the sync-age pre-check, the refresh-before-advance on a refused window, and the extraction into The changelog conflict on this branch is resolved and pushed, so it is mergeable if you would rather land it on its own first. |
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Replaying a large
/syncpayload throughhandleEventholds local persistence and state updates long enough to slow down the regular requests that need them. Payloads over 250 events are no longer replayed — the synced channels are re-queried in their place.Implements the Sync events limit spec, matching
stream-chat-swift(SyncRepository) andstream-chat-android(SyncManager), which use the same 250-event threshold.Ticket: FLU-756
What changed
StreamChatClient.syncskips event replay when a/syncresponse carries more than 250 events.queryChannelsin their place, one 30-channel page at a time (the server returns at most 30 channels per request, so a single query would silently cover only the first page).lastSyncAtadvances only once that refresh succeeded. Dropping the events is safe when their state has been re-fetched; advancing past a failed refresh would lose them.lastSyncAtfallbacks now useDateTime.timestamp()instead of local time.Behavior change worth a second look
On reconnect, the re-query after a skipped replay runs even when
recoverStateOnReconnectisfalse(whichStreamChatCoresets for every app built onstream_chat_flutter). Skipping replay drops in-memory channel state, so without it there is nothing to repair the currently open channel. When the refresh does run, the flag's own re-query is skipped so the channels are not queried twice.A direct
client.sync()call issues no queries — only the reconnect path opts into the refresh.Verification
dart analyze --fatal-infos,dart format, and the fullstream_chatsuite (1632 tests) pass. New tests cover the skip, the re-query in its place, page batching past 30 channels,lastSyncAtbeing kept when the refresh fails, and mark-all-read surviving the skip.Summary by CodeRabbit
memberCountStreamupdates by emitting only when the member count changes.