fix(server): drop scratch Awareness local {} from beforeHandleAwareness

[whoalin1]

Summary

beforeHandleAwareness receives a phantom {} entry for the scratch Awareness's own random clientID. The y-protocols Awareness constructor calls setLocalState({}), so that entry is always present in scratch.getStates() even though it is not part of the inbound update.

Delete the scratch's clientID from states and meta before applying the inbound update so hooks only see real entries. Prefer delete over setLocalState(null), which would leave meta (clock 1) and — with #1162 — re-encode as a removal of an unknown client on every awareness message.

Closes #1172

Test plan

• Hook beforeHandleAwareness({ states }) and send one client awareness update; expect states to contain only that client's entry (no extra {} clientID)
• Existing beforeHandleAwareness / awareness removal tests still pass
• With fix(server): apply awareness removals again #1162 applied, confirm no spurious removal of an unknown clientID is broadcast on awareness messages

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📝 Summary

MessageReceiver.apply now removes the scratch Awareness instance’s own client ID from states and meta before applying an inbound update. This keeps the scratch entry out of the hook input and the re-encoded update.

No test results were reported.

Walkthrough

The awareness update handler removes the scratch instance’s generated client ID from its state and metadata before it applies the inbound update. This keeps the scratch entry out of the callback input and subsequent re-encoded update.

Changes

Awareness update handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Remove scratch client state packages/server/src/MessageReceiver.ts	The handler removes the scratch instance’s client ID from states and meta before applying the inbound awareness update.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Suggested labels: complexity: easy, complexity: medium, complexity: hard, impact: high

Suggested reviewers: janthurau

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 9d32c

No merge-blocking risk remains.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the server fix and the phantom scratch Awareness entry that it removes from beforeHandleAwareness.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the phantom Awareness entry, the proposed fix, and the related test plan.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Issue #1172 requires beforeHandleAwareness to receive only entries from the inbound awareness update. MessageReceiver.apply deletes the scratch Awareness clientID from both states and meta b…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The reported change only removes the scratch Awareness constructor entry and explains why it removes both state and metadata. This directly supports issue #1172. The whole-PR summary identifies no unr…
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 1…

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🧹 Nitpick comments (1)

packages/server/src/MessageReceiver.ts (1)

91-97: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Shorten this comment to two lines.

The constructor detail is not obvious, but the seven-line explanation is not needed. This path encodes only IDs still in scratch.getStates(), so leftover metadata does not re-encode the scratch client as a removal.

🐛 Suggested fix

-					// y-protocols Awareness constructor calls setLocalState({}), so
-					// the map also holds the scratch's own random clientID with
-					// state {}. Drop it before applying the inbound update so
-					// beforeHandleAwareness only sees entries from that update.
-					// Prefer delete over setLocalState(null): that leaves meta
-					// (clock 1) which #1162 would re-encode as a removal of an
-					// unknown client on every awareness message.
+					// Awareness adds a local `{}` state and metadata. Remove both so
+					// beforeHandleAwareness does not receive the scratch-only client.

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Review comment at @packages/server/src/MessageReceiver.ts around lines 91 - 97:
Shorten the comment in the scratch Awareness cleanup path to two lines, noting
that construction adds a local empty state and metadata and that cleanup
prevents beforeHandleAwareness from receiving the scratch-only client. Remove
the inaccurate claim that leftover metadata re-encodes the client as a removal.

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Nitpick comments:
Review comments at @packages/server/src/MessageReceiver.ts:
- Around line 91-97: Shorten the comment in the scratch Awareness cleanup path
to two lines, noting that construction adds a local empty state and metadata and
that cleanup prevents beforeHandleAwareness from receiving the scratch-only
client. Remove the inaccurate claim that leftover metadata re-encodes the client
as a removal.

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