fix(provider): keep retry cancel handle until the connection attempt resolves

[whoalin1]

Closes #1184

onOpen cleared cancelWebsocketRetry as soon as the socket opened, but the retry chain's attempt only resolves on the first message (resolveConnectionAttempt()). When the server closes the socket after open and before the first frame, the chain keeps retrying with no cancel handle, so a later connect() (or the onClose reconnect timer) starts a second chain, and the first chain's next attempt closes the second chain's socket.

This moves the reset into resolveConnectionAttempt(), so the handle is only dropped once the attempt has actually resolved. onClose still reconnects after an established connection closes (the handle is already cleared then). For a close before the first message it now leaves the retry to the chain that is already running.

Tests

• Added tests/providerwebsocket/retryCancelHandle.ts, which uses a fake WebSocket to reproduce the issue's scenario. It fails on main (3 sockets are created) and passes with this change.
• pnpm ava tests/providerwebsocket/ tests/provider/: 72 tests passed.
• biome lint reports no issues in the new test file. The only findings in HocuspocusProviderWebsocket.ts were already there before this change. pnpm lint:ts gives the same error count on main as on this branch (pre-existing errors).

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📝 Summary

Move the retry cancel handle reset from onOpen to resolveConnectionAttempt(). This keeps the retry chain cancelable until the first message confirms the connection.

Add tests for a socket that closes before its first message and for reconnecting after an established connection closes.

Walkthrough

The provider now retains the retry cancellation handle through the socket open event and clears it when a connection attempt resolves. A regression test checks reconnect behavior after an early socket close and after an established socket closes.

Changes

Retry cancellation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Clear retry cancellation on attempt resolution packages/provider/src/HocuspocusProviderWebsocket.ts, tests/providerwebsocket/retryCancelHandle.ts	onOpen no longer clears the retry cancellation handle. resolveConnectionAttempt clears it when the attempt resolves. The test checks that the replacement socket remains open and reports Connected after receiving a message, and that a later established-socket close leads to another connection.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested labels: complexity: hard, complexity: easy, impact: low

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Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to efbfe

The change addresses the retry-cancellation behavior, and the regression test’s observation window covers the prior retry timing. No concrete merge-blocking risk remains.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: retaining the retry cancel handle until the connection attempt resolves.
Description check		The description directly explains the bug, the implementation change, the expected behavior, and the added tests. It is relevant to the changeset.
Linked Issues check		Issue #1184 requires the retry handle to remain available until the first message resolves the connection attempt. The change moves the reset from onOpen to resolveConnectionAttempt(). The added t…
Out of Scope Changes check		The pull request changes one retry-handle reset and adds a focused regression test. Both changes directly support issue #1184. No unrelated product behavior or files are identified.
Docstring Coverage		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 2…

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🧹 Nitpick comments (1)

tests/providerwebsocket/retryCancelHandle.ts (1)

62-74: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add coverage for reconnection after an established socket closes.

The provider WebSocket tests only emit close before the first message. The new test does not close the connected second socket, so it does not protect the established-close reconnection path.

Suggested fix

 	t.is(FakeSocket.created.length, 2);
 	t.not(second.readyState, 3);
 	t.is(ws.status, WebSocketStatus.Connected);
+
+	second.readyState = 3;
+	second.emit("close", {});
+	await sleep(400);
+
+	t.is(FakeSocket.created.length, 3);
+	const third = FakeSocket.created[2];
+	third.readyState = 1;
+	third.emit("open", {});
+	third.emit("message", { data: new Uint8Array([9]).buffer });
+	t.is(ws.status, WebSocketStatus.Connected);

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Review comment at @tests/providerwebsocket/retryCancelHandle.ts around lines 62
- 74:
Extend the test around `ws.connect()` to cover reconnection after an established
socket closes: close the connected `second` socket, wait for the retry, then
open and send a message on the newly created socket and verify `ws.status` is
`WebSocketStatus.Connected`.

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Nitpick comments:
Review comments at @tests/providerwebsocket/retryCancelHandle.ts:
- Around line 62-74: Extend the test around `ws.connect()` to cover reconnection
after an established socket closes: close the connected `second` socket, wait
for the retry, then open and send a message on the newly created socket and
verify `ws.status` is `WebSocketStatus.Connected`.

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@coderabbitai I added the suggested coverage for the nitpick on tests/providerwebsocket/retryCancelHandle.ts (lines 62-74) in efbfec7. After the chain-2 socket is established, the test closes it, checks that the provider reconnects with a third socket, and checks that the status is connected again. pnpm ava tests/providerwebsocket/ tests/provider/: 72 passed.

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@whoalin1 Thanks! I verified the added coverage in tests/providerwebsocket/retryCancelHandle.ts. It checks that closing the established second socket creates a third socket and restores WebSocketStatus.Connected after its first message.

This addresses the coverage nitpick.

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