Today’s Development Updates: Stability & Improvements
What developments have taken place today?
Today’s commits focused on enhancing WebSocket server stability, improving API controller integration with a registry, refining database interactions, and adding logging functionality. Several changes were made to ensure robust error handling, thread safety, and debugging capabilities throughout the application.
Specifically:
- WebSocket Server Enhancements: A new context cancellation mechanism was implemented for user connections, enabling graceful shutdown and preventing resource leaks. The WebSocket server now includes improved logging to indicate errors during message sending and error responses, aiding in debugging. Ping intervals are handled more gracefully within the connection context.
- API Controller Updates: API controllers were updated to utilize a
registryfor accessing external services (file repositories). Constructors now accept the registry as an argument, improving modularity and testability. Database queries were adjusted to include more parameters and logging statements for improved performance and data integrity. - Database Improvements: The
UserChannelRepositorywas modified to include a function (GetOtherUserFileId) that retrieves file IDs associated with other users in one-on-one channels, facilitating channel assignment logic. Database queries were updated to include more parameters and logging statements for better performance and debugging. - Logging Enhancements: The server now integrates with a Redis database for persistent log storage, including caller information (file name and line number) to aid debugging. Existing direct logging calls have been replaced with the new Redis-based approach.
- Test Improvements: A statistics tracking system was added to WebSocket tests, monitoring connections, messages sent, and errors encountered.
These changes collectively contribute to a more stable, reliable, and maintainable application by addressing critical areas such as error handling, data consistency, and debugging support. The improvements ensure graceful connection management and facilitate efficient resource utilization within the WebSocket server.