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fix(instance.controller): emit remove.instance even when logout fails (zombie cleanup) #2520

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fix(instance.controller): emit remove.instance even when logout fails
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13 changes: 12 additions & 1 deletion src/api/controllers/instance.controller.ts
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Expand Up @@ -456,7 +456,18 @@ export class InstanceController {
if (this.configService.get<Chatwoot>('CHATWOOT').ENABLED) waInstances?.clearCacheChatwoot();

if (instance.state === 'connecting' || instance.state === 'open') {
await this.logout({ instanceName });
try {
await this.logout({ instanceName });
} catch (logoutError) {
// RIGARR PATCH: zombie instance cleanup.
// When a Baileys socket is dead but waInstances[name] still exists,
// logout() throws "Connection Closed". Without this catch, the
// remove.instance emit below never runs, leaving the zombie in memory
// forever (only fixable by restarting the entire container).
this.logger.warn(
`[ZOMBIE-CLEANUP] logout failed for "${instanceName}" (likely zombie socket): ${logoutError?.toString?.() || logoutError}. Proceeding with cleanup.`,
);
}
}

try {
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