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  • New Features

    • Added same-origin reverse-proxy support with automatic ws:///wss:// routing.
    • Improved web connection handling for queued messages, disconnects, and decoder transitions.
    • Added safer password submission and status messaging.
    • Added explicit cryptography initialization and improved audio-player reinitialization.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Prevented unsafe status rendering and discarded video frames without an available decoder.
    • Improved error reporting for video decoding and connection failures.
  • Documentation

    • Updated deployment guidance with reverse-proxy and split-domain configuration examples.

rophy added 9 commits August 22, 2026 00:17
Replace innerHTML with textContent for server-supplied text in msgbox().
Apply styling via element.style instead of inline HTML.

Closes #6
Add shared initSodium()/requireSodium() pattern so all crypto
functions fail fast if called before initialization. Call
initSodium() at connection startup before the handshake.

Fixes #9
Protobuf default enum value 0 maps to ID_NOT_EXIST, causing a false
error on valid responses. Skip falsy failure values, add return after
failure switch, and add a default case for unknown failure codes.

Fixes #2
Guard handleVideoFrame when decoder isn't loaded yet (ack frames to
prevent peer stall). Track decoder generation to discard stale async
callbacks after close() or display switch. Validate OGVLoader before
use and propagate codec-load failures.

Fixes #4
Destroy existing PCMPlayer (closes AudioContext) before creating a
new one. Guard opus worker callback against uninitialized player.

Fixes #5
…andler

Rename to window.submitPassword to avoid clobbering the native
browser confirm() API. Guard getConn() result before calling login()
to prevent crash after connection cancellation.

Fixes #7
Rename input from id="password" to id="password-input" so it no
longer collides with the parent div#password.
Store a pending resolver/rejecter when the buffer is empty instead of
polling with recursive setTimeout(..., 1). Messages resolve the
pending promise directly; close, error, and timeout reject it. Removes
~1000 wakeups/second during idle waits.

Fixes #8
Config values starting with "/" are resolved against the page origin,
using wss:// on HTTPS and ws:// on HTTP. Defaults to /hbbs and /hbbr
for zero-config same-origin deployments behind a reverse proxy.
Full URIs (ws://host:port) still work for split-domain setups.

Fixes #10
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The web client now supports same-origin WebSocket paths, explicit Sodium initialization, concurrent promise-based WebSocket reads, guarded video decoder loading, safer status rendering, and updated Docker configuration and documentation.

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Web client runtime and deployment

Layer / File(s) Summary
Deployment configuration and URI resolution
deploy/docker/webclient/Dockerfile, deploy/docker/webclient/README.md, flutter/web/js/src/url.*
The Docker entrypoint always writes configuration. Docker examples include split-domain routing and long-lived WebSocket timeouts. Default paths resolve to ws:// or wss:// from the current page.
Sodium and audio initialization
flutter/web/js/src/globals.*, flutter/web/js/src/connection.*
Libsodium initializes explicitly before connection startup. Crypto access validates initialization. Existing PCM players are destroyed before replacement, and absent players are ignored.
Pending WebSocket reads
flutter/web/js/src/websock.*
next() supports multiple pending reads and buffers incoming messages. Close, error, timeout, and reset events reject pending reads.
Decoder and connection lifecycle
flutter/web/js/src/codec.*, flutter/web/js/src/connection.*
Decoder loads use generations to close stale results and report current failures. Missing decoders acknowledge and discard video frames. Unknown rendezvous failures produce a generic error.
Password form and status rendering
flutter/web/js/src/ui.*
The password form calls submitPassword(). Status messages use text content and conditional error styling. Login checks for both a password and a connection.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 583af

The PR changes WebSocket deployment routing and decoder initialization behavior, but the current documentation can produce unreachable or insecure HTTPS deployments, and SIMD detection failures may escape decoder error handling as unhandled runtime errors. Merge should wait for these bounded deployment and runtime issues to be fixed or explicitly accepted.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Consumer
  participant Websock
  participant WebSocket
  Consumer->>Websock: next()
  Websock->>WebSocket: wait for message, close, or error
  WebSocket-->>Websock: decoded message
  Websock-->>Consumer: resolve oldest pending read
  WebSocket-->>Websock: close or error
  Websock-->>Consumer: reject all pending reads
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Actionable comments posted: 4

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deploy/docker/webclient/README.md (2)

52-64: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Set an explicit WebSocket read timeout.

Nginx defaults proxy_read_timeout to 60 seconds and closes the connection when no upstream data arrives during that interval. A quiet RustDesk session can therefore disconnect after a successful upgrade. Add an explicit timeout to both locations, or verify the server heartbeat interval and document the required value. (nginx.org)

Proposed configuration
 location /hbbs {
     proxy_pass http://hbbs:21118;
     proxy_http_version 1.1;
     proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
     proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
+    proxy_read_timeout 3600s;
 }

 location /hbbr {
     proxy_pass http://hbbr:21119;
     proxy_http_version 1.1;
     proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
     proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
+    proxy_read_timeout 3600s;
 }
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In `@deploy/docker/webclient/README.md` around lines 52 - 64, Update both the
/hbbs and /hbbr WebSocket location blocks to set an explicit proxy_read_timeout
appropriate for quiet RustDesk sessions, preserving the existing upgrade and
proxy settings.

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21-22: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Document the HTTPS split-domain variant.

The current example is valid because it explicitly opens http://localhost:8080. If users serve the client over HTTPS with these full ws:// URIs, browsers block the connections as mixed content because resolveUri preserves full URIs. Add a separate wss:// example or state that these values are HTTP-only.

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In `@deploy/docker/webclient/README.md` around lines 21 - 22, Update the webclient
README example for RUSTDESK_HOST and RUSTDESK_RELAY to document the HTTPS
split-domain variant using wss:// endpoints, while clearly retaining or labeling
the existing ws:// values as HTTP-only.

Source: MCP tools

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Inline comments:
In `@flutter/web/js/src/codec.js`:
- Around line 31-33: Move the simd() await in loadVp9() inside the existing try
block so its rejection reaches onError and the decoder error message is emitted
instead of becoming unhandled. Add coverage verifying that a rejected simd()
promise follows the onError path.

Apply the same fix in `@flutter/web/js/src/connection.ts` around lines 729 - 739:
Same rejection path and required remediation in the second loadVp9()
implementation.

In `@flutter/web/js/src/globals.test.ts`:
- Around line 531-534: Update the “destroys previous player on reinit” test to
retain the first PCM player mock, then assert its destroy method is called
exactly once after the second initAudio call; preserve the existing
reinitialization arguments.

In `@flutter/web/js/src/ui.test.ts`:
- Around line 52-99: Update the UI tests to exercise behavior through the mocked
connection’s setMsgbox callback rather than only mutating DOM state: invoke it
with malicious error text and assert div#text has no child elements and
preserves the literal text. Also call window.submitPassword with null and valid
getConn() results, asserting login occurs only for the valid connection.

In `@flutter/web/js/src/websock.ts`:
- Around line 138-143: Update the pending-read handling around _pendingResolve,
_pendingReject, and _pendingTimer to queue concurrent next() calls in FIFO
order, retaining an independent timeout for each read so every promise settles.
Ensure incoming messages consume queued reads oldest-first, and add coverage for
two next() calls issued before two messages arrive.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@deploy/docker/webclient/README.md`:
- Around line 52-64: Update both the /hbbs and /hbbr WebSocket location blocks
to set an explicit proxy_read_timeout appropriate for quiet RustDesk sessions,
preserving the existing upgrade and proxy settings.
- Around line 21-22: Update the webclient README example for RUSTDESK_HOST and
RUSTDESK_RELAY to document the HTTPS split-domain variant using wss://
endpoints, while clearly retaining or labeling the existing ws:// values as
HTTP-only.
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- Move simd() await inside try block in codec.js
- Replace single pending resolve/reject with FIFO queue in websock.ts
- Assert destroy() called on previous PCMPlayer in reinit test
- Add proxy_read_timeout 3600s to nginx WebSocket example
- Document wss:// split-domain deployment in README
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flutter/web/js/src/websock.ts (1)

142-150: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add a FIFO concurrent-read test.

The shown flutter/web/js/src/websock.test.ts suite does not start two next() calls before two messages arrive. Add a test that asserts the first pending read receives the first message and the second pending read receives the second message.

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In `@flutter/web/js/src/websock.ts` around lines 142 - 150, Add a concurrent-read
FIFO test in the web socket test suite that starts two next() calls before
delivering any messages, then verifies the first promise receives the first
message and the second receives the second message. Use the existing test setup
and message-delivery helpers, and preserve the pending-read ordering behavior.
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In `@deploy/docker/webclient/README.md`:
- Around line 29-30: Update the TLS environment variable examples for
RUSTDESK_HOST and RUSTDESK_RELAY to use paths matching the nginx locations
documented below, or add corresponding /ws locations to that configuration;
ensure the copied deployment has a documented route for the full client URI
paths.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@flutter/web/js/src/websock.ts`:
- Around line 142-150: Add a concurrent-read FIFO test in the web socket test
suite that starts two next() calls before delivering any messages, then verifies
the first promise receives the first message and the second receives the second
message. Use the existing test setup and message-delivery helpers, and preserve
the pending-read ordering behavior.
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Comment thread deploy/docker/webclient/README.md Outdated
rophy added 2 commits August 22, 2026 05:19
- Test msgbox callback: XSS prevention, error styling, password flow
- Test submitPassword guards empty input and calls conn.login
- Test concurrent next() calls resolve in FIFO order
- Test independent timeout for concurrent next() calls
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