feat(client): identify the SDK and version on SFU RPCs - #2425
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The SFU's Twirp requests carried no client identity, so the backend could not tell which SDK or version issued an RPC. That gap made it impossible to gate a server-side workaround on the client version during the Android 1.31.0 noise-cancellation incident. Send the same identity header the coordinator already uses, e.g. 'X-Stream-Client: stream-react@1.2.3', on every SFU RPC. Values come from the existing getSdkName/getSdkVersion helpers, so they stay consistent with what JoinRequest and the stats payloads report.
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Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to SFU RPCs now identify the SDK and version using the standardized client header format. The implementation is covered for supported SDK identifiers and React RPC integration, but the added test still leaves asynchronous client resources active, creating bounded test-suite stability risk. Suggested reviewers: 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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In `@packages/client/src/__tests__/StreamSfuClient.test.ts`:
- Line 464: Update the test around buildSfuClient so the client variable is
declared outside the try block and the created StreamSfuClient is always closed
in finally; also make CapturingWebSocket.close emit the close event so the
pending signal-open timeout is cleared.
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Dispose the StreamSfuClient created by the test.
Line 464 creates a WebSocket-backed client with a pending 5-second signal-open timeout. The test does not close the client, so the timeout and event handlers remain active after the assertion. This can slow the suite and leak state into later tests.
Declare sfuClient outside the try, call sfuClient.close() in finally, and make CapturingWebSocket.close() emit close so the pending timeout is cleared.
As per coding guidelines: Always unregister event handlers and call dispose() on Call, Publisher, Subscriber, and other resources to prevent memory leaks.
Proposed cleanup
- try {
- const sfuClient = buildSfuClient();
+ let sfuClient: ReturnType<typeof buildSfuClient> | undefined;
+ try {
+ sfuClient = buildSfuClient();
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} finally {
+ sfuClient?.close();
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In `@packages/client/src/__tests__/StreamSfuClient.test.ts` at line 464, Update
the test around buildSfuClient so the client variable is declared outside the
try block and the created StreamSfuClient is always closed in finally; also make
CapturingWebSocket.close emit the close event so the pending signal-open timeout
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Send 'stream-video-react-v1.43.1' (and 'stream-video-react-native-v1.44.2') instead of 'stream-react@1.43.1', so the SFU sees the same client id shape the coordinator already receives through the user agent. Every SDK type other than React and React Native reports as 'stream-video-js'.
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The SFU's Twirp requests carry no client identity today - the SDK name and version only appear in the
JoinRequestandSendStatspayloads. This adds anX-Stream-Clientheader to every SFU RPC, mirroring what we already send to the coordinator.This gap surfaced during the Android 1.31.0 incident, where
startNoiseCancellationraced ahead of the WS join, the SFU repliedERROR_CODE_PARTICIPANT_NOT_FOUND, and the SDK treated it as terminal and looped. The SFU couldn't gate a server-side mitigation on the client version because the RPC didn't say who was calling. The SFU already makes decisions based on the client string (codec selection, for one), so having it on every RPC lets the backend diagnose and mitigate client-specific regressions without waiting for an SDK release.📝 Implementation notes
The header carries the same client id shape the coordinator already receives through the user agent:
X-Stream-Clientstream-video-react-v1.43.1stream-video-react-native-v1.44.2stream-video-js-v<version>getStreamClientIdlives next to the existinggetSdkName/getSdkVersionhelpers so theSdkTypemapping stays in one place, and the version comes from the same source that feedsJoinRequestand the stats payloads.setSdkInforuns at module init in bothreact-sdk/index.tsandreact-native-sdk/src/index.ts, well before any SFU client is constructed at join time; with SDK info unset the value degrades tostream-video-js-v0.0.0-development.The WS
/wsendpoint already carriescid,user_idandapi_keyas query params, so nothing changes there. Format agreed with Marcelo in the thread.Backend prerequisite:
X-Stream-Clientis a non-safelisted header on a cross-origin Twirp POST, so the SFU's CORSAccess-Control-Allow-Headersmust include it before this ships - otherwise the preflight blocks every SFU RPC from the web SDK.Known inconsistency: the coordinator derives its own name from
SdkType[type].toLowerCase(), so it seesreact_native/plain_javascriptwhere this header saysreact-native/js. Aligning the coordinator side is out of scope here.The other platforms (Android, iOS, Flutter, Unity) need the same header to close the gap fleet-wide; that's tracked separately per SDK team.
🎫 Ticket: https://linear.app/stream/issue/REACT-1169/identify-the-sdk-and-version-on-sfu-twirp-requests-x-stream-client
📑 Docs: n/a - internal transport header, no public API change.
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