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What

Realtime was handed a copy of the access token that the client keeps in its Authorization header. That copy is only as fresh as the last auth event, so after a missed auto refresh, for example when the process was suspended or auto_refresh_token is off, realtime connected and joined with an expired token until the next TOKEN_REFRESHED event.

AsyncClient now pulls the token from Auth on demand, the way supabase-js, supabase-swift and supabase-flutter do: the callback it gives realtime reads the session through auth.get_session(), which refreshes an expiring session first. Realtime awaits that callback when it connects, on every channel join and on every heartbeat.

Builds on #2037, which made realtime await the callback on every join and push the token on every session change.

Changes

supabase

• AsyncClient._realtime_access_token returns the access token of auth.get_session(). Without a session, or on a with_token() client that has no auth, it returns the Authorization token of the client, the API key by default, as before.
• A refresh that fails raises from subscribe(), so a channel is never joined with a token that is known to be stale.

realtime

• The heartbeat loop now logs a token callback that raises and keeps the connection and the current token, instead of dying silently. Before, an exception from the callback ended the heartbeat task, and the server dropped the socket once the heartbeats stopped. A closed connection still fails the connection as before. The log names only the type of the error, since its message can contain a credential. The supabase client logs a failed token push to realtime the same way.

Docs and matrix

• The realtime README and the token_callback docstring say what happens when the callback raises.
• The supabase README and the notes of client.authentication_integration.cross_client_token_sync and realtime.configuration.access_token_callback describe where the token comes from.

Out of scope

• A third-party access_token callback on the top-level client is SDK-111. The pull callback is the hook it will plug into.
• The realtime client still uses the same token for the apikey query parameter of the socket URL and for the channel joins. supabase-js sends the API key in the URL and the user token in the joins. That split is a separate change.

Tests

• src/supabase/tests/_async/test_client.py: the realtime callback returns the token of auth.get_session() rather than the header, falls back to the Authorization token without a session, and lets a failed refresh raise.
• src/realtime/tests/test_access_token.py: a callback that raises fails subscribe() without a join, and a callback that starts raising after the connect keeps the heartbeat running and is logged.

Closes SDK-1785
Closes #1210

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Summary

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• Bug Fixes

  • Realtime connections and channel joins now use the current session’s access token, refreshing an expiring session when needed. If no session is available, the client’s authorization token is used instead.
  • Token callback errors during heartbeat refresh are logged without interrupting heartbeat delivery or replacing the channels’ current tokens. Errors during connection or channel join still fail those operations.

• Documentation

  • Clarified when realtime access tokens are retrieved and how token callback errors affect connections, channel joins, and heartbeats.

AsyncClient now retrieves the current Auth session when Realtime requests an access token. It returns the session token when available and otherwise uses the client Authorization token. RealtimeClient now logs and suppresses token callback errors during heartbeat refreshes, while callback errors during connection or channel joins still fail those operations.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant RealtimeClient
  participant AsyncClient
  participant Auth
  participant Channel
  RealtimeClient->>AsyncClient: request access token
  AsyncClient->>Auth: get_session()
  Auth-->>AsyncClient: session token or no session
  AsyncClient-->>RealtimeClient: session token or client Authorization token
  RealtimeClient->>Channel: join using token
  alt callback error during join
    AsyncClient-->>RealtimeClient: raise callback error
    RealtimeClient-->>Channel: join fails
  else error during heartbeat refresh
    AsyncClient-->>RealtimeClient: raise callback error
    RealtimeClient->>RealtimeClient: log error and retain current channel token
  end

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Assessment against linked issues

Objective	Addressed	Explanation
Pull the current access token from Auth for Realtime, with SupabaseClient supplying the token callback [#1210]	✅

Possibly related PRs

• supabase/supabase-py#2037: Both changes address Realtime token updates, including token retrieval and callback behavior.
• supabase/supabase-py#1998: Both changes use the AsyncClient-to-Realtime access-token callback.
• supabase/supabase-py#2034: Both changes concern the AsyncClient Realtime token callback and its integration with RealtimeClient.

Change: Feature

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 2c736

Realtime now pulls a fresh token from the auth session, and callback failures are handled predictably. No merge-blocking risk is identified in the reviewed changes.

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