Split Pub/Sub SDK into separate device and server packages - #2291
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WalkthroughThis change adds ChangesPub/Sub side packages
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The PR currently leaves the release build unable to complete, which can prevent package publishing, and it retains type/API mismatches that may cause browser template type-check failures or consumer runtime inconsistencies. Merge should wait until these issues are fixed or explicitly accepted by the owner. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Caller
participant PubSubDevice
participant PubSubServer
participant optionsWithSideAgent
participant Ably
Caller->>PubSubDevice: Call createClient
PubSubDevice->>optionsWithSideAgent: Apply device agent and version
optionsWithSideAgent-->>PubSubDevice: Return client options
PubSubDevice->>Ably: Create Realtime client
Caller->>PubSubServer: Call createHttpClient or createRealtimeClient
PubSubServer->>optionsWithSideAgent: Apply server agent and version
optionsWithSideAgent-->>PubSubServer: Return client options
PubSubServer->>Ably: Create Rest or Realtime client
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In `@Gruntfile.js`:
- Around line 220-224: Update the link setup around fs.existsSync(linkPath) and
fs.symlinkSync so an existing node_modules/ably path is resolved and validated
as the repository root; fail when it is an installed package or stale link,
while allowing the correct link. Detect dangling symlinks with an existence
check that includes broken links before attempting creation.
In `@packages/pubsub-device/package.json`:
- Around line 30-38: Update the `@ably/pubsub-device/react` export configuration
and packaging flow so both declared type targets, react/index.d.ts and
react/index.d.mts, exist in the published package; either generate declarations
from src/react.ts during build:packages:types before packing or point the export
map at declarations already included in the package.
In `@packages/pubsub-device/react-native-push/index.d.ts`:
- Around line 12-18: Update the React Native push usage example around
ReactNativePush.create and createClient to replace the API-key key option with
token authentication via authUrl or authCallback, using a backend endpoint or
callback that provides renewable tokens. Keep the Push plugin configuration and
activation flow unchanged.
In `@packages/pubsub-device/README.md`:
- Around line 60-65: Update the package-selection guidance following the device
traffic explanation: remove the claim that declaring the device side is always
safe or that it should be used when unsure, and direct users to choose by
runtime ownership—device code uses `@ably/pubsub-device`, while operated backend
code uses `@ably/pubsub-server`.
In `@packages/pubsub-server/index.d.ts`:
- Line 8: Update the declaration exports to avoid exposing ably’s internal
__livetype value: explicitly re-export the supported runtime values Rest,
Realtime, and ErrorInfo, and use explicit type exports for the remaining public
types because TypeScript 4.9.5 does not support export type *.
In `@test/package/browser/template/src/index-pubsub-side.ts`:
- Around line 12-14: Replace the `declare module globalThis` declaration with
`declare global` so `testAblyPubSubSidePackages` correctly augments the global
scope and the assignment in the surrounding module type-checks.
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| declare module globalThis { | ||
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Replace declare module globalThis with declare global. TypeScript rejects the current declaration with TS1540 and does not augment globalThis, so the assignment at line 26 fails type-checking.
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PDR-091 splits each Pub/Sub SDK into a device package and a server package so that a connection declares which side it is on, and the realtime system can classify it for MAU billing. For ably-js the decision (PDR-091 companion: PubSub package split) is to do this additively: `ably` stays exactly where it is and takes on the role of the shared core, and two new packages wrap it. Both packages take an exact peer dependency on `ably` rather than a normal dependency. They re-export the core's classes, so a second copy of the core in one app would break `instanceof` and the plugin registration that hangs off its shared statics; a peer dependency resolves to exactly one copy, and pinning it exactly encodes the lockstep versioning the decision record asks for. They are built with esbuild as a plain CJS/ESM pair, following the liveobjects plugin rather than the React hooks' tsc dual build. esbuild is what every other library artifact here is built with, it inlines `packages/shared` into each output so the shared code needs no npm package of its own, and the declaration files in this repo are hand-written, so tsc's declaration emit would buy nothing. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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In `@CONTRIBUTING.md`:
- Around line 23-26: Update the release instructions to use the registered grunt
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| 8. Once the release PR is landed to the `main` branch, checkout the `main` branch locally (remember to pull the remote changes) and run `npm run build` | ||
| 9. Run `git tag <VERSION_NUMBER>` with the new version and push the tag to GitHub with `git push <REMOTE> <VERSION_NUMBER>` (usually `git push origin <VERSION_NUMBER>`) | ||
| 10. Run `npm publish .` (should require OTP) - publishes to NPM | ||
| 11. Run `npm publish ./packages/pubsub-device` and `npm publish ./packages/pubsub-server` - publishes the per-side packages to NPM |
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Fix npm run build before the release.
npm run build invokes the undefined grunt build:all task and stops before publishing. Use the registered grunt all task; it already includes build:packages.
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This PR introduces a split of the Pub/Sub SDKs into dedicated device and server packages. The goal is to ensure accurate classification for MAU billing by having connections explicitly declare their role (as either device or server). The key updates include:
ablypackage, which remains the shared core.ably, ensuring consistent versioning and avoiding issues such as duplicate core instances.esbuildfor package construction as CJS/ESM artifacts, following standard practices within this repository.This change is additive and maintains the existing functionality of the
ablypackage while providing enhanced flexibility and versioning cohesion.Summary by CodeRabbit
New Features
@ably/pubsub-devicefor device-side realtime clients, with React, LiveObjects, web push, and React Native push support.@ably/pubsub-serverwith HTTP and realtime client creation for server applications.Documentation