feat: add cross-pod co-broadcaster transport creation - #97
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe broadcaster transport handler now supports rooms owned by another pod. It forwards requests through Redis, tracks pending responses, creates transports on the owning pod, and returns transport data or failure acknowledgements. ChangesBroadcaster transport flow
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to Cross-pod co-broadcasters cannot reliably complete broadcasting: transport creation may fail before forwarding, and successful creation still cannot be followed by connect and produce. These paths should be completed before merge. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant BroadcasterSocket
participant registerBroadcaster
participant Redis
participant OwningPod
participant podConnection
participant Mediasoup
BroadcasterSocket->>registerBroadcaster: createBroadcasterTransport
registerBroadcaster->>Redis: getRedisRoom
registerBroadcaster->>OwningPod: publishCommand with requestId
OwningPod->>podConnection: handleIncomingRequest
podConnection->>Mediasoup: createWebRtcTransport
podConnection-->>OwningPod: transport parameters
OwningPod-->>registerBroadcaster: response with requestId
registerBroadcaster-->>BroadcasterSocket: acknowledge transport data or failure
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In `@backend/src/handlers/registerBroadcaster.handler.ts`:
- Line 284: Update the broadcaster signaling flow around
connectBroadcasterTransport and produce so requests for rooms owned by another
pod are forwarded to the owning pod, or ensure the socket uses sticky routing
after transport creation. Preserve the existing success acknowledgement while
allowing clients on POD B to connect and produce for rooms owned by POD A.
- Line 242: Move the getRoom(roomId) lookup from before the ownership check into
the local-owner branch that uses room.router, so remote rooms can reach
publishCommand without requiring a local memoryRoom; preserve the existing
absent-room handling for locally owned rooms.
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
🔎 Supported by static analysis
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set -euo pipefail
ast-grep outline backend/src --items all --type function --match getRoom
rg -n -C 10 '\bgetRoom\s*=' backend/src
rg -n -C 8 'createBroadcasterTransport|TRANSPORT_CREATION_FAILED' backend/srcRepository: Harxhit/CrowdStream
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set -euo pipefail
printf '%s\n' '--- room store ---'
sed -n '1,125p' backend/src/rooms/room.store.ts
printf '%s\n' '--- handler imports and transport branches ---'
sed -n '1,45p' backend/src/handlers/registerBroadcaster.handler.ts
sed -n '218,335p' backend/src/handlers/registerBroadcaster.handler.ts
printf '%s\n' '--- getRoom bindings ---'
rg -n -C 3 'import .*getRoom|from .*room\.store|export .*getRoom|memoryRoom' backend/src/handlers/registerBroadcaster.handler.ts backend/src/rooms/room.store.tsRepository: Harxhit/CrowdStream
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Move getRoom(roomId) into the local-owner branch.
getRoom reads only local memoryRoom and throws when the room is absent. A remote room that is not present on the requesting pod therefore returns TRANSPORT_CREATION_FAILED before publishCommand runs. Move the lookup to the branch that uses room.router.
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In `@backend/src/handlers/registerBroadcaster.handler.ts` at line 242, Move the
getRoom(roomId) lookup from before the ownership check into the local-owner
branch that uses room.router, so remote rooms can reach publishCommand without
requiring a local memoryRoom; preserve the existing absent-room handling for
locally owned rooms.
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Forward the remaining broadcaster signaling operations.
Line 284 returns success to the socket on POD B. connectBroadcasterTransport at Line 408 and produce at Line 472 still reject a room owned by POD A with HTTP 409. The client cannot connect or produce on the new transport.
Forward both operations to the owning pod, or enforce sticky routing for the socket after transport creation.
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In `@backend/src/handlers/registerBroadcaster.handler.ts` at line 284, Update the
broadcaster signaling flow around connectBroadcasterTransport and produce so
requests for rooms owned by another pod are forwarded to the owning pod, or
ensure the socket uses sticky routing after transport creation. Preserve the
existing success acknowledgement while allowing clients on POD B to connect and
produce for rooms owned by POD A.
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4 issues found across 3 files
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<file name="backend/src/utils/podConnection.ts">
<violation number="1" location="backend/src/utils/podConnection.ts:80">
P1: When the broadcaster socket is on a different pod from the room, this branch returns a transport created on the owner pod, but the socket’s subsequent connect and produce events still run only on the requesting pod. Forward those operations to the owner pod as well, or keep the transport on the requesting pod; otherwise cross-pod transport creation produces an unusable transport.</violation>
<violation number="2" location="backend/src/utils/podConnection.ts:97">
P2: When the same socket retries `createBroadcasterTransport`, `addBroadcaster` replaces its existing broadcaster state and loses all producer and transport references. Only add the broadcaster when the socket is not already registered, then save the new transport on the existing entry.</violation>
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<file name="backend/src/handlers/registerBroadcaster.handler.ts">
<violation number="1" location="backend/src/handlers/registerBroadcaster.handler.ts:242">
P1: When the socket connects to a pod that does not own the room, `getRoom(roomId)` throws before this new branch runs because room state is pod-local. Move the local lookup into the same-pod path so the Redis ownership check can forward cross-pod requests.</violation>
<violation number="2" location="backend/src/handlers/registerBroadcaster.handler.ts:245">
P2: Any authenticated socket that knows a room ID can reach this forwarding path without broadcaster authorization. Validate that the caller is an approved broadcaster/co-host on the owning pod before adding broadcaster state or creating the transport.</violation>
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P1: When the broadcaster socket is on a different pod from the room, this branch returns a transport created on the owner pod, but the socket’s subsequent connect and produce events still run only on the requesting pod. Forward those operations to the owner pod as well, or keep the transport on the requesting pod; otherwise cross-pod transport creation produces an unusable transport.
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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At backend/src/utils/podConnection.ts, line 80:
<comment>When the broadcaster socket is on a different pod from the room, this branch returns a transport created on the owner pod, but the socket’s subsequent connect and produce events still run only on the requesting pod. Forward those operations to the owner pod as well, or keep the transport on the requesting pod; otherwise cross-pod transport creation produces an unusable transport.</comment>
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@@ -76,7 +77,33 @@ export const handleIncomingRequest = async(payload: PodCommandPayload) => {
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- case(type === ''): {}
+ case(type === 'createBroadcasterTransport'): {
+ const {roomId, socketId} = args as unknown as generalArgs;
+ const routerId = roomToRouter.get(roomId);
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P1: When the socket connects to a pod that does not own the room, getRoom(roomId) throws before this new branch runs because room state is pod-local. Move the local lookup into the same-pod path so the Redis ownership check can forward cross-pod requests.
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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At backend/src/handlers/registerBroadcaster.handler.ts, line 242:
<comment>When the socket connects to a pod that does not own the room, `getRoom(roomId)` throws before this new branch runs because room state is pod-local. Move the local lookup into the same-pod path so the Redis ownership check can forward cross-pod requests.</comment>
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@@ -223,28 +223,120 @@ const registerBroadcasterHandler = async (socket: Socket) => {
}
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+ if(redisRoom?.nodeId !== config.instanceId){
+ const requestId = crypto.randomUUID()
+ const date = Date.now();
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P2: When the same socket retries createBroadcasterTransport, addBroadcaster replaces its existing broadcaster state and loses all producer and transport references. Only add the broadcaster when the socket is not already registered, then save the new transport on the existing entry.
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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At backend/src/utils/podConnection.ts, line 97:
<comment>When the same socket retries `createBroadcasterTransport`, `addBroadcaster` replaces its existing broadcaster state and loses all producer and transport references. Only add the broadcaster when the socket is not already registered, then save the new transport on the existing entry.</comment>
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@@ -76,7 +77,33 @@ export const handleIncomingRequest = async(payload: PodCommandPayload) => {
+ iceCandidates: broadcasterTransport?.iceCandidates,
+ dtlsParameters: broadcasterTransport?.dtlsParameters,
+ }
+ addBroadcaster(roomId, socketId)
+ await saveBroadcasterTransport(roomId, socketId, broadcasterTransport)
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P2: Any authenticated socket that knows a room ID can reach this forwarding path without broadcaster authorization. Validate that the caller is an approved broadcaster/co-host on the owning pod before adding broadcaster state or creating the transport.
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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. At backend/src/handlers/registerBroadcaster.handler.ts, line 245:
<comment>Any authenticated socket that knows a room ID can reach this forwarding path without broadcaster authorization. Validate that the caller is an approved broadcaster/co-host on the owning pod before adding broadcaster state or creating the transport.</comment>
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@@ -223,28 +223,120 @@ const registerBroadcasterHandler = async (socket: Socket) => {
+ if(redisRoom?.nodeId !== config.instanceId){
+ const requestId = crypto.randomUUID()
+ const date = Date.now();
+ const args = {roomId, socketId};
+ const replyTo = `pod:${config.instanceId}:response`;
+
</file context>
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Closes: #67
Summary by cubic
Allows co-broadcasters whose Socket.IO connection lands on a different pod than the room owner to create their producer transport on the owning pod. Previously this case returned an error; now it creates the transport via a Redis command and responds with the transport details.
createBroadcasterTransportcommand that the owning pod handles by creating the Mediasoup transport and replying with its ID and connection parameters.TRANSPORT_CREATION_FAILEDbased on the response.transportIdsis updated in the database.Written for commit 85cac15. Summary will update on new commits.
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