Cannot call method 'packet' of null

[kitek]

Hi, when socket.io-client call event connect_failed I got error:

TypeError: Cannot call method 'packet' of null
at Socket.packet (/opt/node-0.4.12/lib/node/socket.io-client/lib/socket.js:272:22)
at SocketNamespace.packet (/opt/node-0.4.12/lib/node/socket.io-client/lib/namespace.js:64:17)
at SocketNamespace.emit (/opt/node-0.4.12/lib/node/socket.io-client/lib/namespace.js:113:17)
at SocketNamespace.<anonymous> (/home/node/test.js:104:10)
at SocketNamespace.$emit (/opt/node-0.4.12/lib/node/socket.io-client/lib/events.js:167:15)
at SocketNamespace.onPacket (/opt/node-0.4.12/lib/node/socket.io-client/lib/namespace.js:152:14)
at Socket.onPacket (/opt/node-0.4.12/lib/node/socket.io-client/lib/socket.js:397:30)
at Transport.onPacket (/opt/node-0.4.12/lib/node/socket.io-client/lib/transport.js:81:17)
at Transport.onData (/opt/node-0.4.12/lib/node/socket.io-client/lib/transport.js:58:16)
at [object Object].stateChange (/opt/node-0.4.12/lib/node/socket.io-client/lib/transports/xhr-polling.js:81:16)

[mindon]

it seems the issue comes in benchmark.
when the websocket response slow & the connectTimeoutTimer triggered,
the transport method is switched from websocket to xhr-polling
--- the socket status is: .connected === true, .transport === null

then if .packet method (socket.js line 293) or .onClose method (socket.js line 279) is called, the error will be thrown.

another 2 calls may throw error for the same issue:
.transport.payload around line 311
.transport.close around line 455

[mdahiemstra]

Any new thoughts on a fix? Got the same issue. But not really predictable when. Usually around 10k concurrent users but sometimes at 20+k. Has this got to do something with the client server on which running the benchmark? That it can't keep up. If I change the transport to websockets only it seems to happen less. But then i'm getting warn - client not handshaken client should reconnect messages around 17k conc. users

[xsellier]

Still happening

[rauchg]

Does this happen in 1.0 ?

[xsellier]

I don't know, I have to use the version 0.9.6 due to dependencies.