No websocket::stream::async_wait method

[ecorm]

Version of Beast: Boost 1.83

I need to implement "idle timeout" logic with websockets where it times out when there has been no read activity for a certain number of seconds.

With Asio TCP sockets, I would simply use tcpsocket.async_wait(asio::ip::tcp::socket::wait_read, handler), followed by async_read with the timing logic in between. See Asio's async_wait docs here.

But there is no equivalent beast::websocket::stream::async_wait method.

As as workaround, is it safe to call websocket.next_layer().async_wait(asio::ip::tcp::socket::wait_read, handler) before calling websocket.async_read(...) ?

[ecorm]

Another workaround just came to mind: I can just do websocket.async_read_some(...) with a limit of a single byte.

But I'd still like to know if next_layer().async_wait(...) is safe before calling async_read on a websocket stream.

[ecorm]

But I'd still like to know if next_layer().async_wait(...) is safe before calling async_read on a websocket stream.

Nope, just tried it and it broke things. Was probably a bad idea anyway to manipulate the next_layer() socket while it was under websocket::stream's ownership.

[ecorm]

Another workaround just came to mind: I can just do websocket.async_read_some(...) with a limit of a single byte.

This works. Closing this issue as I ended up answering my own questions, but feel free to re-open if you think websocket::stream deserves an async_read member function similar to asio::ip::tcp:stream.