Relay: a member's media through the server's buffer (proto 8)
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Viewers who cannot reach the media get it through the server: a file on
any member's computer, a link passed on by a member ("Through me") or
fetched by the server ("Server fetches it", password-protected servers
only), and Jellyfin items for guests without an account, sourced by
whoever put them up with their own sign-in (or a pasted link's key),
which never leaves their machine. Fixes guests on a dedicated server
without a Jellyfin login being blocked.

The source dials /r/.../source (works behind NAT) and answers pulls with
an adaptive in-flight window (2 x rate x min RTT, 256 KiB..8 MiB). The
server keeps a memory-only buffer of 1 MiB slices sized like a viewer's
mpv buffer (pinned head/tail, 64 MiB back, 256 MiB ahead), fills it with
one sequential pull at a time (blocked viewers first, newest request
only), fetches nothing while nobody watches through it, and drops it on
the next swap or stop. Measured with mpv through shaped links
(tool/relay_e2e.dart): 400 Mbit/s seeks ~0.03 s; 40 Mbit/s no stalls,
3 viewers cost the source ~1x the bytes.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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import 'dart:async';
import 'dart:convert';
import 'dart:io';
import 'dart:math';
import 'dart:typed_data';
import 'package:sync_relay_core/core.dart';
import 'package:sync_relay_server/server.dart';
import 'package:test/test.dart';
// The relay end to end inside one process: a real SyncServer, the real
// RelaySource from core, viewers as plain HTTP range requests.
class _Member {
final WebSocket ws;
final raw = <String>[];
late WelcomeMessage welcome;
_Member(this.ws);
static Future<_Member> join(int port, String name, {String secret = 'pw'}) async {
final ws = await WebSocket.connect('ws://127.0.0.1:$port/sync');
final m = _Member(ws);
final w = Completer<String>();
ws.listen((f) {
m.raw.add('$f');
if ('$f'.contains('"t":"welcome"') && !w.isCompleted) w.complete('$f');
}, onError: (_) {});
ws.add(jsonEncode(HelloMessage(
proto: RelayConstants.protoVersion,
secret: secret,
user: HelloUser(name: name),
media: const HelloMedia(name: '', size: 0, duration: 0),
).toJson()));
m.welcome = WelcomeMessage.fromJson(
Map<String, Object?>.from(jsonDecode(await w.future.timeout(const Duration(seconds: 5))) as Map));
return m;
}
void send(Map<String, Object?> j) => ws.add(jsonEncode(j));
Map<String, Object?>? get lastState {
for (final f in raw.reversed) {
final d = jsonDecode(f) as Map;
if (d['t'] == 'state') return Map<String, Object?>.from(d);
}
return null;
}
Map<String, Object?>? get media => lastState?['media'] as Map<String, Object?>?;
}
Future<void> _until(bool Function() cond, String what, {int secs = 5}) async {
final deadline = DateTime.now().add(Duration(seconds: secs));
while (!cond()) {
if (DateTime.now().isAfter(deadline)) fail('timed out waiting for $what');
await Future<void>.delayed(const Duration(milliseconds: 20));
}
}
void main() {
late Directory tmp;
late File file;
late Uint8List bytes;
late SyncServer server;
late HttpClient http;
final cleanup = <Future<void> Function()>[];
setUp(() async {
tmp = await Directory.systemTemp.createTemp('relay-test');
final rnd = Random(7);
// 5.5 slices: exercises the short last slice.
bytes = Uint8List.fromList(List.generate(5 * RelayBuffer.slice + 500000, (_) => rnd.nextInt(256)));
file = File('${tmp.path}/ep 01.mkv')..writeAsBytesSync(bytes);
server = SyncServer(const AppConfig(port: 0, secret: 'pw', name: 't'));
await server.start();
http = HttpClient();
});
tearDown(() async {
for (final c in cleanup.reversed) {
await c();
}
cleanup.clear();
http.close(force: true);
await server.stop();
await tmp.delete(recursive: true);
});
Future<_Member> join(String name) async {
final m = await _Member.join(server.boundPort, name);
cleanup.add(() => m.ws.close());
return m;
}
Future<RelaySource> startSource(_Member m, {RelayBytes? from}) async {
final src = RelaySource(
Uri.parse('ws://127.0.0.1:${server.boundPort}/r/default/${m.welcome.token}/source'),
from ?? FileRelayBytes(file),
backoff: (_) => const Duration(milliseconds: 100));
await src.start();
cleanup.add(src.close);
return src;
}
Future<void> swapRelay(_Member m, {String name = 'ep 01.mkv', Map<String, Object?> relay = const {}, String? url}) async {
final before = m.raw.length;
m.send({
't': 'swap',
'media': {'name': name, 'size': bytes.length, 'duration': 0, if (url != null) 'url': url, 'relay': relay},
});
await _until(() => m.raw.skip(before).any((f) => f.contains('"relay"') && f.contains('"t":"state"')), 'relay state');
}
String viewerUrl(_Member v, int mediaId) =>
'http://127.0.0.1:${server.boundPort}/r/default/${v.welcome.token}/$mediaId/${Uri.encodeComponent('ep 01.mkv')}';
Future<(int, Map<String, String>, List<int>)> get(String url, {String? range}) async {
final req = await http.getUrl(Uri.parse(url));
if (range != null) req.headers.set('range', range);
final res = await req.close();
final body = <int>[for (final c in await res.toList()) ...c];
final h = <String, String>{};
res.headers.forEach((k, v) => h[k] = v.join(','));
return (res.statusCode, h, body);
}
int mediaIdOf(_Member m) => m.lastState!['mediaId'] as int;
group('member as source', () {
test('state names the source, no URL; live once the channel is up', () async {
final alice = await join('alice');
await swapRelay(alice);
expect(alice.media!['relay'], {'source': alice.welcome.memberId});
expect(alice.media!.containsKey('url'), isFalse);
await startSource(alice);
await _until(() => (alice.media?['relay'] as Map?)?['live'] == true, 'live');
});
test('viewers get byte-exact ranges, including the short last slice and 416', () async {
final alice = await join('alice');
final bob = await join('bob');
await swapRelay(alice);
await startSource(alice);
final url = viewerUrl(bob, mediaIdOf(alice));
final n = bytes.length;
for (final (range, start, end) in [
(null, 0, n - 1),
('bytes=0-99', 0, 99),
('bytes=${RelayBuffer.slice - 10}-${RelayBuffer.slice + 10}', RelayBuffer.slice - 10, RelayBuffer.slice + 10),
('bytes=${n - 777}-', n - 777, n - 1),
('bytes=-333', n - 333, n - 1),
]) {
final (status, h, body) = await get(url, range: range);
expect(status, range == null ? 200 : 206, reason: '$range');
expect(body, bytes.sublist(start, end + 1), reason: '$range');
if (range != null) expect(h['content-range'], 'bytes $start-$end/$n');
expect(h['content-type'], 'video/x-matroska');
}
final (status, h, _) = await get(url, range: 'bytes=${n + 5}-');
expect(status, 416);
expect(h['content-range'], 'bytes */$n');
});
test('a late joiner gets its own /r/ URL in welcome', () async {
final alice = await join('alice');
await swapRelay(alice);
final carol = await join('carol');
expect(carol.welcome.mediaUrl, viewerUrl(carol, mediaIdOf(alice)));
});
test('nobody watching: the source uploads nothing', () async {
final alice = await join('alice');
await swapRelay(alice);
final src = await startSource(alice);
await _until(() => server.hub.relay!.live, 'live');
await Future<void>.delayed(const Duration(milliseconds: 600));
expect(src.bytesSent, 0);
});
test('several viewers: each byte crosses the source link about once', () async {
final alice = await join('alice');
final viewers = [for (final n in ['b', 'c', 'd']) await join(n)];
await swapRelay(alice);
final src = await startSource(alice);
final id = mediaIdOf(alice);
final got = await Future.wait([for (final v in viewers) get(viewerUrl(v, id))]);
for (final (status, _, body) in got) {
expect(status, 200);
expect(body.length, bytes.length);
}
expect(src.bytesSent, lessThan(bytes.length * 1.3));
});
test('only the source may open the channel', () async {
final alice = await join('alice');
final bob = await join('bob');
await swapRelay(alice);
final impostor = await startSource(bob);
await impostor.done.timeout(const Duration(seconds: 5));
expect(server.hub.relay!.live, isFalse);
});
test('a new swap drops the buffer, old URLs 404, the source stops', () async {
final alice = await join('alice');
final bob = await join('bob');
await swapRelay(alice);
final src = await startSource(alice);
final oldId = mediaIdOf(alice);
expect((await get(viewerUrl(bob, oldId), range: 'bytes=0-9')).$1, 206);
final buf = server.hub.relay!.buffer;
alice.send({
't': 'swap',
'media': {'name': 'x', 'size': 0, 'duration': 0, 'url': 'http://example.invalid/x.mkv'},
});
await _until(() => mediaIdOf(alice) != oldId, 'swap');
expect(server.hub.relay, isNull);
expect(buf.cachedBytes, 0);
await src.done.timeout(const Duration(seconds: 5));
expect((await get(viewerUrl(bob, oldId), range: 'bytes=0-9')).$1, 404);
});
test('server stop drops the relay', () async {
final alice = await join('alice');
await swapRelay(alice);
final buf = server.hub.relay!.buffer;
await server.stop();
expect(server.hub.relay, isNull);
expect(buf.cachedBytes, 0);
server = SyncServer(const AppConfig(port: 0, secret: 'pw', name: 't'));
await server.start();
});
test('source drops and comes back: buffered bytes keep serving, the rest resumes', () async {
final alice = await join('alice');
final bob = await join('bob');
await swapRelay(alice);
final src = await startSource(alice);
final url = viewerUrl(bob, mediaIdOf(alice));
expect((await get(url, range: 'bytes=0-${RelayBuffer.slice * 2 - 1}')).$3,
bytes.sublist(0, RelayBuffer.slice * 2));
await src.close();
await src.done;
await _until(() => !server.hub.relay!.live, 'down');
expect((await get(url, range: 'bytes=0-99')).$3, bytes.sublist(0, 100));
final pending = get(url, range: 'bytes=${RelayBuffer.slice * 4}-');
await Future<void>.delayed(const Duration(milliseconds: 300));
await startSource(alice);
final (status, _, body) = await pending.timeout(const Duration(seconds: 10));
expect(status, 206);
expect(body, bytes.sublist(RelayBuffer.slice * 4));
});
test('Jellyfin swap can carry a relay', () async {
final alice = await join('alice');
final before = alice.raw.length;
alice.send({
't': 'swap',
'media': {
'name': 'Pilot',
'size': 0,
'duration': 0,
'jellyfin': {'serverId': 'srv1', 'itemId': '0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef', 'title': 'Pilot'},
'relay': {},
},
});
await _until(() => alice.raw.skip(before).any((f) => f.contains('"jellyfin"')), 'state');
expect(alice.media!['relay'], {'source': alice.welcome.memberId});
expect(server.hub.relay!.sourceToken, alice.welcome.token);
});
});
group('server fetches the link', () {
late HttpServer origin;
setUp(() async {
origin = await HttpServer.bind(InternetAddress.loopbackIPv4, 0);
origin.listen((req) async {
final r = resolveMediaRequest(
rangeHeader: req.headers.value('range'), size: bytes.length, filename: 'x.mkv');
req.response.statusCode = r.status;
r.headers.forEach(req.response.headers.set);
if (r.status == 200 || r.status == 206) {
final end = r.end ?? bytes.length - 1;
req.response.add(bytes.sublist(r.start, end + 1));
}
await req.response.close();
});
});
tearDown(() => origin.close(force: true));
test('byte-exact, the link is never broadcast', () async {
final alice = await join('alice');
final link = 'http://127.0.0.1:${origin.port}/secret/file.mkv?api_key=KEY';
await swapRelay(alice, relay: {'fetch': true}, url: link);
expect(jsonEncode(alice.lastState), isNot(contains('KEY')));
await _until(() => server.hub.relay!.live, 'live');
final bob = await join('bob');
expect(jsonEncode(bob.welcome.toJson()), isNot(contains('KEY')));
final (status, _, body) = await get(bob.welcome.mediaUrl!, range: 'bytes=1000-');
expect(status, 206);
expect(body, bytes.sublist(1000));
});
test('an open server (no password) refuses to fetch', () async {
await server.stop();
server = SyncServer(const AppConfig(port: 0, secret: '', name: 'open'));
await server.start();
final m = await _Member.join(server.boundPort, 'mallory', secret: '');
cleanup.add(() => m.ws.close());
m.send({
't': 'swap',
'media': {
'name': 'x', 'size': 0, 'duration': 0,
'url': 'http://127.0.0.1:${origin.port}/x.mkv', 'relay': {'fetch': true},
},
});
await _until(() => m.raw.any((f) => f.contains('server fetch needs a server password')), 'err');
expect(server.hub.relay, isNull);
});
test('a non-http link is refused', () async {
final alice = await join('alice');
alice.send({
't': 'swap',
'media': {'name': 'x', 'size': 0, 'duration': 0, 'url': 'file:///etc/passwd', 'relay': {'fetch': true}},
});
await _until(() => alice.raw.any((f) => f.contains('relay fetch needs')), 'err');
expect(server.hub.relay, isNull);
});
});
group('buffer', () {
// A feed that serves [bytes] in-process and counts what it sends.
late RelayBuffer buf;
late LocalRelayFeed feed;
late _CountingBytes counted;
setUp(() {
buf = RelayBuffer(ahead: 2 * RelayBuffer.slice, back: RelayBuffer.slice, pin: RelayBuffer.slice);
counted = _CountingBytes(FileRelayBytes(file));
feed = LocalRelayFeed(counted, buf);
buf.attach(feed, bytes.length);
});
tearDown(() async {
buf.dispose();
await feed.close();
});
Future<List<int>> read(String v, int start, int end) async =>
[for (final c in await buf.read(v, start, end).toList()) ...c];
test('keeps pinned head/tail plus a window around the viewer', () async {
expect(await read('a', 0, bytes.length - 1), bytes);
await Future<void>.delayed(const Duration(milliseconds: 100));
// ahead 2 + back 1 + 2 pinned slices: never all 6.
expect(buf.cachedBytes, lessThanOrEqualTo(5 * RelayBuffer.slice));
});
test('a superseded request does not hold the feed', () async {
// Like mpv after a seek: the old request stays open, unread.
final old = buf.read('a', 0, bytes.length - 1).listen((_) {})..pause();
final s = 3 * RelayBuffer.slice;
expect(await read('a', s, s + 999).timeout(const Duration(seconds: 5)), bytes.sublist(s, s + 1000));
await old.cancel();
});
test('dispose frees everything and ends waiting readers', () async {
await read('a', 0, 10);
buf.dispose();
expect(buf.cachedBytes, 0);
});
});
}
class _CountingBytes implements RelayBytes {
final RelayBytes inner;
int sent = 0;
_CountingBytes(this.inner);
@override
Future<int> size() => inner.size();
@override
Stream<List<int>> read(int start, int end) => inner.read(start, end).map((c) {
sent += c.length;
return c;
});
@override
Future<void> close() => inner.close();
}
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});
group('core welcome + proto', () {
test('proto 7: Jellyfin refs and relay', () {
expect(RelayConstants.protoVersion, 7);
test('proto 8: relayed media', () {
expect(RelayConstants.protoVersion, 8);
const m = HelloMedia(name: 'a', size: 1, duration: 0, relay: MediaRelay(source: 'm1', live: true));
final back = HelloMedia.fromJson(Map<String, Object?>.from(m.toJson()));
expect(back.relay!.source, 'm1');
expect(back.relay!.live, isTrue);
expect(back.relay!.fetch, isFalse);
expect(const MediaRelay().toJson(), isEmpty);
});
test('welcome round-trips with token + member id', () {