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CI: Windows build + release on yuuka-windows
tool/package_windows.ps1 builds watch-together-<ver>-windows-x64.zip
(same layout as the Linux tarball, libmpv bundled, update.bat and
watch-together-server.exe). The release workflow gets a windows job;
ci runs the updater tests on Windows. Publishing moves to
tool/release_publish.dart (dart: only, no python/bash on Windows), which
tolerates both jobs racing to create the release and replaces an asset
on re-runs. release.sh writes both asset URLs into the manifest.
Windows jobs check out with plain git (the host's cached
actions/checkout clone was corrupt).

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# Development
Layout and rules: [ARCHITECTURE.md](ARCHITECTURE.md).
## Build
Needs the Flutter SDK (beta channel, Dart 3.13+) and, for the Linux desktop
build, the usual GTK toolchain (clang, cmake, ninja, pkg-config, libgtk-3-dev).
mpv libraries come from `media_kit_libs_video`.
```
cd apps/desktop && flutter pub get && flutter run -d linux
cd apps/desktop && flutter build linux --release --dart-define=APP_VERSION=<x.y.z>
tool/package_linux.sh [--skip-build] [--noupload] # dist/*.tar.gz
powershell -File tool/package_windows.ps1 [-SkipBuild] # dist/*.zip (on Windows)
cd packages/server && dart compile exe bin/server.dart -o watch-together-server
```
`APP_VERSION` defaults to `0.0.0-dev`; `package_linux.sh` stamps it from the
desktop pubspec. Setting `DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL` makes the packager post the
tarball to Discord (never commit it). The packager always compiles the
dedicated server (with the Flutter SDK's `dart`) into the tarball as
`watch-together-server`, also with `--skip-build`.
## Dev loop
Run a server without the app, then point apps at it:
```
dart run packages/server/bin/server.dart --port 8080 --secret x [--media FILE]
```
This is the same `serve()` the app runs when hosting and the same code as
the dedicated binary. Prints `READY port=... name=...` and stops on SIGINT
or SIGTERM. Then Join from one or more apps at `127.0.0.1:8080`. Or just
Host from the app. mpv env override:
`SYNC_RELAY_HWDEC` (wins over the Settings choice). `SYNC_RELAY_VO` has no
effect with embedded video: media_kit forces `vo=libmpv`.
Harnesses in `tool/` (own `pubspec.yaml`, `dart run tool/<name>.dart`):
`range_logger` (serve a file and log every Range request), `shaper`
(bandwidth cap, latency, `--kill-after` for outage tests), `fake_viewer`
and `e2e_check` (simulated viewers against a live server).
## Tests
- `cd packages/core && dart test`, `cd packages/server && dart test`.
- `cd apps/desktop && flutter test test/<file>`.
- Real-mpv tests: `sync_playback_e2e`, `coord_presence`, `video_reload_e2e`,
`seek_drag_e2e`, `end_of_file_e2e`, `readahead_e2e`, `jellyfin_e2e` (a
local fake Jellyfin over HTTP; tests never talk to a real Jellyfin). The sync and
end-of-file ones expect `~/Videos/chiyo.mp4`; others generate media with
ffmpeg into `WT_TEST_TMP`. Headless mpv (no video output attached) won't
open video-only files, so test media needs an audio track. Tests always log
media_kit "S/W rendering" because they have no display; that says nothing
about the app. Run only tests related to
what you changed.
- CI (`.gitea/workflows/ci.yml`): analyze + test for core and server, plus
`dart compile exe` of the dedicated server (fails if Flutter creeps into
`packages/server`). Desktop tests are not in CI.
- `packages/server/test/serve_isolate_test.dart` runs `serve` in a real
isolate; `apps/desktop/test/server_isolate_test.dart` covers the app's
host path (isolate server, raw WebSocket join, crash, rehost).
- Desktop tests that write files use `WT_TEST_TMP` (default: system temp).
Traps:
- Never pump the session screen or media_kit `Video` in `flutter test`: the
runner hangs (kill the `flutter_tester` by PID). Test pure logic
(`StateDiff`, coordinator without widgets) instead.
- Never depend on a server-side WebSocket `onDone`; assert presence with
deadline polling.
- `sub.asFuture()` can resolve before `onDone`; poll with a deadline.
- Tests must not assume a threat model beyond the friends trust basis.
## Releasing
User pushes tags; CI does the rest.
1. `tool/release.sh [patch|minor|major] [--dry-run]`: derives the next
version from the latest tag, bumps the three pubspecs in lockstep, writes
`updates/manifest.json` (per-platform `assets` URLs are predictable; `url`
stays the Linux tarball for builds <= 0.2.1), commits `Release vX.Y.Z`,
makes an annotated tag.
2. Review, then `git push --follow-tags`.
3. `.gitea/workflows/release.yml` runs one job per platform: Linux builds
with `tool/package_linux.sh`, Windows (runner `yuuka-windows`, host mode,
PowerShell only) with `tool/package_windows.ps1`. Each then runs
`dart tool/release_publish.dart vX.Y.Z <archive>`, which creates the
release if the other job hasn't yet and uploads (or replaces) its asset.
By hand: package, then the same `dart tool/release_publish.dart` line.
Tokens come from the environment (`RELEASE_TOKEN`, or Actions-provided
`GITHUB_TOKEN`/`GITEA_TOKEN`). The manifest has no `sha256` by default; the
updater skips the check when absent. Workflows live in `.gitea/workflows`
(the forge reads `.gitea` before `.github`).
## Debugging the hosted server
When hosting, the server runs on its own isolate (`ServerIsolate`,
`apps/desktop/lib/src/state/server_isolate.dart`), in the same process.
Breakpoints in `packages/server` work under `flutter run`: the debugger
attaches to spawned isolates too (it shows as `server`). Its log lines are
printed with a `[server]` prefix. Hot reload reloads the server isolate's
code too, but its state (members, clock, sockets) survives until hosting
restarts; changes to startup code (`SyncServer.start`, routes) need a new
Host. Without the app: `dart run packages/server/bin/server.dart`.
## Gotchas
- Relic gives Range as a typed `RangeHeader`; convert from unit + first range.
- A killed isolate (`Isolate.kill`) does not close its listening socket:
the port stays bound in the process until exit. `SyncServer` binds with
`shared: true` so a new hosted server in the same process can take it
over; a normal stop closes it.
- Relic server-side `onDone` does not fire for dead peers. Presence is the
`isClosed` sweep + `onError` forget + `lastSeen` timeouts.
- `web_socket_channel` 3.x: `channel.ready` errors are unhandled on refused
connections; swallow them and report through the stream's `onError`.
Streams are single-subscription: one listener per socket.
- media_kit has no public `Player.setProperty`; the code reaches mpv through a
dynamic call on `player.platform`. Cache size goes through
`PlayerConfiguration(bufferSize:)`.
- mpv reconnect flags: comma form works, colon form is rejected. Re-verify
through `setProperty` if touched.
- Overlays that are hidden but mounted keep focus (Space falls into a hidden
button). Use `ExcludeFocus` on closed subtrees and unfocus on close; reuse
the shared no-focus node for overlay buttons.
- `modifyVolumeOnScroll: false` on the session controls is load-bearing for
window drag (volume is the speaker button only). A `GestureDetector` below
media_kit's overlay loses the gesture arena; the drag layer is a raw pointer
observer on top.
- New screens must bring their own drag area and window buttons (frameless
window).
- Chat arrives twice from the server (see PROTOCOL.md); the client drops the
textless feed copy.
- Tab traversal is disabled on the session screen on purpose; Tab toggles the
side panel.
- After editing constants (ports, thresholds), grep to confirm the value landed.