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39 changes: 30 additions & 9 deletions ios/RCTWebRTC/WebRTCModule+RTCPeerConnection.m
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Expand Up @@ -78,6 +78,27 @@ - (void)setWebRTCModule:(id)webRTCModule {

static NSMutableDictionary<NSString *, RTCCertificate *> *gCertificates = nil;

/*
* Runs `block` on the worker queue only if `pc` is still the live PeerConnection for its tag;
* otherwise rejects (when `reject` is given) or skips. libwebrtc callbacks can be queued behind
* peerConnectionDispose, and running them afterwards would mutate a disposed PeerConnection or
* resolve a promise from it.
*/
static void RunOnLivePeerConnection(WebRTCModule *module,
RTCPeerConnection *pc,
RCTPromiseRejectBlock _Nullable reject,
dispatch_block_t block) {
dispatch_async(module.workerQueue, ^{
if (module.peerConnections[pc.reactTag] != pc) {

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printf '%s\n' '--- changed file outline ---'
ast-grep outline ios/RCTWebRTC/WebRTCModule+RTCPeerConnection.m || true
printf '%s\n' '--- relevant helper and callbacks ---'
rg -n -C 12 'RunOnLivePeerConnection|peerConnections\[|E_PC_DISPOSED|createOffer|createAnswer|setLocalDescription|setRemoteDescription|addIceCandidate|addICECandidate|didGenerateIceCandidate|didOpenDataChannel|didAddReceiver|didRemoveReceiver' ios/RCTWebRTC/WebRTCModule+RTCPeerConnection.m
printf '%s\n' '--- teardown references ---'
rg -n -C 12 'peerConnections|dispose|close|workerQueue|factory|RTCPeerConnectionFactory' ios/RCTWebRTC -g '*.{m,mm,h}' | head -n 500
printf '%s\n' '--- diff summary and relevant diff ---'
git diff --stat 47814fcbda715848ece04435f88b0ca4a1ed9475 66c25a2ea82338028149ab0bf2c8329b8d753af6 -- ios/RCTWebRTC/WebRTCModule+RTCPeerConnection.m ios/RCTWebRTC
git diff --unified=20 47814fcbda715848ece04435f88b0ca4a1ed9475 66c25a2ea82338028149ab0bf2c8329b8d753af6 -- ios/RCTWebRTC/WebRTCModule+RTCPeerConnection.m

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set -e
printf '%s\n' '--- changed file outline ---'
ast-grep outline ios/RCTWebRTC/WebRTCModule+RTCPeerConnection.m || true
printf '%s\n' '--- relevant helper and callbacks ---'
rg -n -C 12 'RunOnLivePeerConnection|peerConnections\[|E_PC_DISPOSED|createOffer|createAnswer|setLocalDescription|setRemoteDescription|addIceCandidate|addICECandidate|didGenerateIceCandidate|didOpenDataChannel|didAddReceiver|didRemoveReceiver' ios/RCTWebRTC/WebRTCModule+RTCPeerConnection.m
printf '%s\n' '--- teardown references ---'
rg -n -C 12 'peerConnections|dispose|close|workerQueue|factory|RTCPeerConnectionFactory' ios/RCTWebRTC -g '*.{m,mm,h}' | head -n 500
printf '%s\n' '--- relevant diff ---'
git diff --stat 47814fcbda715848ece04435f88b0ca4a1ed9475 66c25a2ea82338028149ab0bf2c8329b8d753af6 -- ios/RCTWebRTC/WebRTCModule+RTCPeerConnection.m ios/RCTWebRTC
git diff --unified=20 47814fcbda715848ece04435f88b0ca4a1ed9475 66c25a2ea82338028149ab0bf2c8329b8d753af6 -- ios/RCTWebRTC/WebRTCModule+RTCPeerConnection.m

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set -e
printf '%s\n' '--- WebRTCModule lifecycle and factory operations ---'
sed -n '1,380p' ios/RCTWebRTC/WebRTCModule.m
printf '%s\n' '--- changed lifecycle diff ---'
git diff --unified=25 47814fcbda715848ece04435f88b0ca4a1ed9475 66c25a2ea82338028149ab0bf2c8329b8d753af6 -- ios/RCTWebRTC/WebRTCModule.m
printf '%s\n' '--- all relevant factory-operation symbols ---'
rg -n -C 20 'pendingFactoryOperations|factoryRegistry|disposeAll|close|peerConnectionDispose|peerConnections' ios/RCTWebRTC/WebRTCModule.m ios/RCTWebRTC -g '*.{m,mm,h}' | head -n 500

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printf '%s\n' '--- implementation category header ---'
sed -n '1,90p' ios/RCTWebRTC/WebRTCModule+RTCPeerConnection.m
printf '%s\n' '--- relevant source line numbers ---'
nl -ba ios/RCTWebRTC/WebRTCModule.m | sed -n '250,305p'
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Reject completions while factory disposal is pending.

Factory teardown closes each registered peer connection before phase two removes it from peerConnections. An SDP or ICE completion queued during this interval can pass the identity check and settle its promise against the closed connection.

Set a per-peer-connection disposing flag before teardown calls close, and make RunOnLivePeerConnection reject or skip when that flag is set.

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In `@ios/RCTWebRTC/WebRTCModule`+RTCPeerConnection.m at line 92, Update
RunOnLivePeerConnection to skip or reject work for peer connections marked as
disposing, in addition to its existing identity check. Set the per-connection
disposing flag before factory teardown calls close, so queued SDP or ICE
completions cannot settle against a closed connection.

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if (reject) {
reject(@"E_PC_DISPOSED", @"PeerConnection disposed", nil);
}
return;
}
block();
});
}

@implementation WebRTCModule (RTCPeerConnection)

+ (void)initialize {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -160,7 +181,7 @@ + (RTCCertificate *)getCertificate:(NSString *)certId {
}

RTCCreateSessionDescriptionCompletionHandler handler = ^(RTCSessionDescription *desc, NSError *error) {
dispatch_async(self.workerQueue, ^{
RunOnLivePeerConnection(self, peerConnection, reject, ^{
if (error) {
reject(@"E_OPERATION_ERROR", error.localizedDescription, nil);
} else {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -203,7 +224,7 @@ + (RTCCertificate *)getCertificate:(NSString *)certId {
optionalConstraints:nil];

RTCCreateSessionDescriptionCompletionHandler handler = ^(RTCSessionDescription *desc, NSError *error) {
dispatch_async(self.workerQueue, ^{
RunOnLivePeerConnection(self, peerConnection, reject, ^{
if (error) {
reject(@"E_OPERATION_ERROR", error.localizedDescription, nil);
} else {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -232,7 +253,7 @@ + (RTCCertificate *)getCertificate:(NSString *)certId {
}

RTCSetSessionDescriptionCompletionHandler handler = ^(NSError *error) {
dispatch_async(self.workerQueue, ^{
RunOnLivePeerConnection(self, peerConnection, reject, ^{
if (error) {
reject(@"E_OPERATION_ERROR", error.localizedDescription, nil);
} else {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -276,7 +297,7 @@ + (RTCCertificate *)getCertificate:(NSString *)certId {
}

RTCSetSessionDescriptionCompletionHandler handler = ^(NSError *error) {
dispatch_async(self.workerQueue, ^{
RunOnLivePeerConnection(self, peerConnection, reject, ^{
if (error) {
reject(@"E_OPERATION_ERROR", error.localizedDescription, nil);
} else {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -323,7 +344,7 @@ + (RTCCertificate *)getCertificate:(NSString *)certId {
}

id handler = ^(NSError *error) {
dispatch_async(self.workerQueue, ^{
RunOnLivePeerConnection(self, peerConnection, reject, ^{
if (error) {
reject(@"E_OPERATION_ERROR", @"addIceCandidate failed", error);
} else {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -870,7 +891,7 @@ - (void)peerConnection:(RTCPeerConnection *)peerConnection didChangeIceGathering
}

- (void)peerConnection:(RTCPeerConnection *)peerConnection didGenerateIceCandidate:(RTCIceCandidate *)candidate {
dispatch_async(self.workerQueue, ^{
RunOnLivePeerConnection(self, peerConnection, nil, ^{
id newSdp = @{};
// Can happen when doing a rollback.
if (peerConnection.localDescription) {
Expand All @@ -894,7 +915,7 @@ - (void)peerConnection:(RTCPeerConnection *)peerConnection didGenerateIceCandida
}

- (void)peerConnection:(RTCPeerConnection *)peerConnection didOpenDataChannel:(RTCDataChannel *)dataChannel {
dispatch_async(self.workerQueue, ^{
RunOnLivePeerConnection(self, peerConnection, nil, ^{
NSString *reactTag = [[NSUUID UUID] UUIDString];
DataChannelWrapper *dcw = [[DataChannelWrapper alloc] initWithChannel:dataChannel reactTag:reactTag];
dcw.pcId = peerConnection.reactTag;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -922,7 +943,7 @@ - (void)peerConnection:(RTCPeerConnection *)peerConnection didOpenDataChannel:(R
- (void)peerConnection:(RTC_OBJC_TYPE(RTCPeerConnection) *)peerConnection
didAddReceiver:(RTC_OBJC_TYPE(RTCRtpReceiver) *)rtpReceiver
streams:(NSArray<RTC_OBJC_TYPE(RTCMediaStream) *> *)mediaStreams {
dispatch_async(self.workerQueue, ^{
RunOnLivePeerConnection(self, peerConnection, nil, ^{
RTCRtpTransceiver *transceiver = nil;
for (RTCRtpTransceiver *t in peerConnection.transceivers) {
if ([rtpReceiver.receiverId isEqual:t.receiver.receiverId]) {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -997,7 +1018,7 @@ - (void)peerConnection:(RTC_OBJC_TYPE(RTCPeerConnection) *)peerConnection

- (void)peerConnection:(RTC_OBJC_TYPE(RTCPeerConnection) *)peerConnection
didRemoveReceiver:(RTC_OBJC_TYPE(RTCRtpReceiver) *)rtpReceiver {
dispatch_async(self.workerQueue, ^{
RunOnLivePeerConnection(self, peerConnection, nil, ^{
// Tear down track adapters so a subsequent didAddReceiver with the
// same trackId (SFU participant rejoin) creates a fresh adapter on
// the new RTCMediaStreamTrack object. Without this, the old renderer
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Expand Up @@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ @interface WebRTCModule ()

@property(nonatomic, strong) AudioDeviceModuleObserver *rtcAudioDeviceModuleObserver;

// Accessed only on the worker queue. Lifecycle requests wait for both teardown phases.
@property(nonatomic, strong) NSMutableArray<dispatch_block_t> *pendingFactoryOperations;
@property(nonatomic, assign) BOOL factoryDisposalPending;

@end

@implementation WebRTCModule
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -120,6 +124,7 @@ - (instancetype)init {
_peerConnections = [NSMutableDictionary new];
_localStreams = [NSMutableDictionary new];
_localTracks = [NSMutableDictionary new];
_pendingFactoryOperations = [NSMutableArray new];

dispatch_queue_attr_t attributes =
dispatch_queue_attr_make_with_qos_class(DISPATCH_QUEUE_SERIAL, QOS_CLASS_USER_INITIATED, -1);
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -201,42 +206,97 @@ - (dispatch_queue_t)methodQueue {
: (RCTPromiseRejectBlock)reject) {
BOOL bypassVoiceProcessing = [options[@"bypassVoiceProcessing"] boolValue];

// This makes default factory being disposed in a proper sequence.
if ([self.factoryRegistry isBareForkDefaultLive]) {
RCTLogInfo(@"createCallFactory(): tearing down stale bare-fork default (ordered) before "
"creating the call factory");
[self disposeCurrentFactoryOrdered];
}

PeerConnectionFactoryProvider *factory = [self.factoryRegistry create:bypassVoiceProcessing];
if (factory == nil) {
reject(@"E_FACTORY_CREATE", @"Failed to create call factory: registry is disposed", nil);
return;
}
resolve(nil);
[self runFactoryOperation:^{
void (^create)(void) = ^{
PeerConnectionFactoryProvider *factory = [self.factoryRegistry create:bypassVoiceProcessing];
if (factory == nil) {
reject(@"E_FACTORY_CREATE", @"Failed to create call factory: registry is disposed", nil);
return;
}
resolve(nil);
};

// Tear a stale bare-fork default down in order first. The teardown is two-phase, so the new
// factory must be built from the completion — building it inline would create it while the
// old factory's PeerConnections were still alive.
if ([self.factoryRegistry isBareForkDefaultLive]) {
RCTLogInfo(@"createCallFactory(): tearing down stale bare-fork default (ordered) before "
"creating the call factory");
[self disposeCurrentFactoryOrdered:^(BOOL disposed) {
create();
}];
} else {
create();
}
}];
}

RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(disposeCallFactory
: (RCTPromiseResolveBlock)resolve rejecter
: (RCTPromiseRejectBlock)reject) {
resolve(@([self disposeCurrentFactoryOrdered]));
[self runFactoryOperation:^{
[self disposeCurrentFactoryOrdered:^(BOOL disposed) {
resolve(@(disposed));
}];
}];
}

// Must be called on the worker queue (the module's methodQueue).
- (void)runFactoryOperation:(dispatch_block_t)operation {
[self.pendingFactoryOperations addObject:operation];
[self drainFactoryOperations];
}

- (void)drainFactoryOperations {
while (!self.factoryDisposalPending && self.pendingFactoryOperations.count > 0) {
dispatch_block_t operation = self.pendingFactoryOperations.firstObject;
[self.pendingFactoryOperations removeObjectAtIndex:0];
operation();
}
}

/**
* Disposes the live factory and its dependents in order: PeerConnections → local tracks → local
* streams → video-effects processor → factory + ADM. Everything is ARC-refcounted, so the factory
* is freed only when its LAST reference drops — every dependent that strong-refs it (PCs, tracks,
* streams, and the videoEffectProcessor associated object) must be released first or the factory
* leaks. No-op unless this is the last reference; returns whether it disposed the factory.
* leaks. No-op unless this is the last reference; `onDisposed` receives whether the factory was
* actually disposed.
*
* Split across two worker-queue turns: phase 1 only closes the PeerConnections, phase 2 disposes
* them and everything else. -[RTCPeerConnection close] is synchronous and its delegate callbacks
* dispatch_async onto the worker queue before it returns, so phase 2 (queued after them) runs
* only once that backlog has drained against still-registered PeerConnections.
*/
- (BOOL)disposeCurrentFactoryOrdered {
- (void)disposeCurrentFactoryOrdered:(void (^)(BOOL disposed))onDisposed {
if (![self.factoryRegistry releaseReference]) {
return NO;
onDisposed(NO);
return;
}

self.factoryDisposalPending = YES;
for (NSNumber *pcId in [self.peerConnections.allKeys copy]) {
@try {
[self peerConnectionClose:pcId];
} @catch (NSException *e) {
RCTLogWarn(@"disposeCurrentFactoryOrdered(): error closing pc %@: %@", pcId, e.reason);
}
}

dispatch_async(self.workerQueue, ^{
@try {
[self disposeCurrentFactoryDependents];
onDisposed([self.factoryRegistry disposeCurrent]);
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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  ios/RCTWebRTC
rg -n -A 25 -B 5 \
  'func (create|getOrCreateDefault|isBareForkDefaultLive)\b' \
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sed -n '100,180p' ios/RCTWebRTC/WebRTCModule+RTCPeerConnection.m
rg -n -C 8 'disposeCurrentFactoryDependents|factoryDisposalPending|runFactoryOperation|closeAll|peerConnections' ios/RCTWebRTC/WebRTCModule.m ios/RCTWebRTC/WebRTCModule*.m
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Block peer-connection creation while factory disposal is pending.

peerConnectionInit is exported and dispatches synchronously to workerQueue. It creates a peer connection through self.peerConnectionFactory without checking factoryDisposalPending. A call queued after phase one but before phase two can add a new connection to peerConnections. Phase two then calls peerConnectionDispose, which removes the connection without calling close.

Reject creation while factoryDisposalPending is set.

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 dispatch_sync(self.workerQueue, ^{
+    if (self.factoryDisposalPending) {
+        ret = NO;
+        return;
+    }
+
     RTCMediaConstraints *constraints = [[RTCMediaConstraints alloc] initWithMandatoryConstraints:nil
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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
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In `@ios/RCTWebRTC/WebRTCModule.m` around lines 286 - 289, Update
peerConnectionInit to check factoryDisposalPending before creating or
registering a peer connection; reject the request using the method’s existing
failure behavior when disposal is pending.

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} @finally {
self.factoryDisposalPending = NO;
[self drainFactoryOperations];
}
});
}

- (void)disposeCurrentFactoryDependents {
for (NSNumber *pcId in [self.peerConnections.allKeys copy]) {
@try {
[self peerConnectionDispose:pcId];
} @catch (NSException *e) {
RCTLogWarn(@"disposeCurrentFactoryOrdered(): error disposing pc %@: %@", pcId, e.reason);
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -267,8 +327,6 @@ - (BOOL)disposeCurrentFactoryOrdered {
}

self.videoEffectProcessor = nil;

return [self.factoryRegistry disposeCurrent];
}

- (NSArray<NSString *> *)supportedEvents {
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