feat(device): stream iOS devices that serve WebRTC only#21841

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serve-sim can be locked to WebRTC, as EAS Simulator always is. It then answers AVCC with 409 stream_transport_locked and refuses MJPEG, so the Device panel cannot show those simulators.

The stream client still asks for AVCC first, so hubs that serve it are unchanged. It switches to WebRTC on that 409, or when its MJPEG image fails in a browser that has RTCPeerConnection:

  • Signalling: reads ICE servers from serve-sim's /api (streamSettings or stream), then posts one fully gathered offer (serve-sim does not take trickled ICE) to POST /helper/<udid>/webrtc/offer through the proxy. Gathering that times out with no reflexive or relay candidate (a cloud simulator needs one) is retried once with twice the deadline, 2 s then 4 s; after that the offer goes as gathered, all inside the first-frame deadline. A 409 from another viewer still negotiating is retried. stop() closes the peer and releases the session with webrtc/close.
  • Rendering: the video only feeds the existing canvas sink, through requestVideoFrameCallback on a hidden in-document <video>, so the web panel and the mobile WebView keep one surface.
  • New onCanvasVideo event: lets an owner that fell back to MJPEG show the canvas again. The web panel and the mobile WebView handle it. The switch shows the stream as connecting again, so a viewer that already had MJPEG frames does not stare at a blank canvas until the first WebRTC frame. After the first frame, a feed that shows none for the first-frame deadline (15 s, checked every 5 s) reconnects through the usual retry path, so a peer left disconnected cannot sit frozen while the status says streaming.
  • Session ids: a v4 UUID built from getRandomValues, because crypto.randomUUID is missing on plain-HTTP LAN origins.
  • Proxy: allows webrtc/offer and webrtc/close with read scope (opening a view, like the AVCC stream). It also keeps a request's content type: it was sending every proxied body as application/octet-stream, which serve-sim refuses for offers. The new proxy test caught this.

Part of built-in EAS Simulator support (stack #21847). Layer 2 of 6.

Testing:

  • New stream tests (fake WebRTC browser APIs):
    • the 409 switch, the offer shape (UUID v4 session id, H.264, ICE servers from /api), frames reaching the sink, and the close with the same session id on stop(), and the gathering retry (no candidate at 2 s → retry, none at 4 s → the offer goes anyway);
    • a busy offer retried;
    • an MJPEG viewer moved back to the canvas;
    • a feed that keeps delivering frames is left alone, and one that stops is reconnected.
  • All 40 stream tests, 101 server device tests and the proxy tests pass. The client-runtime, web and mobile typechecks pass.
  • Against a real EAS session (from layer 5's live check): AVCC answered 409 stream_transport_locked, and the offer route answered through the proxy.
  • Not yet watched in a real browser. The handoff note on #21846 covers that, including Safari and the iOS WebView.

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  • fix(client): show the stream connecting again when MJPEG gives way to WebRTCeac12e1
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Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — This PR adds a substantial WebRTC signaling and rendering path for iOS devices, including ICE negotiation, retries, proxy authorization, and session cleanup across client, server, web, and mobile code. Its cross-layer runtime impact and new user-facing capability warrant human review.

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The client adds iOS WebRTC fallback, negotiation, playback, retries, and cleanup. The server proxy forwards WebRTC signaling requests. Mobile and web views restore canvas presentation after MJPEG fallback.

Changes: Device streaming

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WebRTC signaling routes
apps/server/src/device/DeviceHubProxy.ts, apps/server/src/device/DeviceHubProxy.test.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/device/stream.ts
The proxy allows read-scoped WebRTC offer and close requests and preserves request content types. Client schemas define WebRTC settings and signaling responses.
WebRTC negotiation and lifecycle
packages/client-runtime/src/device/stream.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/device/stream.test.ts
The client probes transport settings, switches from AVCC or MJPEG to WebRTC, negotiates H.264 playback, retries stalled or failed connections, and closes peer and server sessions. Tests cover negotiation, stalls, ICE timing, retries, and cleanup.
Canvas restoration and fallback validation
packages/client-runtime/src/device/stream.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/device/stream.test.ts, apps/mobile/src/features/devices/device-stream.browser.ts, apps/web/src/components/device/DeviceStreamView.tsx, docs/internals/devices.md
The client signals when canvas video resumes. Mobile and web views restore canvas presentation after MJPEG. Documentation describes the fallback flow. Tests cover MJPEG-to-canvas replacement.

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1sequenceDiagram
2 participant DeviceStream
3 participant DeviceHubProxy
4 participant ServeSimHub
5 participant CanvasSink
6 DeviceStream->>ServeSimHub: Probe transport settings
7 ServeSimHub-->>DeviceStream: Return WebRTC settings
8 DeviceStream->>DeviceStream: Create H.264 offer and gather ICE candidates
9 DeviceStream->>DeviceHubProxy: POST session-tagged WebRTC offer
10 DeviceHubProxy->>ServeSimHub: Forward offer with JSON content type
11 ServeSimHub-->>DeviceHubProxy: Return SDP answer
12 DeviceHubProxy-->>DeviceStream: Return SDP answer
13 DeviceStream->>CanvasSink: Paint received video frames
14 DeviceStream-->>CanvasSink: Notify canvas video resumed

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packages/client-runtime/src/device/stream.tslines 856–961Outdated · eac12e1Open thread
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958+ } catch (cause) {
959+ retry((cause as Error).message);
960+ }
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Add a bounded WebRTC no-frame watchdog.

After the first frame, paint() clears the 15-second first-frame timer. If the peer then stays disconnected, this handler does not retry, so the canvas can remain frozen while the stream is still reported as streaming. Add a bounded no-frame watchdog that retries through the existing path; do not retry immediately on disconnected, which can be transient.

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✅ Addressed in commit a1133fc

Done in bfe7eb62cbe: after the first frame a check every 5 s counts frameless checks and, once none has arrived for the first-frame deadline (15 s), reconnects through the existing retry path; a disconnected peer that recovers within that window is left alone, and the check clears with the peer. Test: a feed that keeps delivering frames is untouched; one that stops is closed, shows "Device stream stalled. Reconnecting…", and a second peer negotiates.

@juliusmarminge Thanks. The watchdog addresses the frozen-stream case through the existing retry path. It also lets transient disconnected peers recover without an immediate retry. The reported tests cover both continued frame delivery and stall recovery.

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packages/client-runtime/src/device/stream.tsline 949Outdated · bfe7eb6Open thread
……@@ -753,6 +817,198 @@ export function createDeviceStreamClient(
946+ await connection.setLocalDescription(await connection.createOffer());
947+ await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
948+ if (connection.iceGatheringState === "complete") return resolve();
949+ const timer = setTimeout(done, ICE_GATHERING_TIMEOUT_MS);
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When ICE gathering takes longer than two seconds, the offer is sent with an incomplete candidate list, and later candidates are never signaled; viewers on those routes therefore fail to connect. The timeout calls done(), which resolves the wait even though iceGatheringState is still gathering. Treat the timeout as a failed attempt instead of resolving the offer wait.

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Done in 14a461170ca: the gathering wait now reports whether it completed; on the deadline, an offer whose local SDP has no a=candidate: line is not sent and the attempt is retried ("Device stream found no network candidates yet. Retrying…"). An offer cut short with candidates is still sent: serve-sim takes the offer's candidates as the whole set, host candidates gather at once, and they reach a simulator on this network. Test: a peer whose gathering never completes sends no offer and retries.

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🟡 Minor · Guard frame callbacks without resetting the stall watchdog on animation… · stream.ts:898-939

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Guard frame callbacks without resetting the stall watchdog on animation ticks.

readIosWebRtc can run in an Android WebView that supports RTCPeerConnection but does not support requestVideoFrameCallback. Guard both callback calls and use requestAnimationFrame only as a polling fallback. Reset checksWithoutFrame only when a feature-detected frame-progress signal advances, such as a playback-quality or inbound-RTP frame counter. Do not reset it on every animation tick. video.currentTime is playback position, not a reliable frame counter.

If no reliable frame-progress signal exists, leave checksWithoutFrame unchanged until the watchdog reconnects. A fallback that resets it on every animation tick would allow a frozen stream to avoid reconnection.

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packages/client-runtime/src/device/stream.tslines 965–967Outdated · 14a4611Open thread
……@@ -753,6 +817,205 @@ export function createDeviceStreamClient(
964+ // could never connect, so it is retried instead.
965+ if (!gathered && !/^a=candidate:/m.test(connection.localDescription?.sdp ?? "")) {
966+ return retry("Device stream found no network candidates yet. Retrying…");
967+ }
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The claim is supported, but the “complete gathering” remedy is too broad. A 2-second timeout can send an offer with only the candidates gathered so far. Because serve-sim does not accept trickled candidates, a viewer that requires a later relay or srflx candidate can fail to connect. The retry delay does not increase the ICE gathering deadline, so this can recur on later attempts.

The zero-candidate complete case is already retried only when gathering times out. It does not require a separate guard unless the implementation also intends to reject candidate-free offers that report complete.

Retry timed-out offers instead of sending partial ICE.

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3@@ -962,9 +962,9 @@
4 // later. Host candidates gather at once and reach a simulator on this
5 // network, so an offer cut short with some is still sent; one with none
6 // could never connect, so it is retried instead.
7- if (!gathered && !/^a=candidate:/m.test(connection.localDescription?.sdp ?? "")) {
8+ if (!gathered) {
9 return retry("Device stream found no network candidates yet. Retrying…");
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11 const response = await fetch(httpUrl(`/helper/${device}/webrtc/offer`), {
12 method: "POST",
13 headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
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Done in 93e88d12214. A gathering cut short with no reflexive or relay candidate is now retried once with twice the deadline (2 s, then 4 s); after that bound the offer goes as gathered, since serve-sim takes the offer's candidates as the whole set and a cloud simulator needs more than host candidates. The whole sequence stays inside the first-frame deadline, which retries do not extend. Test: retries instead of offering when ICE gathering times out without a candidate covers the retry and the bound.

@juliusmarminge Thanks for the clarification. The supplied code retries with a 4-second gathering deadline when the 2-second attempt has no reflexive or relay candidate. It then submits the gathered offer without extending the first-frame deadline. This addresses the repeated fixed-deadline concern without requiring ICE gathering to complete indefinitely.

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1Learnt from: juliusmarminge
2Repo: pingdotgg/t3code PR: 21841
3File: packages/client-runtime/src/device/stream.ts:0-0
4Timestamp: 2026-10-20T07:37:23.497Z
5Learning: In packages/client-runtime/src/device/stream.ts, serve-sim WebRTC signaling does not support trickled ICE candidates. Offers must carry the gathered candidates. Cloud simulators can require reflexive or relay candidates, so host candidates alone do not establish candidate readiness. Do not recommend unconditionally waiting for complete ICE gathering; negotiation must remain bounded by the first-frame deadline.

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