docs/JAMULUS_PROTOCOL.md: message reference, directory flows, small fixes - #3794
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… the disconnect flow Review follow-up on jamulussoftware#3794: - "On new connection" for the Client is now defined: the first audio packet from the Server (CChannel::PutAudioData returns PS_NEW_CONNECTION). The Server's REQ_* messages have been answered by then; the four messages the Client sends are unrequested, and the list now includes REQ_CHANNEL_LEVEL_LIST, which CClient::OnNewConnection sends and the previous text omitted. - The disconnect sentence claimed the Client sends CLM_DISCONNECTION repeatedly until the Server stops streaming. On the wire the Client stops its audio, answers packets arriving during its ~100 ms wait, sends one final CLM_DISCONNECTION and is done; the Server stops streaming on receipt, or times out 30 s after the Client's last packet. - The legacy-ID sentence said ID 28 is no longer sent; the Client sends it once per connection. - Two wording suggestions from review applied ("server list"). Measured 2026-09-05 with a pristine main build (72e856a) of client and server, tcpdump on loopback, three scenarios (GUI disconnect against a real server, GUI disconnect against a fake server that keeps streaming, SIGKILLed client): rig-3794/wire in the upstream workspace. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_017veM89EdPrzUbWbb44aKQs
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Included review availability: Your plan provides up to 4 included reviews per hour; 3 remain after this review. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe Jamulus protocol documentation now defines UDP session behavior, message references, connection flows, directory registration, NAT behavior, raw PCM audio, and feature negotiation. It also corrects message names, timing details, compatibility behavior, and headings. ChangesProtocol documentation
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51-51: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winExclude
ACKN (1)from the retransmission rule.Line 51 says that every message below ID 1000 is acknowledged and retransmitted.
ACKN (1)is itself the acknowledgement frame and is not acknowledged or retransmitted. State this exception explicitly to avoid an ACK loop in implementations based on this document.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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163-163: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winUse the exact protocol message identifiers.
REQ_SPLIT_MESSAGE_SUPPORTshould beREQ_SPLIT_MESS_SUPPORT, matching the message table and split-message handler. The flow repeats the incorrect spelling at Line 194. The later flow usesREQ_CHANNELS_INFOS, but the identifier isREQ_CHANNEL_INFOS; update its acknowledgement label at Line 211 as well.Also applies to: 194-194, 209-211
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- Line 51: Update the protocol description around connection-based messages to
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- Line 163: Update the protocol flow descriptions to use the exact message
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… names in the flow diagram Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01VyMibJbNsrRaTgfqLPS4hn
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196-197: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winDefine
ACK(...)as diagram notation or useACKN(...).The document identifies message ID 1 as
ACKNand does not defineACKas shorthand, but the flow diagrams useACK(...)for acknowledgements. Readers can interpretACKas a separate protocol message name. ReplaceACK(...)withACKN(...), or define the shorthand before the first flow.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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I'm happy as it is but for a tiny niggle.
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159-167: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winDocument conditional raw-audio negotiation
When raw audio is enabled, the server sends
RAWAUDIO_SUPPORTED (36)afterCLIENT_ID (32)and beforeCONN_CLIENTS_LIST (24). Add this conditional step to the documented sequence so protocol implementers do not omit raw-audio capability negotiation.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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| | 35 | `SPLIT_MESS_SUPPORTED` | Split messages are supported | | ||
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We may want to drop this backwards compatibility one day.
…pell out both Directory roles Two review points from @ann0see: - The ACKN sentence spelled out that an acknowledgement is not itself acknowledged, which is general protocol knowledge. Replaced with the part that is specific to this code: CreateAndImmSendAcknMess() emits the message directly rather than putting it on the send queue, so the retransmit machinery described above it does not apply. - "both roles" was too terse. Named the class and the flag: CServerListManager's bIsDirectory selects between keeping the registered Server list and registering with a Directory, and Register(), Unregister(), Append(), Remove() and RetrieveAll() each branch on it. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01MXziNEistcjqtc6b2ueLL8
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284-284: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winLimit the NAT hole-punching statement to applicable Servers.
CServerListManager::RetrieveAll()skipsCLM_SEND_EMPTY_MESSAGEfor registered Servers that are local to the Directory. The word “every” is therefore too broad. Document this exception. (raw.githubusercontent.com)🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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… and the hole-punch exception Two findings from CodeRabbit, both checked against jamulussoftware/jamulus main at 267bf6b: - The new-connection sequence went straight from CLIENT_ID (32) to CONN_CLIENTS_LIST (24). CServer::OnNewConnection sends RAWAUDIO_SUPPORTED (36) between them (server.cpp:403, :408, :414), guarded by !bDisableRaw, which only --noraw sets (main.cpp:519-522). The message table already carried row 36; the sequence did not. - The NAT hole-punching bullet said the Directory sends CLM_SEND_EMPTY_MESSAGE (1008) to every registered Server. CServerListManager::RetrieveAll sends it only where NetworkUtil::IsPrivateNetworkIP rejects the registered address (serverlist.cpp:722, :734, :740), and its loop starts at list index 1 (:717), so the Directory's own entry never gets one either. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_011AvnPYeo48LkArqi8nuMyT
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🤖 AI: @softins, the doc moved after the approvals above — two corrections, both in sentences you shaped. The raw audio option is described in the audio-packet section, but the new-connection list ran The hole-punching sentence said the Directory sends Both spotted by CodeRabbit. |
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🤖 AI: One file. Fills the main gaps in the protocol doc, verified against
src/protocol.cpp/src/socket.cpp/src/serverlist.cppon current main:CSocket::ProcessPacket()), the CRC parameters, and how acknowledge/retransmit actually works — previously the doc said only "must be acknowledged".protocol.h.CLM_SEND_EMPTY_MESSAGE/CLM_EMPTY_MESSAGENAT hole-punch flow — previously undocumented here despite being a third of the connectionless messages.protocol.h:REQ_CHANNEL_INFOS,CHANNEL_INFOS,REQ_CONN_CLIENTS_LIST,REQ_SPLIT_MESS_SUPPORT.Status
Documentation only; no linked issue and nothing on the website changes. Review threads from @pljones, @ann0see and @softins addressed in place; two open questions from @pljones remain on the thread. CodeRabbit's two findings (the
ACKNexception to the acknowledge rule, exact message names in the flow diagram) fixed in 6b20e743.CHANGELOG: SKIP
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