Congestion control

[Ekstazi]

How i can detect congestion for connection ? I know that reactphp ConnectionInterface support drain event for that and also can return true/false in write method if buffer was filled. But ratchet doesn't provide same functionallity. How i can overcome this ?

[cassifyit]

Hey! Thanks for reporting this issue 🙏

We're giving Ratchet some much-needed love and attention! As part of our issue cleanup initiative (#1100), we're reviewing and closing long-standing issues to prioritize what our community currently needs most.

If this is still relevant to you, we'd love to continue this conversation in our GitHub Discussions. Just reference this issue when you post. If you want to support Ratchet, please consider sponsoring our work! ❤️

[cassifyit]

After further discussion with @clue, we’ve decided to keep this issue open for the time being, as it may still be relevant. We’ll continue to monitor the situation and will update here if there are any changes. Thanks again for your input and your support!

[PaulRotmann]

Congestion control is indeed a complex topic and would require significant architectural changes to implement properly. While ReactPHP provides some underlying mechanisms, exposing these in a user-friendly way through Ratchet would be a major undertaking that would need careful API design considerations.

We're currently exploring better approaches to flow control and connection management in our future roadmap, including concepts that align more closely with standard WebSocket APIs (like checking buffered amounts before sending).

We'll keep this feature in mind, though it likely won't be implemented in the v0.4.5 milestone.

If you want to support Ratchet, please consider sponsoring our work! ❤️