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fix(debug-ios): make the CDP proxy pick a free port and survive reconnects - #6177
Port in use:isPortAvailable checks localhost, but since #5788 the WebSocket server binds every interface. On macOS those don't conflict, so a taken port passes the check, the listen fails with EADDRINUSE, and the CLI crashes. Two ns debug sessions are enough to hit it.
Reconnects: the connection lock was released on the connection event, which never fires for a client that drops during the handshake. proper-lockfile keeps refreshing a lock while its process lives, so it never goes stale, and every later client fails after about 10 seconds with Timeout while waiting for lock and a 401 until the CLI exits. Separately, a late close from a replaced client could destroy the socket its successor had just received.
What is the new behavior?
isPortAvailable tests 127.0.0.1, ::1, 0.0.0.0 and ::, and the proxy moves to the next port if the bind still fails. Android's debug port uses the same check.
Connections go through an in-process queue instead of a file lock. Each session only cleans up after itself.
The newest client takes over, and the previous one is closed with Replaced by a newer debugger client.
Port service timers are now cleared. The typeof timer === "number" check never matched in Node, which produced false not able to get inspector socket port warnings.
The proxy only listens on 127.0.0.1 and ::1, and rejects browser origins other than DevTools and localhost with a 403. It used to accept connections from the network and from any web page, and the debugger can run any code in the app. Clients without an origin, like VS Code's debug adapter, are still accepted.
Only one client at a time is supported, as before. The runtime serves a single frontend and ios-device-lib keeps one forwarded connection per device.
Testing
Stress test against a real app on an iOS 26.2 simulator, 5 rounds per scenario:
With another process on 41000, this PR came up on 41001. Unit tests are included.
On an iPad, every scenario passed until the app stopped responding 80–140 seconds into a run, then every connection got a 401. It happened in 3 of 4 runs, varied in timing, hit a plain connect/close loop too, and left no crash report. The iPad locking is the likely cause, but that isn't proven, and recovery after waking wasn't tested.
Security checks against the running proxy: 127.0.0.1, ::1 and localhost connect, a https://evil.example origin gets a 403, and the machine's LAN address is refused. Real Chrome DevTools sends devtools://devtools, captured from a headless Chrome, which is on the allowed list. A full DevTools session through the proxy and VS Code's debug adapter weren't run.
The Safari --inspector TCP proxy is a separate path and is unchanged.
Improved iOS debugger connections during client reconnections and disconnects, helping keep the active session stable and recover from interrupted handshakes.
Improved handling of occupied ports so the debugger can retry on another port when available.
Improved port availability checks across common network addresses, reducing incorrect reports that a port is free.
Restricted debugger connections to supported origins and loopback addresses, while continuing to allow valid DevTools connections.
Improved handling of simultaneous clients and session replacements to prevent an old connection from disrupting the active session.
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Port availability checks now cover IPv4 and IPv6 loopback and wildcard addresses. The iOS debug proxy filters origins, listens on loopback addresses, retries occupied ports, and manages replacement sessions. Timer cleanup clears any truthy stored timer.
Changes: iOS debug proxy and network checks
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Port availability checks lib/common/services/net-service.ts, lib/common/test/unit-tests/services/net-service.ts
Net.isPortAvailable checks four explicit IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. Unit tests cover occupied ports and ports available after a server closes.
Origin filtering and proxy session handling lib/device-sockets/ios/app-debug-socket-proxy-factory.ts, test/device-sockets/app-debug-socket-proxy-factory.ts
The proxy filters debugger origins, listens on IPv4 and IPv6 loopback, and retries after EADDRINUSE. It replaces prior sessions and limits cleanup to the current session. Tests cover listener setup, origin filtering, disconnects, interrupted handshakes, and concurrent connections.
sequenceDiagram
participant WebSocketClient
participant AppDebugSocketProxyFactory
participant DeviceSocket
WebSocketClient->>AppDebugSocketProxyFactory: Connect with origin
AppDebugSocketProxyFactory->>AppDebugSocketProxyFactory: Validate origin and establish session
AppDebugSocketProxyFactory->>DeviceSocket: Create backend socket
AppDebugSocketProxyFactory->>WebSocketClient: Close replaced client
AppDebugSocketProxyFactory->>DeviceSocket: Destroy replaced session socket
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Possibly related PRs
NativeScript/nativescript-cli#6176: Updates how iOS restart obtains the debug socket. This relates to the proxy lifecycle changes for that socket.
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The port-availability tests exercise occupied and released ports. No actionable issue remains that should delay merging.
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Review comments at @lib/common/test/unit-tests/services/net-service.ts:
- Around line 30-49: Update the test setup in the `hosts` loop to handle server
startup errors instead of leaving the listening promise unsettled or emitting an
unhandled error. Skip the test when listening fails with `EADDRNOTAVAIL` or
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- Around line 259-265: Remove the currentSession reset from the appDebugSocket
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The port check bound localhost while the server binds every interface, and on macOS those do not conflict, so a taken port passed the check and the listen crashed the CLI. The check now tests all four addresses and the proxy moves on if the bind still fails.
The connection lock was released on the connection event, which never fires for a client that drops during the handshake, so every later client timed out until the CLI exited. A late close from a replaced client could also destroy the socket its successor had just received. Connections now run through an in-process queue, and each session only cleans up after itself; a replaced client is closed with a reason.
Also clears the port service's timers, whose number type check never matched in Node, which produced false port warnings.
…d DevTools
The proxy listened on every interface with no origin check, while the debugger can run any code in the app. Anything on the network, or any web page, could connect. It now binds the two loopback addresses and rejects browser origins other than DevTools and localhost.
The backend close handler cleared the session before closing the WebSocket, so the WebSocket's close handler no longer saw it as current and skipped destroying the socket and exiting without --watch.
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What is the current behavior?
Port in use:
isPortAvailablecheckslocalhost, but since #5788 the WebSocket server binds every interface. On macOS those don't conflict, so a taken port passes the check, the listen fails withEADDRINUSE, and the CLI crashes. Twons debugsessions are enough to hit it.Reconnects: the connection lock was released on the
connectionevent, which never fires for a client that drops during the handshake.proper-lockfilekeeps refreshing a lock while its process lives, so it never goes stale, and every later client fails after about 10 seconds withTimeout while waiting for lockand a 401 until the CLI exits. Separately, a late close from a replaced client could destroy the socket its successor had just received.What is the new behavior?
isPortAvailabletests127.0.0.1,::1,0.0.0.0and::, and the proxy moves to the next port if the bind still fails. Android's debug port uses the same check.Connections go through an in-process queue instead of a file lock. Each session only cleans up after itself.
The newest client takes over, and the previous one is closed with
Replaced by a newer debugger client.Port service timers are now cleared. The
typeof timer === "number"check never matched in Node, which produced falsenot able to get inspector socket portwarnings.The proxy only listens on
127.0.0.1and::1, and rejects browser origins other than DevTools and localhost with a 403. It used to accept connections from the network and from any web page, and the debugger can run any code in the app. Clients without an origin, like VS Code's debug adapter, are still accepted.Only one client at a time is supported, as before. The runtime serves a single frontend and
ios-device-libkeeps one forwarded connection per device.Testing
Stress test against a real app on an iOS 26.2 simulator, 5 rounds per scenario:
With another process on 41000, this PR came up on 41001. Unit tests are included.
On an iPad, every scenario passed until the app stopped responding 80–140 seconds into a run, then every connection got a 401. It happened in 3 of 4 runs, varied in timing, hit a plain connect/close loop too, and left no crash report. The iPad locking is the likely cause, but that isn't proven, and recovery after waking wasn't tested.
Security checks against the running proxy:
127.0.0.1,::1andlocalhostconnect, ahttps://evil.exampleorigin gets a 403, and the machine's LAN address is refused. Real Chrome DevTools sendsdevtools://devtools, captured from a headless Chrome, which is on the allowed list. A full DevTools session through the proxy and VS Code's debug adapter weren't run.The Safari
--inspectorTCP proxy is a separate path and is unchanged.Part of a stack
Base: #6176. Next: #6178.
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