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WalkthroughThe change adds device and server PubSub projects with client factory APIs, tests, NuGet specifications, multi-package build logic, and related documentation. ChangesPubSub companion packages
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to The new device package currently permits API-key-based construction, which could expose credentials in client applications and enable unauthorized access; its key-overload test may also make real network connections, while the device installation documentation is incomplete. Merge should be held until the device authentication surface and test behavior are corrected. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Caller
participant PubSubDevice
participant PubSubServer
participant AblyRealtime
participant AblyRest
Caller->>PubSubDevice: CreateClient(options)
PubSubDevice->>AblyRealtime: Construct configured realtime client
Caller->>PubSubServer: CreateRealtimeClient(options)
PubSubServer->>AblyRealtime: Construct configured realtime client
Caller->>PubSubServer: CreateHttpClient(options)
PubSubServer->>AblyRest: Construct configured HTTP client
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In `@nuget/io.ably.pubsub.device.nuspec`:
- Around line 23-26: Automate or validate the ably.io dependency lower bound
against the dynamically derived release version so both companion packages
remain lockstep. Update nuget/io.ably.pubsub.device.nuspec lines 23-26 and
nuget/io.ably.pubsub.server.nuspec lines 23-26 with the same generated or
validated dependency-range mechanism.
In `@README.md`:
- Around line 68-75: Add the corresponding dotnet add package
ably.io.pubsub.device installation command alongside the existing server package
command in the package installation section, so both listed packages have
executable installation examples.
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| | Package | Install when your code runs on | Entry point | | ||
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| | [ably.io.pubsub.device](https://www.nuget.org/packages/ably.io.pubsub.device/) | An end-user device: mobile, desktop, browser or embedded app | `PubSubDevice.CreateClient(...)` | | ||
| | [ably.io.pubsub.server](https://www.nuget.org/packages/ably.io.pubsub.server/) | A server you run: ASP.NET, Azure, a worker or a console app | `PubSubServer.CreateRealtimeClient(...)`, `PubSubServer.CreateHttpClient(...)` | | ||
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| ```shell | ||
| dotnet add package ably.io.pubsub.server | ||
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Add the device installation command.
The section lists both companion packages, but the only executable installation example installs ably.io.pubsub.server. Add dotnet add package ably.io.pubsub.device so device users can follow the documented installation path directly.
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In `@README.md` around lines 68 - 75, Add the corresponding dotnet add package
ably.io.pubsub.device installation command alongside the existing server package
command in the package installation section, so both listed packages have
executable installation examples.
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PDR-091 gives each Pub/Sub SDK a package per side, so an application says where it runs by what it installs. This adds the two packages and nothing else: each factory hands straight back the client the core already builds, so behaviour is identical by construction and the whole of the IO.Ably API stays available through the transitive dependency on ably.io. Device is realtime only, matching the ably-js and ably-go device surface; server offers both a realtime and an HTTP door. Each takes an API key, client options or a configuring action - the last of which AblyRealtime has never had, so the factories supply it uniformly. Laid out like the push packages: own assembly per side, project reference to the core, and the ably.io dependency declared at package time. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The packages are thin, so the specs are too: each door returns the right kind of client, the options instance the caller supplied is the one the client uses, the configuring overloads apply what the caller set, and a missing argument is reported against the factory rather than deeper inside the core client. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The device and server packages release in lockstep with the core, so they are built by the same solution and packed by the same task. Producing them from the existing Package target means they travel in the ably-package artifact the release workflow already merges, and no new job or script is needed. The ably.io dependency floor is pinned by hand, carrying the same caveat the push nuspecs already carry. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Says which package to install for which kind of application, and that installing neither keeps working, since that is the question a reader arrives with. The release process gains the two new artifacts and a reminder to bump the nuspec dependency floors; the existing publish glob already matches the new package ids. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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In `@src/IO.Ably.PubSub.Device/PubSubDevice.cs`:
- Around line 20-42: Remove the string-key CreateClient overload and reject any
ClientOptions.Key value in the remaining PubSubDevice.CreateClient path before
constructing AblyRealtime, while preserving token-based options such as auth
callbacks and token sources.
In `@src/IO.Ably.Tests.DotNET/PubSub/PubSubPackageSpecs.cs`:
- Line 24: Update the key-overload test around PubSubDevice.CreateClient so it
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| public static AblyRealtime CreateClient(string key) | ||
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| return CreateClient(new ClientOptions(key)); | ||
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| /// <summary> | ||
| /// Creates a realtime client for an end-user device from a set of client options. | ||
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| /// <param name="options"> The client options. </param> | ||
| /// <returns> A connected-on-demand realtime client. </returns> | ||
| public static AblyRealtime CreateClient(ClientOptions options) | ||
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| return new AblyRealtime(PubSubOptions.Required(options)); | ||
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| /// <summary> | ||
| /// Creates a realtime client for an end-user device, configured by the supplied action. | ||
| /// </summary> | ||
| /// <param name="init"> Action that populates the client options. </param> | ||
| /// <returns> A connected-on-demand realtime client. </returns> | ||
| public static AblyRealtime CreateClient(Action<ClientOptions> init) | ||
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| return CreateClient(PubSubOptions.Configure(init)); |
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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Do not permit API-key authentication in the device factory.
These overloads let an end-user device embed an Ably API key. An attacker can extract that key from distributed client code and use its assigned capabilities outside the intended realtime flow.
Reject ClientOptions.Key in PubSubDevice. Remove the string key overload. Keep token-based ClientOptions configuration paths, such as an auth callback or token source.
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In `@src/IO.Ably.PubSub.Device/PubSubDevice.cs` around lines 20 - 42, Remove the
string-key CreateClient overload and reject any ClientOptions.Key value in the
remaining PubSubDevice.CreateClient path before constructing AblyRealtime, while
preserving token-based options such as auth callbacks and token sources.
| [Fact] | ||
| public void DeviceCreateClient_ShouldReturnARealtimeClientForTheGivenKey() | ||
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| using var fromKey = PubSubDevice.CreateClient(ValidKey); |
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Keep the key-overload unit test offline.
Line 24 bypasses Options(), so AutoConnect remains enabled. The comment at line 18 states that this starts a realtime connection during construction. This unit test can make an external network connection and become flaky.
Test this overload through a deterministic factory seam or an isolated integration test.
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In `@src/IO.Ably.Tests.DotNET/PubSub/PubSubPackageSpecs.cs` at line 24, Update the
key-overload test around PubSubDevice.CreateClient so it cannot initiate a
realtime connection during construction: use a deterministic factory seam or
move the coverage to an isolated integration test, while preserving validation
of the key-based overload.
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IO.Ably.PubSub.DeviceandIO.Ably.PubSub.Serverpackages. These packages allow applications to declare their side (device or server). Their behavior integrates seamlessly with the existingIO.AblyAPI through transitive dependencies.Changes Introduced
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