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Fix 2.0 public API findings: clear device-push errors, restore channel untilAttach, AuthCallback token strings and migration docs - #1371
This PR fixes the 2.0 public-API and migration-doc findings from #1370, and from the follow-up audit of every public member that 1.x (main) had and integration/v2 at 457848c9 removed, hid or changed. For the device push context, see #1360.
In short:
the device push-receive API stays public but now fails with clear errors that link the feature request;
the channel HistoryAsync(untilAttach) overloads (RTL10b) are back;
AuthCallback accepts token strings and JWTs again;
RestAnnotations is now HttpAnnotations;
Presence.IsSyncInProgress is no longer [Obsolete];
CHANGELOG and UPDATING.md now match the shipped API;
the Unity plugin is regenerated.
Changes
1. Device push-receive API: clear errors instead of misleading ones
Why. 2.0 ships no platform implementation of IMobileDevice and gives you no public way to supply one. So on every 2.x client, Push.Activate()/Deactivate() throw, and client.Device and channel.Push are null. The API stays public, reserved for a future release (issue 1360). The fix is to make its failures clear and to send users to the issue so they can register demand.
What.
Activate()/Deactivate() still throw AblyException, with the existing code and status unchanged.
Before, the message told users to call a non-existent (AblyAndroidMobileDevice / AblyAppleMobileDevice).Initialize().
client.Device and channel.Push (realtime and HTTP) still return null and don't throw.
The channel.Push warning (realtime) and debug log (HTTP) now say why, and link the issue.
This also fixes the "is does not support" typo.
The Device getters stay silent, because push admin calls them internally on every request.
The internal LocalDevice.GetInstance message no longer names AndroidMobileDevice.Initialise().
Short <remarks> on Activate, Deactivate, Device, channel Push, IMobileDevice, LocalDevice, PushCallbacks and PushChannel. Each says the API isn't available in 2.0, is reserved for a future release, and that requests go to the issue.
The public push surface is unchanged from 457848c9. An earlier revision of this PR made it internal. That commit is reverted with git revert; the history wasn't rewritten.
Tests:
the Activate/Deactivate exception message contains "not available in Ably Pub/Sub 2.0" and the issue URL;
without a device, client.Device, HttpClient.Device and the HTTP channel's Push are null.
2. Push.Admin stays public on both doors (docs only)
Added a PubSubDevice XML remark and an UPDATING note. Push admin is intended for server-side use and needs the push-admin capability, which Ably enforces server-side. The remark also says device push-receive is unavailable, and links the issue.
Important
Decision point for reviewers (before GA): should push admin be removed from the device package?
Push.Admin is reachable from a device client (PubSubDevice.CreateClient(...).Push.Admin and .HttpClient.Push.Admin). Both doors return the same PubSubRealtimeClient type from Ably.PubSub.Core, so the device package can't hide a single property of it. It isn't unusable on devices: it works when the key or token has the push-admin capability. It's rarely useful there, but the capability check on Ably's side prevents misuse.
Option
How
Trade-off
A. Move push admin to Ably.PubSub.Server
Remove Admin from PushRealtime/PushHttp in Core and expose it through a Server-package extension, e.g. client.GetPushAdmin(). The Server package already has InternalsVisibleTo access.
Compile-time removal for device apps. Diverges from the spec (push.admin, RSH1) and from the other SDKs, including ably-pubsub-java 2.0. A breaking change for 1.x client.Push.Admin users. Only free before GA.
B. Runtime guard
Push.Admin throws on device-classified clients.
Keeps the spec shape, but a property throws, and it blocks legitimate push-admin-key use such as trusted desktop admin tools.
C. Separate device client type
PubSubDevice returns a device-only interface without Push.Admin.
Large redesign of the single-client door model, the interfaces and Unity. A cast still gets around it.
D. Keep it, documented (this PR)
Remarks and UPDATING say it's for server-side use and needs push-admin.
Spec- and SDK-consistent, and in line with PDR-091's "enforcement is server-side". Device apps can still see it.
Recommendation: D (as implemented). If the team wants push admin gone from devices anyway, A is the only option worth doing, and it needs to land before GA. Please comment if you'd prefer A.
The 1.x deprecation was applied to the wrong API. ably/docs PR 980 removed untilAttach from presence history (RTP12b). RTL10b keeps it for channels, and so does ably-pubsub-java 2.0.
2.0 had removed the channel overloads and kept the presence ones. That is the inverse of the spec.
What.
Added HistoryAsync(bool untilAttach) and HistoryAsync(PaginatedRequestParams, bool untilAttach) to IRealtimeChannel and RealtimeChannel, without [Obsolete].
They mirror the 1.x declarations, with no default values, so the plain overloads stay unambiguous.
They use the existing AddUntilAttachParameter: fromSerial is set to the attach serial, and the call throws if the channel isn't attached.
Presence:
Added plain Presence.HistoryAsync() and HistoryAsync(PaginatedRequestParams).
The untilAttach overloads lose their = false defaults and are now [Obsolete], with a message pointing to the plain overloads.
Existing presence.HistoryAsync() / HistoryAsync(query) calls bind to the new overloads without a warning. The deprecated overloads keep working.
Tests:
fromSerial equals the attach serial, with and without a query; the limit is kept.
untilAttach: true on a channel that isn't attached throws.
untilAttach: false adds no fromSerial.
Plain presence history sends no fromSerial.
4. Presence.IsSyncInProgress is supported
Removed its [Obsolete]. Its replacement, SyncInProgress, is internal, so callers got CS0618 and had nothing to migrate to.
Added a proper XML doc.
5. RestAnnotations → HttpAnnotations
Renamed the class, its file, IHttpChannel.Annotations/HttpChannel.Annotations, the .projitems entry, crefs and tests.
This follows the REST→HTTP rule and matches ably-pubsub-java 2.0. The API is experimental and new in 2.0, so no 1.x code is affected.
The XML doc records the spec's name (RSAN). The RSL10/RSAN references are kept.
6. AuthCallback returning a token string or JWT (RSA8d/RSA4f)
Why. Every string result was parsed as a TokenRequest, so a JWT or an Ably token failed with 80019. 1.2.10 fixed this, and 1.2.15 reverted the fix.
What.
A string that parses as a JSON object becomes a TokenDetails if it has a token field, and a TokenRequest otherwise. So the CreateTokenRequestAsync round trip keeps working.
Any other non-empty string becomes new TokenDetails(str), as RSC8c does for an authUrl text response.
An empty or whitespace string is rejected with a clear cause, wrapped in the usual 80019.
The accepted return types are documented on AuthOptions.AuthCallback.
Tests:
Added: a JWT, an Ably token string, a serialized TokenRequest (from CreateTokenRequestAsync), a JSON TokenDetails, and empty/whitespace strings.
Two existing tests asserted the regression: HttpSpecs.AuthCallbackSpecs treated "jwtToken" as invalid, and AuthSandboxSpecs used "invalid:token" as an invalid callback result. They now use malformed JSON as the invalid value.
7. Docs (issue 1370 and audit items U1-U15)
CHANGELOG:
Restored the sealed sentence that merge 87ccd993 dropped, and added Dispose(bool) becoming private.
Added the 90011 Release/ReleaseAll bullet, linking the UPDATING section.
Flagged the IHttpChannel/IRealtimeChannel widening as breaking for implementers.
Moved the protocol 6 Request() shape change from "New features" to breaking changes.
Device push-receive is unavailable: the API stays public, Activate/Deactivate throw, and Device/Push are null. The bullet links issue 1360 for requests.
The [Obsolete] bullet now lists the kept members and the presence deprecation.
HttpAnnotations is listed with the HTTP renames.
Fixed the door-namespace claim and noted the shared IO.Ably.DeltaCodec.
Namespace claim (U2) and DeltaCodec exception (U3).
Kept and deprecated [Obsolete] members (U4, U6).
FallbackHostsUseDefault row (U5) and CreateTokenRequest → AuthCallback note (U9).
Interface widening (U14), and "1.x logs a warning" → "1.x releases after 1.2.19" (U8).
New Push notifications section: the removed satellite types and entry points; the push-receive API, which is public but non-functional (it throws or returns null), with the issue link; and push admin being server-side (U10).
PushNotifications.md: the 2.0 banner says the push-receive API is public but non-functional, and links issue 1360 for requests.
README.md: the DeltaCodec note.
8. Unity plugin regenerated
Ran ./unity-plugins-updater.sh 2.0.0 after the final code changes. It ran again after the push-surface revert, in its own commit. It ran on macOS, with ILRepack under Mono. Its Build.NetStandard --define=UNITY_PACKAGE leg reported 0 warnings and 0 errors. version.txt is unchanged at 2.0.0, and the .meta file is unchanged.
Verified the new plugin with a MetadataLoadContext dump and a string-heap check:
PubSubRealtimeClient is sealed and has no protected virtual Dispose(bool);
ThrowIfNotReleasable (90011) is present, and CreateRestFunc is gone;
it has HttpAnnotations and no RestAnnotations;
the push-receive types and members are public, matching 457848c9, and the Activate/Deactivate message links the issue;
the channel untilAttach overloads are present, and the presence ones are obsolete;
IsSyncInProgress is not obsolete.
The plugin's public surface equals a netstandard2.0 build of Core + Device from this branch. The only differences are the internalized IO.Ably.DeltaCodec types.
Public API changes
From a reflection diff (MetadataLoadContext) of Core + Device + Server + DeltaCodec, built in Release, 457848c9 → this branch. The results are identical on netstandard2.0, net6.0 and net7.0: 7 removed, 11 added, 5 changed, all intended. The push surface is identical to 457848c9.
PushRealtime.Activate()/Deactivate() throw, telling users to call a non-existent AblyAndroidMobileDevice/AblyAppleMobileDeviceInitialize()
Same exception and code; the message says device push isn't available in 2.0 and links #1360 (message only, no signature change)
AuthCallback string → always a TokenRequest
JSON object → TokenDetails/TokenRequest; other non-empty string → token (behaviour, no signature change)
Nothing else changed visibility, and the push types and members are unchanged. RealtimeChannel is internal, so its new overloads appear only on the interface.
Docs updated
CHANGELOG.md (2.0.0 section)
UPDATING.md
PushNotifications.md
README.md
XML docs:
AuthOptions.AuthCallback and PubSubDevice;
device-push remarks on Activate, Deactivate, Device, channel Push, IMobileDevice, LocalDevice, PushCallbacks and PushChannel;
HttpAnnotations;
Presence.IsSyncInProgress and the presence/channel history overloads.
Not in this PR / follow-ups
A CI check that compares the committed Unity plugin's public surface with Core + Device. This drift has now happened at least twice.
./build.sh --target=Build.NetStandard: build succeeded, 0 warnings, 0 errors. It compiles Core, both doors and the test project in Release, with the StyleCop rulesets.
./build.sh --target=Test.NetStandard.Unit.WithRetry --framework=net6.0: 1486 total, 1467 passed, 0 failed, 19 skipped, with no retries. Exit 0.
./build.sh --target=Test.NetStandard.Unit.WithRetry --framework=net7.0: 1486 total, 1467 passed, 0 failed, 19 skipped, with no retries. Exit 0.
Public API diff: reflection dumps, as in the audit appendix, of git archive 457848c9 and of this branch's HEAD, built in Release. The results are in the table above, with no unexpected changes.
git grep checks:
RestAnnotations appears only in the spec-name notes (the HttpAnnotations XML doc, CHANGELOG and UPDATING);
no AblyAndroidMobileDevice/AblyAppleMobileDevice, and no AndroidMobileDevice.Initialise() in src;
the only product [Obsolete] attributes are the two presence untilAttach overloads.
.NET Framework projects (Ably.PubSub.Core.NETFramework, Ably.PubSub.Server.NETFramework, Ably.PubSub.Tests.NETFramework) were checked by grep, because they can't be built on macOS:
they don't reference any renamed member;
the test project compiles the same shared test sources that the net6.0/net7.0 runs built.
Reviewer notes
Push admin on the device package. This is a decision point; see the callout in section 2. The recommendation is to keep it (option D). Option A (moving it to the Server package) is the alternative, and it needs to land before GA.
Device push. Following the lead dev's decision, the device push API stays public and fails clearly, instead of being made internal. The earlier commit a76eb972 is reverted by e3785ac0, and 2e997d08 adds the messages, logs and remarks. The Activate/Deactivate error keeps the existing code/status (AblyException(string), which gives code 500), so no new code is introduced.
Flaky test.Push.LocalDeviceTests share the static LocalDevice.Instance, and WhenClientIdChangesAfterRegisteringDevice_... times out intermittently. That test and WithoutClientId_WhenAuthorizedWithTokenParamsWithClientId_... do the same on 457848c9: running the Push test filter 6 times there gave 1 failure in every run. So this is a pre-existing flake, not something this PR introduced. The final net6.0 and net7.0 runs here passed with no retries.
AuthCallback edge cases:
a string that starts with { but isn't valid JSON still fails as "can't be converted to TokenRequest";
a non-JSON string is trimmed before it's used as a token.
Presence untilAttach is deprecated, not removed. Whether the service still honours fromSerial on presence history wasn't tested.
Commits are split per item: rename, the original push change, IsSyncInProgress, untilAttach, AuthCallback, docs and the Unity plugin. Then come the push revert, the clear push errors, the push docs, and the regenerated Unity plugin.
Review round: CodeRabbit threads and the macOS runner
9de3c9ab addresses the 3 CodeRabbit threads, with tests that fail before and pass after:
AuthCallback JSON with a string token but no issued is now taken as a TokenDetails, not a TokenRequest.
Channel and presence history now use the REST channel that carries the realtime channel's options, so cipher channels decrypt history. The unused HttpChannel property is removed.
untilAttach adds fromSerial to a copy of the query, so the caller's query and PaginatedRequestParams.Empty are unchanged.
3e99f62a merges integration/v2, which brings the macos-15 runner fix from PR 1373. The merge had no conflicts.
an independent validator re-checked the result and passed it.
The Unity plugin was not regenerated for these source fixes. Regenerating it is left to the release step.
Summary by CodeRabbit
New Features
Realtime channel history can now be retrieved from the point a channel was attached, with pagination options preserved. Presence history also has additional retrieval options.
Authentication callbacks now accept token strings as well as serialized token requests and token details.
Bug Fixes
Empty or whitespace-only callback results are rejected with a clear error.
Documentation
Clarified Pub/Sub 2.0 breaking changes and push behavior: device push-receive is unavailable, while push administration remains available for server-side use.
IHttpChannel.Annotations returned RestAnnotations, the only
client-facing type that kept the "Rest" prefix after 2.0 renamed the
REST identifiers to HTTP. Rename it to HttpAnnotations, matching
ably-pubsub-java 2.0 and the realtime twin RealtimeAnnotations. The
annotations API is marked experimental and is new in 2.0, so no 1.x
code depends on the old name.
The XML doc notes the spec's name for the class (RestAnnotations,
RSAN), and the RSL10/RSAN spec references are kept.
2.0 ships no platform implementation of IMobileDevice and no public way
to supply one, so on every 2.x client Push.Activate() and
Push.Deactivate() always threw, Device was always null and channel
Push was always null. Keeping that surface public would lock in a shape
that the parked device push port may need to change; re-exposing it
later is additive.
Make these internal:
- PushRealtime.Activate() and Deactivate()
- IMobileDevice, PushCallbacks, RegistrationToken, PushChannel and
LocalDevice (including LocalDevice.Create)
- PubSubRealtimeClient.Device and PubSubHttpClient.Device
- RealtimeChannel.Push and HttpChannel.Push
Device is removed from IPubSubRealtimeClient and IPubSubHttpClient,
and Push from IRealtimeChannel and IHttpChannel, since interface
members cannot be internal. Push.Admin and its types (PushAdmin,
IDeviceRegistrations, IPushChannelSubscriptions, DeviceDetails,
PushChannelSubscription, the list requests) stay public, and so does
DeviceFormFactor, whose constants describe DeviceDetails.FormFactor for
push admin.
Replace the Activate/Deactivate error text, which named
non-existent AblyAndroidMobileDevice / AblyAppleMobileDevice
Initialize() methods, fix the "is does not support" log typo, and note
on PubSubDevice that push admin is meant for server-side use and needs
the push-admin capability.
The push tests keep using the internals through InternalsVisibleTo;
test helpers exposing internal types become internal, and the Unity
sandbox helper drops an unused IMobileDevice parameter.
IsSyncInProgress was the only member 2.0 kept from the 1.x [Obsolete]
set, still marked obsolete, although its replacement SyncInProgress is
internal and there is no public alternative. Callers got CS0618 with
nothing to migrate to. Drop the attribute so it is a normal supported
property, and document what it reports.
2.0 removed IRealtimeChannel.HistoryAsync(bool untilAttach) and
HistoryAsync(PaginatedRequestParams, bool untilAttach) along with the
other 1.x [Obsolete] members, but their 1.x deprecation was misplaced:
the docs change that prompted it removed untilAttach from presence
history (RTP12b), while channel untilAttach (RTL10b) stays in the spec
and in ably-pubsub-java 2.0. The plain HistoryAsync overloads are not
equivalent when untilAttach is true.
Add the two channel overloads back, without [Obsolete], using the
existing AddUntilAttachParameter: fromSerial is set to the attach
serial, and the call throws if the channel is not attached.
Presence did the opposite: it only had HistoryAsync(bool untilAttach =
false) and HistoryAsync(PaginatedRequestParams, bool untilAttach =
false). Add plain HistoryAsync() and HistoryAsync(PaginatedRequestParams)
overloads, and mark the untilAttach ones [Obsolete] without defaults,
so presence.HistoryAsync() and HistoryAsync(query) bind to the
supported overloads with no warning. The deprecated overloads keep
working.
Tests cover fromSerial equal to the attach serial, the error on a
channel that is not attached, and no fromSerial for untilAttach false.
Any string returned by AuthCallback was deserialized as a TokenRequest,
so returning a JWT or an Ably token string failed with 80019, although
RSA8d and RSA4f allow a token string. 1.2.10 fixed this, and 1.2.15
reverted the fix, presumably to keep the serialized token request from
CreateTokenRequestAsync working.
Handle both: a string that parses as a JSON object is a TokenDetails if
it has a token field and a TokenRequest otherwise; any other non-empty
string is a token, used as new TokenDetails(str) like a text/plain or
application/jwt authUrl response (RSC8c). An empty or whitespace string
is rejected with a clear error, wrapped in the usual 80019. The
serialized TokenRequest round trip keeps working.
Document the accepted return types on AuthOptions.AuthCallback, and
add tests for a JWT, an Ably token string, a serialized TokenRequest, a
JSON TokenDetails and an empty string. Two tests asserted the old
behaviour with a non-JSON string; they now use malformed JSON as the
invalid value.
CHANGELOG:
- Restore the sealed PubSubRealtimeClient sentence lost in a merge,
and say Dispose(bool) is now private.
- Add the Channels.Release / ReleaseAll 90011 change, the interface
widening that breaks custom IHttpChannel / IRealtimeChannel
implementations, and the internal device push-receive API as
breaking changes, and move the protocol 6 Request() response shape
there from "New features".
- Say which [Obsolete] members were kept (IsSyncInProgress and the
channel untilAttach overloads) and that presence untilAttach is now
deprecated; list HttpAnnotations with the HTTP renames; fix the door
namespace claim, which named namespaces 1.x never had; note the
shared IO.Ably.DeltaCodec helper; add the AuthCallback token string
fix.
UPDATING:
- Rewrite the summary to list every breaking change.
- Document the device HTTP route (PubSubDevice.CreateClient(...)
.HttpClient), the sealed client and private Dispose(bool).
- Fix the namespace and "no shared type names" claims, the
FallbackHostsUseDefault row and the 1.x Release warning wording,
which only exists after 1.2.19.
- Replace the channel untilAttach row with the kept and deprecated
history overloads, and add a Push notifications section naming the
removed satellite types, what is now internal, and that push admin
is server-side and needs the push-admin capability.
PushNotifications.md and README.md get the matching notes.
Run unity-plugins-updater.sh 2.0.0 so the merged
Ably.PubSub.Device.dll matches Core plus the device door again. The
committed plugin predated the sealed PubSubRealtimeClient and the 90011
Release change, and lacked this branch's API changes.
A reflection check of the new plugin shows PubSubRealtimeClient sealed
with no protected Dispose(bool), ThrowIfNotReleasable present,
HttpAnnotations instead of RestAnnotations, the device push-receive
members internal, the restored channel untilAttach overloads and
IsSyncInProgress not obsolete. Its public surface equals a netstandard2.0
build of Core and Device, apart from the internalized DeltaCodec types.
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Review comments at @src/Ably.PubSub.Shared/Realtime/RealtimeChannel.cs:
- Line 592: Update RealtimeChannel.RestChannel usage in HistoryAsync,
GetMessageAsync, GetMessageVersionsAsync, and the annotation methods so realtime
options reach each request without replacing Options on an already-cached
HttpChannel; preserve the cached channel’s existing options. Apply the same
protection to Presence.HistoryAsync, using an approach supported by the existing
channel APIs.
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This PR updates auth callback string handling, realtime and presence history APIs, and the annotation class name. It also documents and enforces the unavailable device push-receive behavior in Pub/Sub 2.0, and updates migration and compatibility guidance.
Auth callbacks now accept token strings, serialized token details, and serialized token requests. Empty strings and malformed JSON raise callback errors. Tests cover accepted formats and error cases.
Realtime and presence history src/Ably.PubSub.Shared/Realtime/IRealtimeChannel.cs, src/Ably.PubSub.Shared/Realtime/Presence.cs, src/Ably.PubSub.Shared/Realtime/RealtimeChannel.cs, src/Ably.PubSub.Tests.Shared/Realtime/ChannelSpecs.cs, src/Ably.PubSub.Tests.Shared/Samples/DocumentationSamples.cs
Realtime history can use the channel attach serial as fromSerial. Presence history adds overloads without untilAttach and marks the existing untilAttach overloads obsolete. Tests cover query preservation, attachment requirements, and encrypted history results.
HTTP annotations API src/Ably.PubSub.Shared/Http/HttpAnnotations.cs, src/Ably.PubSub.Shared/Http/HttpChannel.cs, src/Ably.PubSub.Shared/Http/IHttpChannel.cs, src/Ably.PubSub.Shared/Realtime/RealtimeAnnotations.cs, src/Ably.PubSub.Shared/Ably.PubSub.Shared.projitems, src/Ably.PubSub.Tests.Shared/Http/ChannelAnnotationsSpecs.cs, UPDATING.md
RestAnnotations is renamed to HttpAnnotations. Channel access, outbound annotation creation, project references, documentation, and the exposure test use the new name.
When device push-receive is unavailable, Activate() and Deactivate() throw AblyException, and the documented Device and channel Push properties return null. Tests and documentation describe this behavior. Push administration remains available.
2.0 migration and compatibility guidance CHANGELOG.md, UPDATING.md, README.md
The documentation covers 2.0 API and protocol changes, factory-based client construction, namespace and assembly compatibility, and channel-release behavior. The README identifies the shared delta-codec assembly.
sequenceDiagram
participant AuthCallback
participant AblyAuth
participant RequestTokenEndpoint
AuthCallback->>AblyAuth: return token string or serialized token data
AblyAuth->>AblyAuth: classify callback string
AblyAuth->>RequestTokenEndpoint: post serialized TokenRequest
RequestTokenEndpoint-->>AblyAuth: return token response
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Possibly related issues
ably/ably-pubsub-dotnet#1370 — The issue describes the same auth callback, history, annotation naming, and migration changes covered here.
Possibly related PRs
ably/ably-pubsub-dotnet#1372 — This stacked PR updates documentation and XML remarks for the APIs and push behavior changed here.
ably/ably-pubsub-dotnet#1363 — This PR edits the same annotations path and related files, including the class renamed here.
Suggested reviewers: umair-ably
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Calling realtime history on a channel can replace the options of a cached HTTP channel that has the same name. If the application had configured encryption on that HTTP channel, later HTTP publishes may stop using it. Fix this before merging, or accept it as a known limitation. The auth callback token-string handling and the history query and decryption fixes now look correct.
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This reverts commit a76eb97. The device push-receive API stays public
in 2.0, so the shape is kept for the future device push port; the next
commit makes it fail clearly instead.
The revert also drops that commit's PubSubDevice push-admin remark and
its corrected Activate/Deactivate messages; the next commit restores
both with the new wording.
2.0 ships no platform implementation of IMobileDevice, so the public
device push-receive API cannot work: Push.Activate() and Deactivate()
throw, and Device and channel Push are null. The API stays public so
its shape is kept for a future release, but it now says why.
- Activate() and Deactivate() still throw AblyException with the same
code, but the message says device push notifications are not
available in 2.0, links the feature request issue and points to
Push.Admin. It previously told users to call non-existent
AblyAndroidMobileDevice / AblyAppleMobileDevice Initialize()
methods.
- channel.Push keeps returning null; its realtime warning and HTTP debug
log now say why and link the issue, which also fixes the
"is does not support" typo.
- The internal LocalDevice.GetInstance message no longer names
AndroidMobileDevice.Initialise().
- Short remarks on Activate, Deactivate, Device, channel Push,
IMobileDevice, LocalDevice, PushCallbacks and PushChannel say the API
is reserved for a future release and where to request it.
- PubSubDevice notes that push admin is meant for server-side use and
needs the push-admin capability, and that push-receive is
unavailable.
Tests assert the Activate/Deactivate message contains the issue link,
and that Device and the REST channel Push are null without a device.
The device push-receive API stays public instead of becoming internal.
Update CHANGELOG, UPDATING and PushNotifications.md to say so:
Activate() and Deactivate() throw, Device and channel Push return null,
and the feature request issue is linked so users can register demand.
The Push.Admin note (server-side use, push-admin capability) is kept.
Run unity-plugins-updater.sh 2.0.0 again after restoring the public
device push-receive API. A reflection check shows the plugin's public
surface equals a netstandard2.0 build of Core and Device, apart from
the internalized DeltaCodec types: the push types and members are
public again, PubSubRealtimeClient is sealed with no protected
Dispose(bool), and ThrowIfNotReleasable and HttpAnnotations are
present. The Activate/Deactivate message links the feature request
issue.
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Fix 2.0 public API findings: hide inert device push API, restore channel untilAttach, AuthCallback token strings and migration docs
Fix 2.0 public API findings: clear device-push errors, restore channel untilAttach, AuthCallback token strings and migration docs
Oct 28, 2026
A JSON string returned from AuthCallback was taken for a TokenDetails
only when it had an issued field, so {"token":"..."} was posted to
/keys//requestToken as a TokenRequest. A TokenRequest has no token
field, so a string token field now marks a TokenDetails too (RSA8d,
RSA4f).
Channel and presence history went through the REST channel obtained
without the realtime channel's options, so history on a cipher channel
came back encrypted unless something else had set those options first.
History now uses the REST channel that carries them, as GetMessageAsync
and the annotations retrieval already do, and the unused HttpChannel
property is removed.
untilAttach added fromSerial to the caller's query, so reusing the
query threw on the duplicate key, a later call without untilAttach
still sent the old serial, and PaginatedRequestParams.Empty was changed
for every other caller. The parameter is now added to a copy (RTL10b).
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Summary
This PR fixes the 2.0 public-API and migration-doc findings from #1370, and from the follow-up audit of every public member that 1.x (
main) had andintegration/v2at457848c9removed, hid or changed. For the device push context, see #1360.In short:
HistoryAsync(untilAttach)overloads (RTL10b) are back;AuthCallbackaccepts token strings and JWTs again;RestAnnotationsis nowHttpAnnotations;Presence.IsSyncInProgressis no longer[Obsolete];Changes
1. Device push-receive API: clear errors instead of misleading ones
Why. 2.0 ships no platform implementation of
IMobileDeviceand gives you no public way to supply one. So on every 2.x client,Push.Activate()/Deactivate()throw, andclient.Deviceandchannel.Pushare null. The API stays public, reserved for a future release (issue 1360). The fix is to make its failures clear and to send users to the issue so they can register demand.What.
Activate()/Deactivate()still throwAblyException, with the existing code and status unchanged.(AblyAndroidMobileDevice / AblyAppleMobileDevice).Initialize().client.Deviceandchannel.Push(realtime and HTTP) still returnnulland don't throw.channel.Pushwarning (realtime) and debug log (HTTP) now say why, and link the issue.Devicegetters stay silent, because push admin calls them internally on every request.LocalDevice.GetInstancemessage no longer namesAndroidMobileDevice.Initialise().<remarks>onActivate,Deactivate,Device, channelPush,IMobileDevice,LocalDevice,PushCallbacksandPushChannel. Each says the API isn't available in 2.0, is reserved for a future release, and that requests go to the issue.457848c9. An earlier revision of this PR made it internal. That commit is reverted withgit revert; the history wasn't rewritten.Activate/Deactivateexception message contains "not available in Ably Pub/Sub 2.0" and the issue URL;client.Device,HttpClient.Deviceand the HTTP channel'sPushare null.2.
Push.Adminstays public on both doors (docs only)PubSubDeviceXML remark and an UPDATING note. Push admin is intended for server-side use and needs thepush-admincapability, which Ably enforces server-side. The remark also says device push-receive is unavailable, and links the issue.Important
Decision point for reviewers (before GA): should push admin be removed from the device package?
Push.Adminis reachable from a device client (PubSubDevice.CreateClient(...).Push.Adminand.HttpClient.Push.Admin). Both doors return the samePubSubRealtimeClienttype fromAbly.PubSub.Core, so the device package can't hide a single property of it. It isn't unusable on devices: it works when the key or token has thepush-admincapability. It's rarely useful there, but the capability check on Ably's side prevents misuse.Ably.PubSub.ServerAdminfromPushRealtime/PushHttpin Core and expose it through a Server-package extension, e.g.client.GetPushAdmin(). The Server package already hasInternalsVisibleToaccess.push.admin, RSH1) and from the other SDKs, including ably-pubsub-java 2.0. A breaking change for 1.xclient.Push.Adminusers. Only free before GA.Push.Adminthrows on device-classified clients.PubSubDevicereturns a device-only interface withoutPush.Admin.push-admin.Recommendation: D (as implemented). If the team wants push admin gone from devices anyway, A is the only option worth doing, and it needs to land before GA. Please comment if you'd prefer A.
3. Channel
HistoryAsync(untilAttach)restored (RTL10b); presenceuntilAttachdeprecatedWhy.
untilAttachfrom presence history (RTP12b). RTL10b keeps it for channels, and so does ably-pubsub-java 2.0.What.
HistoryAsync(bool untilAttach)andHistoryAsync(PaginatedRequestParams, bool untilAttach)toIRealtimeChannelandRealtimeChannel, without[Obsolete].AddUntilAttachParameter:fromSerialis set to the attach serial, and the call throws if the channel isn't attached.Presence.HistoryAsync()andHistoryAsync(PaginatedRequestParams).untilAttachoverloads lose their= falsedefaults and are now[Obsolete], with a message pointing to the plain overloads.presence.HistoryAsync()/HistoryAsync(query)calls bind to the new overloads without a warning. The deprecated overloads keep working.fromSerialequals the attach serial, with and without a query; the limit is kept.untilAttach: trueon a channel that isn't attached throws.untilAttach: falseadds nofromSerial.fromSerial.4.
Presence.IsSyncInProgressis supported[Obsolete]. Its replacement,SyncInProgress, is internal, so callers got CS0618 and had nothing to migrate to.5.
RestAnnotations→HttpAnnotationsIHttpChannel.Annotations/HttpChannel.Annotations, the.projitemsentry, crefs and tests.6.
AuthCallbackreturning a token string or JWT (RSA8d/RSA4f)Why. Every
stringresult was parsed as aTokenRequest, so a JWT or an Ably token failed with 80019. 1.2.10 fixed this, and 1.2.15 reverted the fix.What.
TokenDetailsif it has atokenfield, and aTokenRequestotherwise. So theCreateTokenRequestAsyncround trip keeps working.new TokenDetails(str), as RSC8c does for an authUrl text response.AuthOptions.AuthCallback.TokenRequest(fromCreateTokenRequestAsync), a JSONTokenDetails, and empty/whitespace strings.HttpSpecs.AuthCallbackSpecstreated"jwtToken"as invalid, andAuthSandboxSpecsused"invalid:token"as an invalid callback result. They now use malformed JSON as the invalid value.7. Docs (issue 1370 and audit items U1-U15)
sealedsentence that merge87ccd993dropped, and addedDispose(bool)becoming private.Release/ReleaseAllbullet, linking the UPDATING section.IHttpChannel/IRealtimeChannelwidening as breaking for implementers.Request()shape change from "New features" to breaking changes.Activate/Deactivatethrow, andDevice/Pushare null. The bullet links issue 1360 for requests.[Obsolete]bullet now lists the kept members and the presence deprecation.HttpAnnotationsis listed with the HTTP renames.IO.Ably.DeltaCodec.AuthCallback.PubSubDevice.CreateClient(...).HttpClient(U7).sealed/Dispose(bool)(U11).[Obsolete]members (U4, U6).FallbackHostsUseDefaultrow (U5) andCreateTokenRequest→AuthCallbacknote (U9).8. Unity plugin regenerated
./unity-plugins-updater.sh 2.0.0after the final code changes. It ran again after the push-surface revert, in its own commit. It ran on macOS, with ILRepack under Mono. ItsBuild.NetStandard --define=UNITY_PACKAGEleg reported 0 warnings and 0 errors.version.txtis unchanged at 2.0.0, and the.metafile is unchanged.PubSubRealtimeClientissealedand has noprotected virtual Dispose(bool);ThrowIfNotReleasable(90011) is present, andCreateRestFuncis gone;HttpAnnotationsand noRestAnnotations;457848c9, and theActivate/Deactivatemessage links the issue;untilAttachoverloads are present, and the presence ones are obsolete;IsSyncInProgressis not obsolete.IO.Ably.DeltaCodectypes.Public API changes
From a reflection diff (MetadataLoadContext) of Core + Device + Server + DeltaCodec, built in Release,
457848c9→ this branch. The results are identical on netstandard2.0, net6.0 and net7.0: 7 removed, 11 added, 5 changed, all intended. The push surface is identical to457848c9.457848c9)Ably.PubSub.Http.RestAnnotationsAbly.PubSub.Http.HttpAnnotations(IHttpChannel/HttpChannel.Annotationsretyped)IRealtimeChannel.HistoryAsync(bool untilAttach),HistoryAsync(PaginatedRequestParams, bool untilAttach)Presence.HistoryAsync(),Presence.HistoryAsync(PaginatedRequestParams)Presence.HistoryAsync(bool untilAttach = false),HistoryAsync(PaginatedRequestParams, bool untilAttach = false)[Obsolete]Presence.IsSyncInProgress[Obsolete]PushRealtime.Activate()/Deactivate()throw, telling users to call a non-existentAblyAndroidMobileDevice/AblyAppleMobileDeviceInitialize()AuthCallbackstring → always aTokenRequestTokenDetails/TokenRequest; other non-empty string → token (behaviour, no signature change)Nothing else changed visibility, and the push types and members are unchanged.
RealtimeChannelis internal, so its new overloads appear only on the interface.Docs updated
CHANGELOG.md(2.0.0 section)UPDATING.mdPushNotifications.mdREADME.mdAuthOptions.AuthCallbackandPubSubDevice;Activate,Deactivate,Device, channelPush,IMobileDevice,LocalDevice,PushCallbacksandPushChannel;HttpAnnotations;Presence.IsSyncInProgressand the presence/channel history overloads.Not in this PR / follow-ups
AuthCallbackTests.RSA8d_CallbackReturnsJwtandTokenDetailsTests.RSA16b_TokenStringFromCallback, and updateUts/deviations.md, when the UTS work (Add UTS test infrastructure, realtime and REST UTS-derived tests, and the uts-to-csharp skill #1362) lands. Those files aren't onintegration/v2.Validation
./build.sh --target=Build.NetStandard: build succeeded, 0 warnings, 0 errors. It compiles Core, both doors and the test project in Release, with the StyleCop rulesets../build.sh --target=Test.NetStandard.Unit.WithRetry --framework=net6.0: 1486 total, 1467 passed, 0 failed, 19 skipped, with no retries. Exit 0../build.sh --target=Test.NetStandard.Unit.WithRetry --framework=net7.0: 1486 total, 1467 passed, 0 failed, 19 skipped, with no retries. Exit 0.git archive 457848c9and of this branch's HEAD, built in Release. The results are in the table above, with no unexpected changes.git grepchecks:RestAnnotationsappears only in the spec-name notes (theHttpAnnotationsXML doc, CHANGELOG and UPDATING);AblyAndroidMobileDevice/AblyAppleMobileDevice, and noAndroidMobileDevice.Initialise()insrc;IsSyncInProgresshas no[Obsolete];[Obsolete]attributes are the two presenceuntilAttachoverloads.Ably.PubSub.Core.NETFramework,Ably.PubSub.Server.NETFramework,Ably.PubSub.Tests.NETFramework) were checked by grep, because they can't be built on macOS:Reviewer notes
a76eb972is reverted bye3785ac0, and2e997d08adds the messages, logs and remarks. TheActivate/Deactivateerror keeps the existing code/status (AblyException(string), which gives code 500), so no new code is introduced.Push.LocalDeviceTestsshare the staticLocalDevice.Instance, andWhenClientIdChangesAfterRegisteringDevice_...times out intermittently. That test andWithoutClientId_WhenAuthorizedWithTokenParamsWithClientId_...do the same on457848c9: running the Push test filter 6 times there gave 1 failure in every run. So this is a pre-existing flake, not something this PR introduced. The final net6.0 and net7.0 runs here passed with no retries.AuthCallbackedge cases:{but isn't valid JSON still fails as "can't be converted to TokenRequest";untilAttachis deprecated, not removed. Whether the service still honoursfromSerialon presence history wasn't tested.IsSyncInProgress,untilAttach,AuthCallback, docs and the Unity plugin. Then come the push revert, the clear push errors, the push docs, and the regenerated Unity plugin.Review round: CodeRabbit threads and the macOS runner
9de3c9abaddresses the 3 CodeRabbit threads, with tests that fail before and pass after:AuthCallbackJSON with a stringtokenbut noissuedis now taken as aTokenDetails, not aTokenRequest.HttpChannelproperty is removed.untilAttachaddsfromSerialto a copy of the query, so the caller's query andPaginatedRequestParams.Emptyare unchanged.3e99f62amergesintegration/v2, which brings themacos-15runner fix from PR 1373. The merge had no conflicts.3e99f62a:Build.NetStandard: 0 warnings, 0 errors;Summary by CodeRabbit
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