microsoft / microsoft/BotFramework-DirectLineJS
Direct Line JS: Implement automatic protocol detection
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enhancement
P0
triaged
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 199
- Forks
- 133
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
Web Socket is manually switched off for a few reasons:
- Old proxy do not support WS
- No automatic protocol fallback
So to be safe, people prefer to switch off WS for enterprise scenario.
If we implemented automatic protocol switch, people are less likely switching off WS.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
The issue mentions WebSocket being manually disabled and the lack of automatic protocol fallback, but names no files or tests. Start by locating the WebSocket and protocol-selection paths, then define how detection and fallback should behave for old proxies before implementing and testing the result.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- api, networking
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100