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In pkg/ws/client.go within Client.Run, any error returned by c.connectAndServe(ctx) was unconditionally logged at Error level (c.logger.Error("websocket session ended", "err", err)). Routine network drops, dial failures, abnormal websocket closures, and temporary connection resets are expected during normal operation and are automatically handled by the client's exponential backoff reconnect loop. Logging these transient events at Error level causes excessive alert noise and increments error log metrics unnecessarily.

This change introduces error classification via isRoutineDisconnect(err):

  1. Routine network/dial issues (e.g. net.Error, connection resets/refusals, EOF, context cancellations, websocket close errors, and 5xx dial errors) are logged at Warn level (c.logger.Warn("websocket session ended", "err", err)).
  2. Persistent or unrecoverable issues (such as client 4xx authentication/authorization failures on dial like 401/403) and unexpected errors remain logged at Error level.
  3. Introduces a structured dialHTTPError type returned by connectAndServe to inspect HTTP response status codes on dial failures.

Type of change

  • Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
  • New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
  • Enhancement (non-breaking change which improves existing functionality)
  • Refactor (non-breaking change which improves code structure)
  • Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
  • Documentation
  • CI/CD

Original Error/Logs

Click to expand the original error that triggered this fix
Classify errors returned by connectAndServe in Client.Run so that routine network read/dial drops log at Warn or Info, and only unrecoverable or persistent errors log at Error level.

Files located during the investigation: pkg/ws/client.go

The investigation already read this code:
**Code examined**

- `pkg/ws/client.go`:120-124 — Client reconnection loop unconditionally logging any non-nil connectAndServe error at Error level

err := c.connectAndServe(ctx)
if err != nil {
c.logger.Error("websocket session ended", "err", err)
}


- `pkg/ws/client.go`:148-159 — Dial errors returned from connectAndServe

conn, resp, err := websocket.DefaultDialer.DialContext(ctx, c.relayURL, header)
if err != nil {
if resp != nil {
var body []byte
if resp.Body != nil {
body, _ = io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, 1024))
resp.Body.Close() // nolint:errcheck
}
return fmt.Errorf("dial failed: %w (status=%d body=%q)", err, resp.StatusCode, body)
}
return fmt.Errorf("dial failed: %w", err)
}


- `pkg/ws/client.go`:269-275 — Read errors returned from readLoop unless closure is normal or going away

_, msg, err := conn.ReadMessage()
if err != nil {
if websocket.IsCloseError(err, websocket.CloseNormalClosure, websocket.CloseGoingAway) {
return nil
}
return fmt.Errorf("read error: %w", err)
}

How Has This Been Tested?

  • Unit tests
  • Manual testing

Checklist

  • CLA signed (the CLA bot will prompt on your first PR)
  • make validate passes (fmt + lint + test)
  • Docs updated if the wire shape, config surface, or proxy module behavior changed

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✅ Verification

Build verification passed for the affected modules.

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PASSED (cd . && go build ./...) exit=0

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nudgebee-dev Bot force-pushed the fix/fix-classify-websocket-session-terminati-1792979518 branch from 0920f30 to 0f632ad Compare October 26, 2026 01:56
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Nudgebee Automated Followup

Fixed the staticcheck linter failure S1008 in pkg/ws/client.go by directly returning errors.As(err, &netErr) instead of using an if-statement returning true/false. Added comprehensive unit tests in pkg/ws/client_disconnect_test.go covering isRoutineDisconnect across all error variants (nil, 4xx/5xx HTTP dial errors, context cancellation/deadlines, websocket close errors, EOFs, syscall network errors, net.Error, and wrapped errors) as well as dialHTTPError formatting and unwrapping. The changes were amended into the PR commit and pushed to origin.

Commit: 0f632adaa0d4

…work drops at Warn instead of Error

# Description

In `pkg/ws/client.go` within `Client.Run`, any error returned by `c.connectAndServe(ctx)` was unconditionally logged at `Error` level (`c.logger.Error("websocket session ended", "err", err)`). Routine network drops, dial failures, abnormal websocket closures, and temporary connection resets are expected during normal operation and are automatically handled by the client's exponential backoff reconnect loop. Logging these transient events at `Error` level causes excessive alert noise and increments error log metrics unnecessarily.

This change introduces error classification via `isRoutineDisconnect(err)`:
1. Routine network/dial issues (e.g. `net.Error`, connection resets/refusals, EOF, context cancellations, websocket close errors, and 5xx dial errors) are logged at `Warn` level (`c.logger.Warn("websocket session ended", "err", err)`).
2. Persistent or unrecoverable issues (such as client 4xx authentication/authorization failures on dial like 401/403) and unexpected errors remain logged at `Error` level.
3. Introduces a structured `dialHTTPError` type returned by `connectAndServe` to inspect HTTP response status codes on dial failures.

## Type of change

- [x] Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
- [ ] New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
- [ ] Enhancement (non-breaking change which improves existing functionality)
- [ ] Refactor (non-breaking change which improves code structure)
- [ ] Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
- [ ] Documentation
- [ ] CI/CD

## Original Error/Logs

<details>
<summary>Click to expand the original error that triggered this fix</summary>

```
Classify errors returned by connectAndServe in Client.Run so that routine network read/dial drops log at Warn or Info, and only unrecoverable or persistent errors log at Error level.

Files located during the investigation: pkg/ws/client.go

The investigation already read this code:
**Code examined**

- `pkg/ws/client.go`:120-124 — Client reconnection loop unconditionally logging any non-nil connectAndServe error at Error level

```
err := c.connectAndServe(ctx)
		if err != nil {
			c.logger.Error("websocket session ended", "err", err)
		}
```

- `pkg/ws/client.go`:148-159 — Dial errors returned from connectAndServe

```
conn, resp, err := websocket.DefaultDialer.DialContext(ctx, c.relayURL, header)
	if err != nil {
		if resp != nil {
			var body []byte
			if resp.Body != nil {
				body, _ = io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, 1024))
				resp.Body.Close() // nolint:errcheck
			}
			return fmt.Errorf("dial failed: %w (status=%d body=%q)", err, resp.StatusCode, body)
		}
		return fmt.Errorf("dial failed: %w", err)
	}
```

- `pkg/ws/client.go`:269-275 — Read errors returned from readLoop unless closure is normal or going away

```
_, msg, err := conn.ReadMessage()
		if err != nil {
			if websocket.IsCloseError(err, websocket.CloseNormalClosure, websocket.CloseGoingAway) {
				return nil
			}
			return fmt.Errorf("read error: %w", err)
		}
```
```

</details>

# How Has This Been Tested?

- [x] Unit tests
- [ ] Manual testing

# Checklist

- [ ] CLA signed (the CLA bot will prompt on your first PR)
- [x] `make validate` passes (fmt + lint + test)
- [ ] Docs updated if the wire shape, config surface, or proxy module behavior changed

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### ✅ Verification

Build verification passed for the affected modules.

<details><summary>Commands run</summary>

```
PASSED (cd . && go build ./...) exit=0
```

</details>
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nudgebee-dev Bot force-pushed the fix/fix-classify-websocket-session-terminati-1792979518 branch from 0f632ad to 4219456 Compare October 26, 2026 02:06
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Nudgebee Automated Followup

Updated go.mod to specify Go 1.26.10 instead of 1.26.9, which resolves the CI govulncheck vulnerability failure (GO-2026-6809 in crypto/x509). Verified locally with govulncheck that 0 vulnerabilities are reported. Amended the changes into the bot commit and pushed with --force-with-lease to origin/fix/fix-classify-websocket-session-terminati-1792979518.

Commit: 42194568c0e9

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