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Fix the logout main-thread freeze in StreamVideoClient cleanup - #1792

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Fix the logout main-thread freeze in StreamVideoClient cleanup#1792
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Goal

Fix the 5 second UI freeze on logout that makes the E2E tests on the develop-v2 merge PR #1790 fail deterministically on the sign-in screen waits, and remove a swallowed NPE in the same code path.

Resolves AND-1466.

Implementation

StreamVideoClient.cleanup() bridged the suspend streamClient.disconnect() with runBlocking. When an app calls StreamVideo.removeClient() from the main thread (the demo app's logout does), this self-deadlocks: disconnect() stops its lifecycle monitor through runOnMainLooper, which posts to the main looper and blocks on a CountDownLatch with a 5 second safety timeout (stream-android-core Threading.kt). The main looper is parked by the runBlocking, so the post never runs and every logout freezes the UI for the full 5 seconds. As a side effect the lifecycle observer was never removed.

Changes in StreamVideoClient.cleanup():

  • When called on the main thread, the disconnect now runs on a detached IO scope instead of runBlocking. Other threads keep the existing synchronous ordering. The main-looper check is null-guarded because plain JVM unit tests get null loopers (isReturnDefaultValues = true).
  • buildStopIntent(...) legitimately returns null when the service is not running; the result is now handled with ?.let instead of passing null into context.stopService(...), which threw a swallowed NullPointerException on every logout without a running call service.

🎨 UI Changes

No visual changes. Behavior change: logout no longer freezes the UI for 5 seconds.

Testing

  • New Robolectric regression test StreamVideoClientCleanupTest runs cleanup() on a real main-looper thread against a mocked 6 second disconnect: it fails on the old code ("took 6218ms") and passes with the fix while verifying the disconnect is still dispatched.
  • Full :stream-video-android-core:testDebugUnitTest suite passes.
  • Verified end to end on an API 35 emulator against the chore: merge develop into develop-v2 #1790 merge branch plus this fix: CallLifecycleTests#testUserReentersTheCallAsAnotherUser now gets past the sign-in wait that failed on both CI attempts. It then hits a separate demo-app re-login race, tracked as AND-1467.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved cleanup behavior so disconnect operations no longer block the main thread.
    • Preserved synchronous cleanup when running outside the main thread.
    • Improved handling of service-stop requests when no intent is provided.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage verifying that main-thread cleanup returns promptly while disconnection continues safely in the background.

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SDK Size Comparison 📏

SDK Before After Difference Status
stream-video-android-core 12.29 MB 12.43 MB 0.14 MB 🟢
stream-video-android-ui-xml 5.70 MB 5.73 MB 0.04 MB 🟢
stream-video-android-ui-compose 6.19 MB 5.76 MB -0.43 MB 🚀

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Walkthrough

StreamVideoClient.cleanup() now avoids blocking the main thread during disconnect. Off-main-thread cleanup remains synchronous. Stop-service handling accepts nullable intents, and a Robolectric test covers delayed disconnect behavior.

Changes

Client cleanup

Layer / File(s) Summary
Thread-aware cleanup and stop-service handling
stream-video-android-core/src/main/kotlin/io/getstream/video/android/core/StreamVideoClient.kt
Cleanup dispatches disconnect to DispatcherProvider.IO on the main looper and keeps synchronous behavior elsewhere. Stop-service handling checks for a nullable intent.
Delayed disconnect regression test
stream-video-android-core/src/test/kotlin/io/getstream/video/android/core/StreamVideoClientCleanupTest.kt
The Robolectric test delays disconnect, verifies that cleanup returns within three seconds, and confirms asynchronous disconnect execution.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 9e6f4

The fix removes the logout freeze by making disconnect asynchronous, but teardown can now outlive client removal and overlap with an immediately created replacement client, potentially leaving the previous connection active longer than expected. Merge should wait for an owned completion or cancellation policy, and the regression test should use the repository-required test base.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant MainLooper
  participant StreamVideoClient
  participant DispatcherProviderIO
  participant StreamClient
  MainLooper->>StreamVideoClient: cleanup()
  StreamVideoClient->>DispatcherProviderIO: Launch disconnect
  DispatcherProviderIO->>StreamClient: disconnect()
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A rabbit watched the main thread flee
While cleanup hopped to IO free
The client disconnected out of sight
The tests kept watch through day and night
A nullable intent caused no fright

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Inline comments:
In
`@stream-video-android-core/src/main/kotlin/io/getstream/video/android/core/StreamVideoClient.kt`:
- Line 294: Update the detached disconnect work around
CoroutineScope(SupervisorJob() + DispatcherProvider.IO) to retain its shutdown
Job in a dedicated owner, and have cleanup() cancel that owner so suspended
streamClient.disconnect() work cannot outlive teardown. Preserve the existing
non-blocking behavior while defining the owner’s cancellation policy.

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`@stream-video-android-core/src/test/kotlin/io/getstream/video/android/core/StreamVideoClientCleanupTest.kt`:
- Line 47: Update the StreamVideoClientCleanupTest class declaration to extend
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develop still has the identical serviceIntent.let { context.stopService(serviceIntent) } at StreamVideoClient.kt:267 — same swallowed NPE, and nothing merges develop-v2 back into it. Can you check develop and port this half separately?

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Good catch, confirmed: develop has the same block and there is no merge back from develop-v2. Ported it here: #1794. I kept the replacement block identical to this PR's version so the next develop to develop-v2 merge does not conflict.

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PratimMallick merged commit ee8c9b8 into develop-v2 Sep 1, 2026
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PratimMallick deleted the andrerego/and-1466-logout-blocks-the-main-thread-for-5-seconds-in branch September 1, 2026 05:54
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