Server receives pubsub message (confirmed by CLI) but js-ipfs client does not receive message until server restart

Checklist

[X] This is a bug report, not a question. Ask questions on discuss.ipfs.io.
[X] I have searched on the issue tracker for my bug.
[X] I am running the latest go-ipfs version or have an issue updating.

Installation method

ipfs-update or dist.ipfs.io

Version

go-ipfs version: 0.13.0
Repo version: 12
System version: amd64/linux
Golang version: go1.18.3

Config

{
  "API": {
    "HTTPHeaders": {}
  },
  "Addresses": {
    "API": "/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/5001",
    "Announce": [],
    "Gateway": "/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/8080",
    "NoAnnounce": [
      "/ip4/10.0.0.0/ipcidr/8",
      "/ip4/100.64.0.0/ipcidr/10",
      "/ip4/169.254.0.0/ipcidr/16",
      "/ip4/172.16.0.0/ipcidr/12",
      "/ip4/192.0.0.0/ipcidr/24",
      "/ip4/192.0.0.0/ipcidr/29",
      "/ip4/192.0.0.8/ipcidr/32",
      "/ip4/192.0.0.170/ipcidr/32",
      "/ip4/192.0.0.171/ipcidr/32",
      "/ip4/192.0.2.0/ipcidr/24",
      "/ip4/192.168.0.0/ipcidr/16",
      "/ip4/198.18.0.0/ipcidr/15",
      "/ip4/198.51.100.0/ipcidr/24",
      "/ip4/203.0.113.0/ipcidr/24",
      "/ip4/240.0.0.0/ipcidr/4",
      "/ip6/100::/ipcidr/64",
      "/ip6/2001:2::/ipcidr/48",
      "/ip6/2001:db8::/ipcidr/32",
      "/ip6/fc00::/ipcidr/7",
      "/ip6/fe80::/ipcidr/10"
    ],
    "Swarm": [
      "/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/4001",
      "/ip6/::/tcp/4001",
      "/ip4/0.0.0.0/udp/4001/quic",
      "/ip6/::/udp/4001/quic",
      "/ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/4002/ws"
    ]
  },
  "AutoNAT": {},
  "Bootstrap": [
    "/dnsaddr/bootstrap.libp2p.io/p2p/QmNnooDu7bfjPFoTZYxMNLWUQJyrVwtbZg5gBMjTezGAJN",
    "/dnsaddr/bootstrap.libp2p.io/p2p/QmQCU2EcMqAqQPR2i9bChDtGNJchTbq5TbXJJ16u19uLTa",
    "/dnsaddr/bootstrap.libp2p.io/p2p/QmbLHAnMoJPWSCR5Zhtx6BHJX9KiKNN6tpvbUcqanj75Nb",
    "/dnsaddr/bootstrap.libp2p.io/p2p/QmcZf59bWwK5XFi76CZX8cbJ4BhTzzA3gU1ZjYZcYW3dwt",
    "/ip4/104.131.131.82/tcp/4001/p2p/QmaCpDMGvV2BGHeYERUEnRQAwe3N8SzbUtfsmvsqQLuvuJ",
    "/ip4/104.131.131.82/udp/4001/quic/p2p/QmaCpDMGvV2BGHeYERUEnRQAwe3N8SzbUtfsmvsqQLuvuJ",
    "/ip4/198.204.250.50/udp/4001/quic/p2p/12D3KooWA2i7Tr9nShXv1iuG9s9VGXK5semULiYAFCizujNdZr6L"
  ],
  "Datastore": {
    "BloomFilterSize": 0,
    "GCPeriod": "1h",
    "HashOnRead": false,
    "Spec": {
      "mounts": [
        {
          "child": {
            "path": "blocks",
            "shardFunc": "/repo/flatfs/shard/v1/next-to-last/2",
            "sync": true,
            "type": "flatfs"
          },
          "mountpoint": "/blocks",
          "prefix": "flatfs.datastore",
          "type": "measure"
        },
        {
          "child": {
            "compression": "none",
            "path": "datastore",
            "type": "levelds"
          },
          "mountpoint": "/",
          "prefix": "leveldb.datastore",
          "type": "measure"
        }
      ],
      "type": "mount"
    },
    "StorageGCWatermark": 90,
    "StorageMax": "100GB"
  },
  "Discovery": {
    "MDNS": {
      "Enabled": false,
      "Interval": 10
    }
  },
  "Experimental": {
    "FilestoreEnabled": false,
    "GraphsyncEnabled": false,
    "Libp2pStreamMounting": false,
    "P2pHttpProxy": false,
    "ShardingEnabled": false,
    "StrategicProviding": false,
    "UrlstoreEnabled": false
  },
  "Gateway": {
    "APICommands": [],
    "HTTPHeaders": {
      "Access-Control-Allow-Headers": [
        "X-Requested-With",
        "Range",
        "User-Agent"
      ],
      "Access-Control-Allow-Methods": [
        "GET"
      ],
      "Access-Control-Allow-Origin": [
        "*"
      ]
    },
    "NoDNSLink": false,
    "NoFetch": false,
    "PathPrefixes": [],
    "PublicGateways": null,
    "RootRedirect": "",
    "Writable": false
  },
  "Identity": {
    "PeerID": "12D3KooWRQzVBfuMrADGni2LAxU1sDUwf1CPL9sR42BvyC1K2z7G"
  },
  "Ipns": {
    "RecordLifetime": "",
    "RepublishPeriod": "",
    "ResolveCacheSize": 128
  },
  "Mounts": {
    "FuseAllowOther": false,
    "IPFS": "/ipfs",
    "IPNS": "/ipns"
  },
  "Peering": {
    "Peers": null
  },
  "Plugins": {
    "Plugins": null
  },
  "Provider": {
    "Strategy": ""
  },
  "Pubsub": {
    "DisableSigning": false,
    "Router": ""
  },
  "Reprovider": {
    "Interval": "12h",
    "Strategy": "all"
  },
  "Routing": {
    "Type": "dht"
  },
  "Swarm": {
    "AddrFilters": [
      "/ip4/10.0.0.0/ipcidr/8",
      "/ip4/100.64.0.0/ipcidr/10",
      "/ip4/169.254.0.0/ipcidr/16",
      "/ip4/172.16.0.0/ipcidr/12",
      "/ip4/192.0.0.0/ipcidr/24",
      "/ip4/192.0.0.0/ipcidr/29",
      "/ip4/192.0.0.8/ipcidr/32",
      "/ip4/192.0.0.170/ipcidr/32",
      "/ip4/192.0.0.171/ipcidr/32",
      "/ip4/192.0.2.0/ipcidr/24",
      "/ip4/192.168.0.0/ipcidr/16",
      "/ip4/198.18.0.0/ipcidr/15",
      "/ip4/198.51.100.0/ipcidr/24",
      "/ip4/203.0.113.0/ipcidr/24",
      "/ip4/240.0.0.0/ipcidr/4",
      "/ip6/100::/ipcidr/64",
      "/ip6/2001:2::/ipcidr/48",
      "/ip6/2001:db8::/ipcidr/32",
      "/ip6/fc00::/ipcidr/7",
      "/ip6/fe80::/ipcidr/10"
    ],
    "ConnMgr": {
      "GracePeriod": "20s",
      "HighWater": 900,
      "LowWater": 600,
      "Type": "basic"
    },
    "DisableBandwidthMetrics": false,
    "DisableNatPortMap": true,
    "EnableAutoRelay": false,
    "EnableRelayHop": false,
    "Transports": {
      "Multiplexers": {},
      "Network": {},
      "Security": {}
    }
  }
}

Description

I have two IPFS servers running 0.13.0. They each have the other added as a bootstrap peer (via udp quic), and I have verified that they list the other in swarm command.

I wrote two node-js (version v17.9.0) applications, using the package "ipfs-http-client": "^57.0.3". One submits a message to a pubsub topic. the other is subscribed to that topic. Each are connected to a different of the two machines I control (same results as both connected to same machine though) , as mentioned above. The sending application successfully publishes the message, and I can confirm that the message is received by the other server using the go-ipfs CLI to listen to the topic. However, my second application exhibits the following unusual behavior:

While the message is received by the server, it is not sent to my subscribing client. EXCEPT, if I restart the receiving server. Then, it seems the topic is unclogged, and I receive the messages I sent. It does not work for further messages, I have to restart it again if I send any more. This is the reason I believe it is a go-ipfs daemon issue rather than a js-ipfs issue (might still be, but that's my conclusion so far.)

nodes bootstrapped to each other with:

/ip4//udp/4001/quic/ipfs/

and as mentioned, they are each listed in the other's swarm peers list.

My clients are connecting to my servers via authenticated https tunnel to the API endpoint (so, https://remoteserver:443 -> locahost:5001). I am able to query id, query swarm peers, add swarm peer and subscribe to pubsub topic without error. just never receive the message except under the previously stated circumstances.

ipfs / kubo