Node Hangs indefinelty on tmi.Client() - Newer version of Node 21+

[2chivi]

Actual behaviour: Node Hangs indefinelty on tmi.Client() - Newer version of Node 21+ on Linux Ubuntu LTE

Noticed some dependencies are out of date. Could that have to do with it? Not sure if tmiV1 is abandoned? Or if we are supposed to switch to v2?

Thanks

Expected behaviour:

Error log: No errors

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Configuration

• tmi.js version:
• Node version (if applicable):22.5.1 Ubuntu LTE 20
• Browser and version (if applicable):
• Operating system:

[AlcaDesign]

Related to your issue's problem: What version of tmi.js are you using? Node will hang if there are timers, open socket connections, etc., so can you give me minimal code that replicates this hang? Since all you said was "on tmi.Client()": no timeouts or intervals should be started before calling the connect method.

Is tmi.js@v1.x abandoned?

v1.x hasn't received an update in a while. With the v1.9.0-wip branch, I'd like to bring necessary updates like new events, replying, removing lots of dead code, and more. You can see the changes here: main...v1.9.0-wip.

If you'd like to try it as is, you can install the branch from GitHub using this and require/import tmi.js as normal:

npm i tmijs/tmi.js#v1.9.0-wip

[!WARNING] Not meant for production

This does involve breaking changes but it's mostly dead features and things I wouldn't expect people to be using.

Potentially breaking changes

• Removed client.api. https://github.com/tmijs/tmi.js/commit/cef6988989584c21832316a660964fdb1a4d8624
• Removed commands. Only action (/me messages) remains per Twitch. https://github.com/tmijs/tmi.js/commit/902a7369d4075ba96d3cc41b70ac15514acdb335
• Removed options, timers, and methods related to emote sets. Just the normal event emotesets remains to allow for a consumer to update them with the Helix API. https://github.com/tmijs/tmi.js/commit/3edc54048dbdd4a7f03e66178946a70b4fbbd7fc
• Using newer syntax like the nullish coalescing operator (??) and optional chaining (?.). https://github.com/tmijs/tmi.js/commit/a03ace3e76432fda658508218f4346f31fe26d35 https://github.com/tmijs/tmi.js/commit/71957147b9ca18f2e18ebe147b1ac495ba1027e6
  • With this, tmi.js will only be supporting versions of Node.js that are receiving maintenance. Currently that's v18 until roughly June of 2025 per the release schedule. https://github.com/tmijs/tmi.js/commit/f8ff1a5d6f3550f44593711143eb3fee908b0796
• Convert to class syntax instead of the old style of classes. new is required when instantiating tmi.Client. https://github.com/tmijs/tmi.js/commit/807fa5687596025f4d61b2bb18084cc393672694
• Replaced the included EventEmitter (a very old version of Node's EventEmitter) with a custom EventEmitter class implementing almost the same API. https://github.com/tmijs/tmi.js/commit/f727b28d0b20c30cb111a69a0062e3e93f5de6f7
  • Does not implement setMaxListeners or its features. tmi.js called this.setMaxListeners(0) in the constructor anyways so almost no one was probably using it.

Removed

• Removed dependency on node-fetch. https://github.com/tmijs/tmi.js/commit/8e4970b31da96d53fe4a6005a6c0c9d45c21d3a1
• Removed ritual and hosting code, as per Twitch. https://github.com/tmijs/tmi.js/commit/28521900fc85b8f71229a78dc8db8c87ac22f066 https://github.com/tmijs/tmi.js/commit/748bd92a8056285f9550c014b600a900110807ee

Changes

• Updated ws to ^8.17.1 from 8.2.0. https://github.com/tmijs/tmi.js/commit/cf5ab0051808074637fb6e7a662486327ee5c6a1 https://github.com/tmijs/tmi.js/commit/3e6e0968d39ac6e6f6e2304bbaf0004d5983f5d7
• The option identity.username was removed because it's not needed to authenticate. identity.password is still expected as either a string or a function that returns string | Promise<string>. https://github.com/tmijs/tmi.js/commit/73127e1e396a3a7962ef65f8cd9b427937eb5c1c https://github.com/tmijs/tmi.js/commit/66c580007d61ac987bfa912043a82d81a2fded78
  • The anonymous username will always be "justinfan123456" instead of random numbers.
• New reward types for the redeem event. https://github.com/tmijs/tmi.js/commit/321618012926737829722b98a894094c635b0a7d

  client.on('redeem', (channel: string, username: string, rewardType: string, tags: PrivmsgTags, message: string) => {
  switch(rewardType) {
      case 'highlighted-message':
      case 'skip-subs-mode-message':
      // *New* Power-ups:
      case 'gigantified-emote-message': // Big emote
      case 'animated-message': // Message effect
          break;
      default: // Like a custom reward ID or unknown, official reward type
          break;
  }
  });

• The say, action, and reply methods will now wait until Twitch responds. https://github.com/tmijs/tmi.js/commit/a389fc3b9b934cae9914a1f71bb00d11f1d05b34
  • The return type will include the related Userstate tags meaning the client will have access to the ID of the message it sent (useful for deleting or replying to its own messages).
  • The original return type of client.say is Promise<[ channel: string, message: string ]> so the tags were added after for backwards compatibility. The self value is always true to mirror the message event, but it might be removed before publish.
  • I'm still working on behavior where the message is dropped, but it's still raced against a timeout that will result in throwing the string 'No response from Twitch.'. I would prefer this would be an Error, but some level of backwards compatibility means I probably won't change it just yet. I feel this could easily be a justified breaking change that betters the experience with this package.

    const [ _channel, _message, tags, self ] = await client.say(channel, message);
    console.log('Sent message ID', tags.id);

Additions

• The build process was changed to use esbuild. https://github.com/tmijs/tmi.js/commit/881f9e0c4c4b531e964b6e781646e7adba897546
  • Browser builds are included in the repository and eventually on npm allowing for usage through services like unpkg.com.
• Added the reply method. https://github.com/tmijs/tmi.js/commit/6b6d529214ba3efe96d1c3e4eaf0f3b8366c58d6

  client.on('message', (channel, tags, message, self) => {
  if(self) return;
  if(message.toLowerCase() === 'hi') {
      const parentMessageId = tags.id;
      client.reply(channel, 'Hello', parentMessageId);
  }
  });

• Added the userstate event. Emitted on joining a channel and after every message sent except for when the message is dropped (AutoMod, etc.). https://github.com/tmijs/tmi.js/commit/6f0a2b9773699d10214bed0f11bce7b5de3a03d8

  /** @see https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/irc/tags/#userstate-tags */
  interface UserstateTags {
  'badge-info': Record<string, string>;
  'badge-info-raw': string;
  badges: Record<string, string>;
  'badges-raw': string;
  color: string;
  'client-nonce': string;
  'display-name': string;
  'emote-sets': string;
  id: string;
  mod: boolean;
  subscriber: boolean;
  turbo: boolean;
  'user-type': '' | 'admin' | 'global_mod' | 'staff';
  username: string;
  }
  client.on('userstate', (channel: string, tags: UserstateTags) => {});

Other changes can be seen here, as linked previously.

Other possible changes

This is an opportunity to make big changes to tmi.js.

Breaking changes

• Alternate badge parsing. Currently the way badges are parsed is strange and not necessarily predictable with a glance. This might include a switch to camelCase keys everywhere.
• Include types instead of relying on DefinitelyTyped (@types/tmi.js).
• Use Error instead of throwing strings (i.e. reject('No response from Twitch.') that exists in several locations).
• Change the message event for self messages to also wait for the USERSTATE command response. This would allow for it to have the correct message ID.

Changes

• Include the client-nonce value in the message event for self messages.
• Remove "self" from client.say return type (currently Promise<[ channel: string, message: string, tags: UserstateTags, self: true ]>). This is only part of v1.9.0-wip and it's not necessary to be included because it can be assumed.