fix(slack): auto-reconnect Socket Mode on silent death (#278) - #281
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#278) The Slack SDK's built-in monitor can silently exit, leaving the WebSocket dead with no reconnect attempt. Adds an independent application-level watchdog that checks session health, monitor state, and ping/pong every 60s — forces reconnect with exponential backoff (60s→300s cap). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
SlackSocketTransportthat detects silent WebSocket death and forces reconnectis_connectedto check actual session state instead of just the_runningflagProblem
The Slack SDK's built-in
monitor_current_sessiontask can silently exit (exception, cancellation, asyncio hiccup), leaving the WebSocket dead forever with no reconnect attempt. This was observed on production every few hours (evidence in #278).Fix
Independent watchdog in
slack_socket.pythat runs every 60s:Noneor.closed) → reconnectNone) → reconnectSafeguards:
ERRORlog when backoff hits cap (ops visibility)connect_operation_lockprevents race conditionsVerified locally
is_connectedimmediately reportedFalseTest plan
tests/unit/test_slack_watchdog.py)Closes #278
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