hack to fix crashes when a user connects to a game twice using the same browser

api/handler/handler.go

@@ -73,9 +73,7 @@ func JoinPrivateGame(c *gin.Context) {
 
 	u := lobbies.GetUsher()
 
-	if req.Passphrase != nil &&
+	if req.PlayerID != nil { //is reconnect
-		*req.Passphrase != "" &&
-		req.PlayerID != nil { //is reconnect
 		lobby := u.FindExistingPrivateLobby(utils.Passphrase(*req.Passphrase))
 		var found bool
 		if lobby != nil {

connection/type.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"log"
 	"mchess_server/types"
+	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	gorillaws "github.com/gorilla/websocket"
@@ -17,6 +18,16 @@ type Connection struct {
 	txBuffer           *MessageBuffer
 	disconnectCallback func()
 	forColor           types.ChessColor
+
+	/* this is a hack since a user using the same
+	browser might get the same object of type Connection in two instances of
+	the same browser. Then if  Close() gets called for both of these instances
+	the first Close() will set ws=nil, and the seconds one will dereference this
+	nil pointer. The correct way to fix this, is to make sure, two instances
+	of the same browser do not get the same connection instance.
+	At the moment, the usage of localStorage 'identifies' an already connected
+	player and reuses the old Connection struct instance */
+	closingMutex sync.Mutex
 }
 
 func NewConnection(options ...func(*Connection)) *Connection {
@@ -69,9 +80,8 @@ func (conn *Connection) readFromRxBuffer() {
 	for {
 		_, msg, err := conn.ws.ReadMessage()
 		if err != nil {
-			conn.logConnection("while reading from websocket: %w", err)
+			conn.logConnection("while reading from websocket: %w", "ERROR:", err.Error())
 			conn.Close("")
-			conn.txBuffer.Insert("we do this to make txBuffer.Get() return")
 			return
 		}
 		conn.rxBuffer.Insert(string(msg))
@@ -88,7 +98,7 @@ func (conn *Connection) writeTxBuffer() {
 
 		err := conn.ws.WriteMessage(gorillaws.TextMessage, []byte(msg))
 		if err != nil {
-			conn.logConnection("while writing to websocket: %w", err)
+			conn.logConnection("while writing to websocket: %w", "ERROR:", err.Error())
 			return
 		}
 	}
@@ -108,11 +118,6 @@ func (conn *Connection) SetWebsocketConnection(ws *gorillaws.Conn) {
 	defer conn.logConnection("websocket connection set")
 }
 
-func (conn *Connection) unsetWebsocketConnection() {
-	conn.logConnection("websocket connection unset")
-	conn.ws = nil
-}
-
 func (conn *Connection) Write(msg string) {
 	conn.logConnection("Writing message: ", string(msg))
 	conn.txBuffer.Insert(msg)
@@ -125,13 +130,27 @@ func (conn *Connection) Read() []byte {
 }
 
 func (conn *Connection) Close(msg string) {
+	/* This is a hack, do not try this at home.
+	See more details at the definition of Connection */
+	conn.closingMutex.Lock()
+	defer conn.closingMutex.Unlock()
+
+	if conn == nil || conn.ws == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
 	conn.logConnection("closing websocket connection")
 	conn.ws.WriteMessage(gorillaws.TextMessage, []byte(msg))
 	conn.ws.Close()
 	conn.ws = nil
+	conn.txBuffer.Insert("we do this to make txBuffer.Get() return")
 }
 
-func (con *Connection) logConnection(v ...any) {
+func (con *Connection) logConnection(v ...string) {
-	log.Println("on connection: ", con.ID)
+	a := ""
-	log.Println("for color: ", con.forColor.String(), v)
+
+	for _, s := range v {
+		a += s + ", "
+	}
+	log.Println(a, "on connection ", con.ID, ", for color ", con.forColor.String())
 }

go.mod

@@ -5,27 +5,27 @@ go 1.22
 require (
 	github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.10.0
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
-	github.com/samber/lo v1.39.0
+	github.com/samber/lo v1.41.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 )
 
 require github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.3.5 // indirect
 
 require (
-	github.com/bytedance/sonic v1.11.6 // indirect
+	github.com/bytedance/sonic v1.11.9 // indirect
 	github.com/bytedance/sonic/loader v0.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cloudwego/base64x v0.1.4 // indirect
 	github.com/cloudwego/iasm v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
-	github.com/gabriel-vasile/mimetype v1.4.3 // indirect
+	github.com/gabriel-vasile/mimetype v1.4.4 // indirect
 	github.com/gin-contrib/sse v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-playground/locales v0.14.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-playground/universal-translator v0.18.1 // indirect
-	github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.20.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.22.0 // indirect
 	github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.3 // indirect
-	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.1
+	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.3
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
-	github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.2.7 // indirect
+	github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.2.8 // indirect
 	github.com/leodido/go-urn v1.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ require (
 	github.com/ugorji/go/codec v1.2.12 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/ratelimit v0.3.1
 	golang.org/x/arch v0.8.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.23.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.24.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240506185415-9bf2ced13842 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240613232115-7f521ea00fb8 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.25.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.26.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.20.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.21.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.15.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.16.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.1 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )

go.sum

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.3.5 h1:VvXlSJBzZpA/zum6Sj74hxwYI2DIxRWuNIoXAzHZz
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.3.5/go.mod h1:J11/hYXuz8f4ySSvYwY0FKfm+ezbsZBKZxNJlLklBHA=
 github.com/bytedance/sonic v1.11.6 h1:oUp34TzMlL+OY1OUWxHqsdkgC/Zfc85zGqw9siXjrc0=
 github.com/bytedance/sonic v1.11.6/go.mod h1:LysEHSvpvDySVdC2f87zGWf6CIKJcAvqab1ZaiQtds4=
+github.com/bytedance/sonic v1.11.9 h1:LFHENlIY/SLzDWverzdOvgMztTxcfcF+cqNsz9pK5zg=
+github.com/bytedance/sonic v1.11.9/go.mod h1:LysEHSvpvDySVdC2f87zGWf6CIKJcAvqab1ZaiQtds4=
 github.com/bytedance/sonic/loader v0.1.1 h1:c+e5Pt1k/cy5wMveRDyk2X4B9hF4g7an8N3zCYjJFNM=
 github.com/bytedance/sonic/loader v0.1.1/go.mod h1:ncP89zfokxS5LZrJxl5z0UJcsk4M4yY2JpfqGeCtNLU=
 github.com/cloudwego/base64x v0.1.4 h1:jwCgWpFanWmN8xoIUHa2rtzmkd5J2plF/dnLS6Xd/0Y=
@@ -13,6 +15,8 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/gabriel-vasile/mimetype v1.4.3 h1:in2uUcidCuFcDKtdcBxlR0rJ1+fsokWf+uqxgUFjbI0=
 github.com/gabriel-vasile/mimetype v1.4.3/go.mod h1:d8uq/6HKRL6CGdk+aubisF/M5GcPfT7nKyLpA0lbSSk=
+github.com/gabriel-vasile/mimetype v1.4.4 h1:QjV6pZ7/XZ7ryI2KuyeEDE8wnh7fHP9YnQy+R0LnH8I=
+github.com/gabriel-vasile/mimetype v1.4.4/go.mod h1:JwLei5XPtWdGiMFB5Pjle1oEeoSeEuJfJE+TtfvdB/s=
 github.com/gin-contrib/sse v0.1.0 h1:Y/yl/+YNO8GZSjAhjMsSuLt29uWRFHdHYUb5lYOV9qE=
 github.com/gin-contrib/sse v0.1.0/go.mod h1:RHrZQHXnP2xjPF+u1gW/2HnVO7nvIa9PG3Gm+fLHvGI=
 github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.10.0 h1:nTuyha1TYqgedzytsKYqna+DfLos46nTv2ygFy86HFU=
@@ -25,6 +29,8 @@ github.com/go-playground/universal-translator v0.18.1 h1:Bcnm0ZwsGyWbCzImXv+pAJn
 github.com/go-playground/universal-translator v0.18.1/go.mod h1:xekY+UJKNuX9WP91TpwSH2VMlDf28Uj24BCp08ZFTUY=
 github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.20.0 h1:K9ISHbSaI0lyB2eWMPJo+kOS/FBExVwjEviJTixqxL8=
 github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.20.0/go.mod h1:dbuPbCMFw/DrkbEynArYaCwl3amGuJotoKCe95atGMM=
+github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.22.0 h1:k6HsTZ0sTnROkhS//R0O+55JgM8C4Bx7ia+JlgcnOao=
+github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.22.0/go.mod h1:dbuPbCMFw/DrkbEynArYaCwl3amGuJotoKCe95atGMM=
 github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.3 h1:KZ5WoDbxAIgm2HNbYckL0se1fHD6rz5j4ywS6ebzDqA=
 github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.3/go.mod h1:oq7eo15ShAhp70Anwd5lgX2pLfOS3QCiwU/PULtXL6M=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
@@ -34,11 +40,15 @@ github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 h1:NIvaJDMOsjHA8n1jAhLSgzrAzy1Hgr+hNrb57e+94F0=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.1 h1:gmztn0JnHVt9JZquRuzLw3g4wouNVzKL15iLr/zn/QY=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.1/go.mod h1:x3kM2JMyaluk02fnUJpQuwD2dCS5NDG2ZHL0uE0tcaY=
+github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.3 h1:saDtZ6Pbx/0u+bgYQ3q96pZgCzfhKXGPqt7kZ72aNNg=
+github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.3/go.mod h1:YR8l580nyteQvAITg2hZ9XVh4b55+EU/adAjf1fMHhE=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 h1:PV8peI4a0ysnczrg+LtxykD8LfKY9ML6u2jnxaEnrnM=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12/go.mod h1:e30LSqwooZae/UwlEbR2852Gd8hjQvJoHmT4TnhNGBo=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.0.9/go.mod h1:FInQzS24/EEf25PyTYn52gqo7WaD8xa0213Md/qVLRg=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.2.7 h1:ZWSB3igEs+d0qvnxR/ZBzXVmxkgt8DdzP6m9pfuVLDM=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.2.7/go.mod h1:Lcz8mBdAVJIBVzewtcLocK12l3Y+JytZYpaMropDUws=
+github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.2.8 h1:+StwCXwm9PdpiEkPyzBXIy+M9KUb4ODm0Zarf1kS5BM=
+github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.2.8/go.mod h1:Lcz8mBdAVJIBVzewtcLocK12l3Y+JytZYpaMropDUws=
 github.com/knz/go-libedit v1.10.1/go.mod h1:MZTVkCWyz0oBc7JOWP3wNAzd002ZbM/5hgShxwh4x8M=
 github.com/leodido/go-urn v1.4.0 h1:WT9HwE9SGECu3lg4d/dIA+jxlljEa1/ffXKmRjqdmIQ=
 github.com/leodido/go-urn v1.4.0/go.mod h1:bvxc+MVxLKB4z00jd1z+Dvzr47oO32F/QSNjSBOlFxI=
@@ -55,6 +65,8 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZb
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/samber/lo v1.39.0 h1:4gTz1wUhNYLhFSKl6O+8peW0v2F4BCY034GRpU9WnuA=
 github.com/samber/lo v1.39.0/go.mod h1:+m/ZKRl6ClXCE2Lgf3MsQlWfh4bn1bz6CXEOxnEXnEA=
+github.com/samber/lo v1.41.0 h1:vZEqVQNmX/ykONfla8tiW6cdoLZxb3+LCZ63B8z/2eE=
+github.com/samber/lo v1.41.0/go.mod h1:w7R6fO7h2lrnx/s0bWcZ55vXJI89p5UPM6+kyDL373E=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.4.0/go.mod h1:YvHI0jy2hoMjB+UWwv71VJQ9isScKT/TqJzVSSt89Yw=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.0/go.mod h1:Yh+to48EsGEfYuaHDzXPcE3xhTkx73EhmCGUpEOglKo=
@@ -80,18 +92,30 @@ golang.org/x/arch v0.8.0 h1:3wRIsP3pM4yUptoR96otTUOXI367OS0+c9eeRi9doIc=
 golang.org/x/arch v0.8.0/go.mod h1:FEVrYAQjsQXMVJ1nsMoVVXPZg6p2JE2mx8psSWTDQys=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.23.0 h1:dIJU/v2J8Mdglj/8rJ6UUOM3Zc9zLZxVZwwxMooUSAI=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.23.0/go.mod h1:CKFgDieR+mRhux2Lsu27y0fO304Db0wZe70UKqHu0v8=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.24.0 h1:mnl8DM0o513X8fdIkmyFE/5hTYxbwYOjDS/+rK6qpRI=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.24.0/go.mod h1:Z1PMYSOR5nyMcyAVAIQSKCDwalqy85Aqn1x3Ws4L5DM=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240506185415-9bf2ced13842 h1:vr/HnozRka3pE4EsMEg1lgkXJkTFJCVUX+S/ZT6wYzM=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240506185415-9bf2ced13842/go.mod h1:XtvwrStGgqGPLc4cjQfWqZHG1YFdYs6swckp8vpsjnc=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240613232115-7f521ea00fb8 h1:yixxcjnhBmY0nkL253HFVIm0JsFHwrHdT3Yh6szTnfY=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240613232115-7f521ea00fb8/go.mod h1:jj3sYF3dwk5D+ghuXyeI3r5MFf+NT2An6/9dOA95KSI=
 golang.org/x/net v0.25.0 h1:d/OCCoBEUq33pjydKrGQhw7IlUPI2Oylr+8qLx49kac=
 golang.org/x/net v0.25.0/go.mod h1:JkAGAh7GEvH74S6FOH42FLoXpXbE/aqXSrIQjXgsiwM=
+golang.org/x/net v0.26.0 h1:soB7SVo0PWrY4vPW/+ay0jKDNScG2X9wFeYlXIvJsOQ=
+golang.org/x/net v0.26.0/go.mod h1:5YKkiSynbBIh3p6iOc/vibscux0x38BZDkn8sCUPxHE=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.5.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.20.0 h1:Od9JTbYCk261bKm4M/mw7AklTlFYIa0bIp9BgSm1S8Y=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.20.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.21.0 h1:rF+pYz3DAGSQAxAu1CbC7catZg4ebC4UIeIhKxBZvws=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.21.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/text v0.15.0 h1:h1V/4gjBv8v9cjcR6+AR5+/cIYK5N/WAgiv4xlsEtAk=
 golang.org/x/text v0.15.0/go.mod h1:18ZOQIKpY8NJVqYksKHtTdi31H5itFRjB5/qKTNYzSU=
+golang.org/x/text v0.16.0 h1:a94ExnEXNtEwYLGJSIUxnWoxoRz/ZcCsV63ROupILh4=
+golang.org/x/text v0.16.0/go.mod h1:GhwF1Be+LQoKShO3cGOHzqOgRrGaYc9AvblQOmPVHnI=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.1 h1:9ddQBjfCyZPOHPUiPxpYESBLc+T8P3E+Vo4IbKZgFWg=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.1/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2 h1:6xV6lTsCfpGD21XK49h7MhtcApnLqkfYgPcdHftf6hg=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2/go.mod h1:qYOHts0dSfpeUzUFpOMr/WGzszTmLH+DiWniOlNbLDw=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=

main.go

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ var cert_file = cert_path + "fullchain.pem"
 var key_file = cert_path + "privkey.pem"
 
 func main() {
+	log.SetFlags(log.LstdFlags | log.Lmicroseconds)
 	var debugMode bool
 
 	debugModeLong := flag.Bool("debug", false, "activates debug mode")