[SOLVED] Realtime Connections in Flutter do not get disposed!

Hello, In Flutter, after disposing my listeners, the console still shows the connections, what might be wrong?

TL;DR

The user was experiencing an issue where realtime connections in Flutter were not getting disposed. The user found a solution, which involved properly closing the realtime subscription using the `realtimeSub?.close();` method. The issue was marked as solved, but the user noted that it may still be a concern if they have a large number of simultaneous users connecting.

TypeScript

  @override
  Future<RealtimeSubscription> getDoctorModelRealtimeSubscription(
      DoctorModel value) async {
    final rt = realtime.subscribe([
      'databases.$DatabaseId.collections.$DoctorsCollectionId.documents'
    ]);
    return rt;
  }

....

  StreamSubscription? _sub;

  Future<void> _startRealtimeSubscription() async {
    if (state.documentId.isEmpty || !mounted) return;

    final realtimeSubscription =
        await AsyncValue.guard(() => getDoctorModelRealtimeSubscription(state));

    if (realtimeSubscription is AsyncData<RealtimeSubscription>) {
      _sub = realtimeSubscription.value.stream.listen(_onRealtimeMessage);
    }
  }

 @override
  void dispose() {
    _sub?.cancel();
    super.dispose();
  }

Are you using Appwrite cloud?

self hosting

What version?

1.3.7

Same version as I'm using 👀

I had something similar in flutter. Connection was cancelled but it remained

It's a weird behavior, I'm certain of my dispose methods but the connection is still there

If you close the app completely it stops?

a hot restart resets things yes

@D5 have you spent time around this issue?

Realtime Connections in Flutter do not get disposed!

I just found out thru some experiment that the following solves the issue

TypeScript

...
realtimeSub = realtimeSubscription.value;
...
realtimeSub?.close();

@D5 see if this can also solve yours.

Since up to 40 users connected through web simultaneously (the js app worked without issues) and there was only 1 flutter app user, sincerely I ignored the issue 😆

Seems it solves too

this one with leaky streams was already in production, I had to find a solution

but its fine as long as we dont have a million users simultaneously connecting lol

I'm marking this as solved then

[SOLVED] Realtime Connections in Flutter do not get disposed!

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