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Sessions gain a control-only connection mode

Sessions can now connect in a controlOnly mode that subscribes to control messages without the full event stream

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Sessions can now connect in a controlOnly mode that subscribes to control messages without the full event stream

What

  • Sessions and their control/event channel gained a controlOnly mode, threaded through from session-open callers down to the low-level session-open call (defaulting to unset/false).
  • SessionsV2Client appends control_only=1 to the session events stream URL when configured with controlOnly, letting a connection subscribe to control messages only, without the full event stream.
  • When a session is opened via attach, the emitted "opened" payload conditionally includes controlOnly: true.

Why

This lets a client connect to a session just to receive control messages, without also receiving the full event stream, which is more efficient when only control signaling is needed.

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Names in the bundlecontrol_only=1

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