@ardennguyen/zalo-agent-cli 2.5.9 → 3.0.0

package/src/zalo/transfer-sync/assets.js

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+/**
+ * transfer-sync-v2 crypto/codec assets.
+ *
+ * Sync batches are decrypted with a wasm-bindgen module (`libzproto`) and
+ * decoded with google-protobuf ("jspb") message classes, both served by Zalo's
+ * public chat page. Rather than vendor Zalo's proprietary binary into this
+ * package, we fetch those pieces from Zalo's own CDN on first use and cache the
+ * extracted modules locally (they are ~350 KB total and change only when Zalo
+ * updates its chat page). Everything runs in-process in Node — no browser.
+ *
+ * Pipeline these assets serve (see src/core/sync-v2/index.js):
+ *   msgUrl bytes -> [u32 LE len][payload] chunk -> zproto decrypt
+ *     (metadata: it.j(chunk, ikPub, ikPriv, ekPriv) -> sessionRecord + plaintext;
+ *      message:  it.i(chunk, sessionRecord) -> plaintext)
+ *   -> Zstd (node:zlib) -> protobuf SyncChunk.
+ */
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import { resolve } from "node:path";
+import { createRequire } from "node:module";
+
+const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
+const APP_ORIGIN = "https://chat.zalo.me";
+const UA = "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/131 Safari/537.36";
+
+/** Extract one webpack module body `"<id>":function(A,e,t){...}` (or `<id>:function…`) by brace matching. */
+function extractModule(src, id) {
+    let start = src.indexOf(`"${id}":function(`);
+    let sliceFrom = start;
+    if (start < 0) {
+        start = src.indexOf(`${id}:function(`);
+        sliceFrom = start;
+    }
+    if (start < 0) throw new Error(`sync-v2 module ${id} not found (Zalo's chat page changed?)`);
+    const braceStart = src.indexOf("{", src.indexOf("function(", start));
+    let depth = 0;
+    for (let i = braceStart; i < src.length; i++) {
+        const c = src[i];
+        if (c === "{") depth++;
+        else if (c === "}") {
+            depth--;
+            if (depth === 0) return src.slice(sliceFrom, i + 1);
+        }
+    }
+    throw new Error(`sync-v2 module ${id} not brace-balanced`);
+}
+
+async function fetchText(url) {
+    const r = await fetch(url, { headers: { "User-Agent": UA } });
+    if (!r.ok) throw new Error(`GET ${url} -> ${r.status}`);
+    return r.text();
+}
+async function fetchBytes(url) {
+    const r = await fetch(url, { headers: { "User-Agent": UA } });
+    if (!r.ok) throw new Error(`GET ${url} -> ${r.status}`);
+    return Buffer.from(await r.arrayBuffer());
+}
+
+/**
+ * Ensure the extracted assets exist under `cacheDir`, fetching from the CDN
+ * once and caching by the sync worker's file hash. Returns absolute paths.
+ *
+ * @param {string} cacheDir
+ * @param {(m: string) => void} [log]
+ * @returns {Promise<{dir: string, wasm: string, glue: string, pbMsg: string, pbConv: string}>}
+ */
+export async function ensureAssets(cacheDir, log = () => {}) {
+    // Discover the sync-v2 worker filename from the app shell.
+    const html = await fetchText(`${APP_ORIGIN}/`);
+    const wm = /__SRC_SYNC_V2_WORKER__\s*=\s*'([^']+)'/.exec(html) || /(sync-v2-worker\.[0-9a-f]+\.js)/.exec(html);
+    if (!wm) throw new Error("could not locate sync-v2 worker in Zalo's chat page");
+    const workerFile = wm[1];
+    const hash = (/\.([0-9a-f]{6,})\.js$/.exec(workerFile) || [, "unknown"])[1];
+    const dir = resolve(cacheDir, hash);
+    const paths = {
+        dir,
+        wasm: resolve(dir, "libzproto_bg.wasm"),
+        glue: resolve(dir, "vox7.glue.js"),
+        pbMsg: resolve(dir, "pb.message.js"),
+        pbConv: resolve(dir, "pb.conversation.js"),
+    };
+    if (
+        fs.existsSync(paths.wasm) &&
+        fs.existsSync(paths.glue) &&
+        fs.existsSync(paths.pbMsg) &&
+        fs.existsSync(paths.pbConv)
+    )
+        return paths;
+
+    log(`fetching transfer-sync-v2 assets (build ${hash}) from ${APP_ORIGIN}…`);
+    fs.mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
+    const worker = await fetchText(`${APP_ORIGIN}/${workerFile}`);
+    // The libzproto glue module id is "Vox7"; message/conversation protobufs are "1y5R"/"Ho1Y".
+    fs.writeFileSync(paths.glue, extractModule(worker, "Vox7"));
+    fs.writeFileSync(paths.pbMsg, extractModule(worker, "1y5R"));
+    fs.writeFileSync(paths.pbConv, extractModule(worker, "Ho1Y"));
+    const wasmRef = /libs\/libzproto_wasm_bg\.[0-9a-f]+\.wasm/.exec(worker);
+    if (!wasmRef) throw new Error("could not locate libzproto wasm filename in worker");
+    fs.writeFileSync(paths.wasm, await fetchBytes(`${APP_ORIGIN}/${wasmRef[0]}`));
+    log(`cached sync-v2 assets in ${dir}`);
+    return paths;
+}
+
+function stripModulePrefix(src, id) {
+    src = src.trim();
+    if (src.startsWith(`"${id}":`)) return src.slice(`"${id}":`.length);
+    if (src.startsWith(`${id}:`)) return src.slice(`${id}:`.length);
+    return src;
+}
+
+/** Minimal webpack __webpack_require__ shim covering what these modules use. */
+function makeRequire(extra) {
+    const t = (id) => {
+        if (id === "yLpj") return globalThis; // webpack global helper
+        if (id === "3UD+") return (m) => m; // wasm default-path helper (unused; we pass bytes)
+        if (id === "hRO2") return require("google-protobuf"); // jspb + goog runtime
+        if (id === "N3ek") return {}; // base proto namespace
+        if (extra && extra[id]) return extra[id];
+        throw new Error(`sync-v2 asset required an unmocked module: ${id}`);
+    };
+    t.d = (e, name, getter) => {
+        if (!Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(e, name))
+            Object.defineProperty(e, name, { enumerable: true, get: getter });
+    };
+    t.r = () => {};
+    t.n = (m) => () => m;
+    t.o = (o, k) => Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(o, k);
+    return t;
+}
+
+function runModule(srcFile, id) {
+    const src = stripModulePrefix(fs.readFileSync(srcFile, "utf8"), id);
+    const factory = (0, eval)("(" + src + ")");
+    const mod = { exports: {} };
+    factory(mod, mod.exports, makeRequire());
+    return mod.exports;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Load the crypto (WASM) + protobuf codecs from cached assets.
+ *
+ * @param {{wasm: string, glue: string, pbMsg: string, pbConv: string}} paths
+ * @returns {Promise<{zproto: object, M: object, C: object}>}
+ */
+export async function loadCodecs(paths) {
+    // ---- libzproto WASM via the Vox7 wasm-bindgen glue ----
+    const it = runModule(paths.glue, "Vox7");
+    await it.b(fs.readFileSync(paths.wasm)); // e.b = init(module_or_path); accepts raw bytes
+    const u8 = (x) => (x instanceof Uint8Array ? x : new Uint8Array(x));
+    const zproto = {
+        generateKeyPair() {
+            const a = it.e();
+            const out = { publicKey: Buffer.from(a.publicKey.slice()), privateKey: Buffer.from(a.privateKey.slice()) };
+            a.free();
+            return out;
+        },
+        decryptMetadata(metaChunk, ikPub, ikPriv, ekPriv) {
+            const r = it.j(u8(metaChunk), u8(ikPub), u8(ikPriv), u8(ekPriv));
+            const out = {
+                plaintext: Buffer.from(r.plaintext.slice()),
+                sessionRecord: Buffer.from(r.sessionRecord.slice()),
+            };
+            r.free();
+            return out;
+        },
+        decryptMessage(msgChunk, sessionRecord) {
+            const r = it.i(u8(msgChunk), u8(sessionRecord));
+            const out = { plaintext: Buffer.from(r.plaintext.slice()) };
+            r.free();
+            return out;
+        },
+    };
+
+    // ---- protobuf (jspb) codecs; they register on a global `proto` namespace ----
+    if (!globalThis.proto) globalThis.proto = {};
+    runModule(paths.pbMsg, "1y5R");
+    runModule(paths.pbConv, "Ho1Y");
+    const M = globalThis.proto?.Sync2?.Message;
+    const C = globalThis.proto?.Sync2?.Conversation;
+    if (!M?.SyncChunk || !C?.SyncChunk) throw new Error("sync-v2 protobuf codecs failed to load");
+    return { zproto, M, C };
+}

package/src/zalo/transfer-sync/channel.js

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+/**
+ * The request side of a phone-backed transfer sync: sending the `590` request and the `591` release, reading
+ * their acknowledgements, and keeping track of which sessions are open (plan items Y4a, Y6a, Y6b, Y7).
+ *
+ * What Zalo's own app does, and this module now does:
+ *
+ *  - **Every request is acknowledged**, with `{reqId, err, ts}` on the same command. The ack is awaited for 10 s;
+ *    a refused request (`err` not 0) is sent again after 1 s and 2 s, up to three attempts. A timeout is not
+ *    retried (the answer may simply be late and the phone may already be preparing), nor is error 211 ("this
+ *    client is not supported"). A timeout on a socket that has since closed is reported as such.
+ *  - **Counters.** `reqId` is `req_<n>` from one counter for every sync frame; `ussidx` counts the sessions of
+ *    one run from 0.
+ *  - **A release names its reason** (0 cancelled, 1 finished, 2 failed, 3 outdated) and is acknowledged too, 3 s
+ *    and three attempts. A session released before its request was acknowledged is released the moment the ack
+ *    lands, so the phone never keeps a banner for a session this client has walked away from.
+ *  - **Open sessions are written down.** A session is recorded when its request goes out and forgotten when its
+ *    release is acknowledged. A run that died leaves its sessions in the file, and the next run releases them
+ *    with reason 3 before it starts anything.
+ *
+ * Nothing here knows about decryption or the database: it only moves frames. The socket is reached through
+ * `getListener()` so a reconnect that replaces the listener is followed.
+ */
+import { plainCodec } from "../kernel/secret-file.js";
+import { nextReqId as sharedNextReqId } from "../req-id.js";
+import { DISPOSE_REASON } from "./transfer.js";
+
+/** How long a request waits for its ack. */
+export const ACK_TIMEOUT_MS = 10_000;
+
+/** How many times a refused request is sent. */
+export const REQUEST_ATTEMPTS = 3;
+
+/** The pauses before the second and third attempt. */
+export const RETRY_DELAYS_MS = Object.freeze([1_000, 2_000]);
+
+/** How long a release waits for its ack. */
+export const DISPOSE_ACK_MS = 3_000;
+/** Releases sent at once: one, each after the previous ack. Bursts were answered only in part (see sync-v2/index.js). */
+const RELEASE_BURST = 1;
+
+/** The server's "this client is not supported". Not retried. */
+export const CLIENT_NOT_SUPPORTED = 211;
+
+/** Why a request failed, for the caller to word. */
+export const REQUEST_FAILURE = Object.freeze({
+    TIMEOUT: "request-timeout",
+    SOCKET_CLOSED: "request-socket-closed",
+    REFUSED: "request-refused",
+    NOT_SUPPORTED: "client-not-supported",
+});
+
+/** What a release reason is called in a log line. */
+const REASON_WORDS = Object.freeze({
+    [DISPOSE_REASON.CANCELLED]: "cancelled",
+    [DISPOSE_REASON.SUCCESS]: "finished",
+    [DISPOSE_REASON.ERROR]: "failed",
+    [DISPOSE_REASON.OUTDATED]: "outdated",
+});
+
+/** The commands this module sends and hears the acks of. */
+const SYNC_CMD = 590;
+const DISPOSE_CMD = 591;
+
+/**
+ * An ack frame read out of an inbound socket message.
+ *
+ * @param {Buffer} buf - one binary message from the socket
+ * @param {(parsed: object) => object} decode - decodes an encrypted frame body
+ * @returns {{cmd: number, reqId: string, err: number, ts: number|null}|null} null for anything that is not a `590`
+ *   or `591` answer carrying a `reqId`
+ */
+export function readAck(buf, decode) {
+    if (!(buf instanceof Buffer) || buf.length < 4) return null;
+    const cmd = buf.readUInt16LE(1);
+    if (cmd !== SYNC_CMD && cmd !== DISPOSE_CMD) return null;
+    let parsed;
+    try {
+        parsed = JSON.parse(buf.subarray(4).toString("utf8"));
+    } catch {
+        return null;
+    }
+    let body;
+    try {
+        body = typeof parsed.data === "string" && typeof parsed.encrypt === "number" ? decode(parsed) : parsed;
+    } catch {
+        return null;
+    }
+    const reqId = body?.data?.reqId;
+    if (typeof reqId !== "string" || !reqId) return null;
+    const topError = Number(body?.error_code ?? 0);
+    const err = Number(body.data.err ?? 0) || (Number.isFinite(topError) ? topError : 0);
+    return { cmd, reqId, err, ts: Number.isFinite(Number(body.data.ts)) ? Number(body.data.ts) : null };
+}
+
+/**
+ * A small file of the sessions this client has open on the phone. A session id is what the phone answers to, so the
+ * file goes through a secret-file codec (./kernel/secret-file.js) when the caller hands one, with `meta` for it.
+ *
+ * @param {string} file
+ * @param {{codec?: {read: Function, write: Function}, meta?: object}} [opts]
+ * @returns {{load: () => Array<{syncId: string, toDevice: number}>, save: (sessions: Array<object>) => boolean}}
+ */
+export function createSessionStore(file, { codec = plainCodec, meta = {} } = {}) {
+    const fileMeta = { kind: "transfer-sync-sessions", use: "data", ...meta };
+    return {
+        load() {
+            try {
+                const list = JSON.parse(codec.read(file, fileMeta) ?? "[]");
+                return (Array.isArray(list) ? list : []).filter((s) => typeof s?.syncId === "string" && s.syncId);
+            } catch {
+                return [];
+            }
+        },
+        save(sessions) {
+            try {
+                codec.write(file, JSON.stringify(sessions), fileMeta);
+                return true;
+            } catch {
+                return false;
+            }
+        },
+    };
+}
+
+/** Raised for a request that did not go through. */
+export class SyncRequestError extends Error {
+    /**
+     * @param {string} failure - one of {@link REQUEST_FAILURE}
+     * @param {string} message
+     * @param {number|null} [code] - the server's `err`, when it gave one
+     */
+    constructor(failure, message, code = null) {
+        super(message);
+        this.name = "SyncRequestError";
+        this.failure = failure;
+        this.code = code;
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * The channel for one run.
+ *
+ * @param {object} p
+ * @param {() => object} p.getListener - the listener to send on; asked on every send
+ * @param {(parsed: object) => object} p.decode - decodes an encrypted frame body
+ * @param {{load: Function, save: Function}} [p.store] - where open sessions are written down
+ * @param {(ms: number) => Promise<void>} [p.sleep]
+ * @param {number} [p.ackTimeoutMs]
+ * @param {number} [p.disposeAckMs]
+ * @param {readonly number[]} [p.retryDelaysMs]
+ * @param {(message: string) => void} [p.log]
+ * @param {() => string} [p.nextReqId] - the request id source; the process-wide counter by default
+ * @returns {{
+ *   handleFrame: (buf: Buffer) => boolean,
+ *   nextUssidx: () => number,
+ *   request: (r: {kind: string, syncId: string, ek: string, ik: string, req: object, deviceName: string}) => Promise<{attempts: number, ts: number|null}>,
+ *   release: (syncId: string, reason?: number) => Promise<{acked: boolean, late?: boolean}>,
+ *   releaseAll: (reasonOf?: (syncId: string) => number|undefined) => Promise<number>,
+ *   cleanLeftovers: () => Promise<number>,
+ *   open: () => string[],
+ * }}
+ */
+export function createSyncChannel({
+    getListener,
+    decode,
+    store = null,
+    sleep = (ms) => new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, ms)),
+    ackTimeoutMs = ACK_TIMEOUT_MS,
+    disposeAckMs = DISPOSE_ACK_MS,
+    retryDelaysMs = RETRY_DELAYS_MS,
+    log = () => {},
+    nextReqId = sharedNextReqId,
+}) {
+    let ussidx = 0;
+    /** reqId -> resolver of the ack */
+    const waiting = new Map();
+    /** syncId -> {state: "requested"|"started", late: number|null} */
+    const sessions = new Map();
+    /** syncIds whose request has gone out and whose ack is still awaited */
+    const inFlight = new Set();
+
+    const persist = () => {
+        if (!store) return;
+        store.save([...sessions.keys()].map((syncId) => ({ syncId, toDevice: 0 })));
+    };
+
+    const socketOpen = () => {
+        const ws = getListener()?.ws;
+        return Boolean(ws) && ws.readyState === 1;
+    };
+
+    /** Wait for the ack of `reqId`: resolves `{ack}` or `{timeout: true, closed}`. */
+    function waitAck(reqId, ms) {
+        return new Promise((resolve) => {
+            const watch = setInterval(() => {
+                if (!socketOpen()) finish({ timeout: true, closed: true });
+            }, 100);
+            const timer = setTimeout(() => finish({ timeout: true, closed: !socketOpen() }), ms);
+            const finish = (result) => {
+                clearInterval(watch);
+                clearTimeout(timer);
+                waiting.delete(reqId);
+                resolve(result);
+            };
+            waiting.set(reqId, (ack) => finish({ ack }));
+        });
+    }
+
+    function send(frame) {
+        getListener().sendWs(frame);
+    }
+
+    /** One send and its ack, retried per the official rules. */
+    async function exchange({ build, ackMs, label }) {
+        let last = null;
+        for (let attempt = 1; attempt <= REQUEST_ATTEMPTS; attempt++) {
+            const reqId = nextReqId();
+            const pending = waitAck(reqId, ackMs);
+            try {
+                send(build(reqId));
+            } catch (e) {
+                waiting.delete(reqId);
+                throw new SyncRequestError(REQUEST_FAILURE.SOCKET_CLOSED, `${label}: could not send (${e.message})`);
+            }
+            const result = await pending;
+            if (result.timeout) {
+                throw result.closed
+                    ? new SyncRequestError(
+                          REQUEST_FAILURE.SOCKET_CLOSED,
+                          `${label}: the socket closed before Zalo answered`,
+                      )
+                    : new SyncRequestError(
+                          REQUEST_FAILURE.TIMEOUT,
+                          `${label}: no answer within ${Math.round(ackMs / 1000)} s`,
+                      );
+            }
+            const { err, ts } = result.ack;
+            if (err === 0) return { attempts: attempt, ts };
+            if (err === CLIENT_NOT_SUPPORTED) {
+                throw new SyncRequestError(
+                    REQUEST_FAILURE.NOT_SUPPORTED,
+                    `${label}: Zalo says this client is not supported (error ${err})`,
+                    err,
+                );
+            }
+            last = err;
+            log(`${label}: refused with error ${err}, attempt ${attempt} of ${REQUEST_ATTEMPTS}`);
+            if (attempt < REQUEST_ATTEMPTS) await sleep(retryDelaysMs[attempt - 1] ?? retryDelaysMs.at(-1) ?? 1000);
+        }
+        throw new SyncRequestError(
+            REQUEST_FAILURE.REFUSED,
+            `${label}: refused ${REQUEST_ATTEMPTS} times (error ${last})`,
+            last,
+        );
+    }
+
+    const channel = {
+        /**
+         * Hand an inbound socket message to the channel. Returns true when it was an ack for a request or a release
+         * that is waiting for one.
+         */
+        handleFrame(buf) {
+            const ack = readAck(buf, decode);
+            if (!ack) return false;
+            const resolve = waiting.get(ack.reqId);
+            if (!resolve) return false;
+            resolve(ack);
+            return true;
+        },
+
+        /** The `ussidx` for the next session of this run: 0, 1, 2, ... */
+        nextUssidx: () => ussidx++,
+
+        /**
+         * Send one `590` and wait for it to be acknowledged.
+         *
+         * @returns {Promise<{attempts: number, ts: number|null}>}
+         * @throws {SyncRequestError}
+         */
+        async request({ kind, syncId, ek, ik, req, deviceName, tempKey = "" }) {
+            const idx = ussidx++;
+            sessions.set(syncId, { state: "requested", late: null });
+            inFlight.add(syncId);
+            persist();
+            try {
+                const out = await exchange({
+                    label: `sync request (${kind})`,
+                    ackMs: ackTimeoutMs,
+                    build: (reqId) => ({
+                        version: 1,
+                        cmd: SYNC_CMD,
+                        subCmd: 0,
+                        data: {
+                            data: {
+                                syncId,
+                                syncType: 0,
+                                ek,
+                                ik,
+                                toDevice: 0,
+                                tempKey,
+                                deviceName,
+                                req,
+                                ver: 1,
+                                ussidx: idx,
+                            },
+                            reqId,
+                        },
+                    }),
+                });
+                inFlight.delete(syncId);
+                const s = sessions.get(syncId);
+                if (s) {
+                    s.state = "started";
+                    // Released while its request was still unanswered: release it now.
+                    if (s.late !== null) {
+                        const reason = s.late;
+                        s.late = null;
+                        await channel.release(syncId, reason);
+                    }
+                }
+                return out;
+            } finally {
+                // A failed request leaves its session written down: it may or may not exist on the phone, and
+                // the release at the end of the run (or the next run's cleanup) clears it.
+                inFlight.delete(syncId);
+            }
+        },
+
+        /**
+         * Release one session with a reason and wait for the ack.
+         *
+         * @param {string} syncId
+         * @param {number} [reason] - see DISPOSE_REASON (default: finished)
+         * @returns {Promise<{acked: boolean, late?: boolean}>} `late`: the request was not answered yet, so the
+         *   release will go out the moment it is
+         */
+        async release(syncId, reason = DISPOSE_REASON.SUCCESS) {
+            const s = sessions.get(syncId);
+            if (!s) return { acked: false };
+            if (s.state === "requested" && inFlight.has(syncId)) {
+                s.late = reason;
+                return { acked: false, late: true };
+            }
+            // A release already on its way (a session let go of as soon as it finished) is the release: the end
+            // of the run must not send a second one for the same session.
+            if (s.releasing) return s.releasing;
+            const going = channel.releaseNow(syncId, reason);
+            s.releasing = going;
+            const result = await going;
+            // One that was not acknowledged may be tried again (by the end of the run).
+            if (!result.acked) s.releasing = null;
+            return result;
+        },
+
+        /** Send the release and wait for its ack. Use {@link release}, which does not send one twice. */
+        async releaseNow(syncId, reason) {
+            try {
+                await exchange({
+                    label: `sync release (reason ${reason})`,
+                    ackMs: disposeAckMs,
+                    build: (reqId) => ({
+                        version: 1,
+                        cmd: DISPOSE_CMD,
+                        subCmd: 0,
+                        data: { data: { syncId, toDevice: 0, reason }, reqId },
+                    }),
+                });
+            } catch (e) {
+                log(`could not release ${syncId.slice(0, 6)}: ${e.message}`);
+                return { acked: false };
+            }
+            sessions.delete(syncId);
+            persist();
+            // One line per decision (Y13): which session, and why it was released.
+            log(`released sync session ${syncId.slice(0, 6)} (${REASON_WORDS[reason] ?? `reason ${reason}`})`);
+            return { acked: true };
+        },
+
+        /**
+         * Release every open session.
+         *
+         * @param {(syncId: string) => number|undefined} [reasonOf] - a session's own reason (the phone's "no" has one)
+         * @returns {Promise<number>} how many releases were acknowledged
+         */
+        async releaseAll(reasonOf = () => undefined) {
+            let acked = 0;
+            for (const syncId of [...sessions.keys()]) {
+                const r = await channel.release(syncId, reasonOf(syncId));
+                if (r.acked) acked++;
+            }
+            return acked;
+        },
+
+        /**
+         * Release, with reason 3 (outdated), the sessions an earlier run left open.
+         *
+         * @returns {Promise<number>} how many were left over
+         */
+        async cleanLeftovers() {
+            const left = store ? store.load() : [];
+            let n = 0;
+            for (const { syncId } of left) {
+                if (sessions.has(syncId)) continue;
+                sessions.set(syncId, { state: "started", late: null });
+                n++;
+                await channel.release(syncId, DISPOSE_REASON.OUTDATED);
+                // Whatever could not be released is not retried forever: a session that old is gone on the
+                // phone's side anyway, and keeping it would repeat this at every start.
+                sessions.delete(syncId);
+            }
+            if (store && left.length) persist();
+            return n;
+        },
+
+        /**
+         * Release, with reason 3 (outdated), every session this channel still holds: those of a socket that
+         * died. This is done first on every socket opened (sent back to back and
+         * before any 590). The sessions are not kept afterwards, acknowledged or not: they belong to a socket
+         * that is gone.
+         *
+         * @returns {Promise<number>} how many were released
+         */
+        async releaseAbandoned() {
+            const old = [...sessions.keys()];
+            for (const syncId of old) {
+                inFlight.delete(syncId);
+                const s = sessions.get(syncId);
+                if (s) {
+                    s.late = null;
+                    s.releasing = null;
+                }
+            }
+            // Each after the previous one's ack: bursts were answered only in part (see RELEASE_BURST).
+            for (let i = 0; i < old.length; i += RELEASE_BURST) {
+                await Promise.allSettled(
+                    old
+                        .slice(i, i + RELEASE_BURST)
+                        .map((syncId) => channel.releaseNow(syncId, DISPOSE_REASON.OUTDATED)),
+                );
+            }
+            for (const syncId of old) sessions.delete(syncId);
+            if (old.length) persist();
+            return old.length;
+        },
+
+        /**
+         * Count sessions again from `start`: a new socket starts a new sync, where the
+         * conversation round is 0 and the message sessions follow from 1.
+         */
+        resetUssidx(start = 0) {
+            ussidx = start;
+        },
+
+        /** The syncIds currently written down as open. */
+        open: () => [...sessions.keys()],
+    };
+
+    return channel;
+}