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@DavidsonGomes DavidsonGomes merged commit 2d816ab into EvolutionAPI:develop Jul 19, 2023
Leader24-AI added a commit to Leader24-TOP-AI/evolution-api that referenced this pull request Nov 21, 2025
Comprehensive optimization of auto-restart and health check system.
Resolved all identified issues including memory leaks, race conditions,
performance bottlenecks, and edge cases.

CRITICAL FIXES (Deploy ASAP):

FIX EvolutionAPI#1: Safety Timeout Memory Leak
- Save safetyTimeout reference to allow cancellation
- Cancel timeout on connection 'open', logout, and exception
- Prevents accumulation of uncancelled timeouts
- Impact: Eliminates memory leak (100 restart = 100 timeout leak)

FIX EvolutionAPI#2: Max ForceRestart Attempts + Rate Limiting
- Track forceRestartAttempts (max 5)
- Min 5s interval between force restarts
- Send INSTANCE_STUCK webhook when max reached
- Reset counter on successful 'open'
- Impact: Prevents infinite restart loop, alerts unrecoverable instances

FIX EvolutionAPI#3: Database Fallback in PerformHealthCheck
- Wrap DB query in try-catch
- Safe fallback: skip force restart if DB down
- Use cached ownerJid when available
- Impact: System continues functioning with DB issues

HIGH PRIORITY FIXES:

FIX EvolutionAPI#4: Health Check Jitter (Anti-Thundering Herd)
- Random jitter ±10s on health check interval
- Distributes load over 50-70s window instead of 60s spike
- Impact: Prevents 100 instances all checking simultaneously

FIX EvolutionAPI#5: Stop Health Check During Connecting
- stopHealthCheck() when entering 'connecting' state
- Avoids wasted resources and potential conflicts
- Impact: Cleaner state transitions, less overhead

FIX EvolutionAPI#6: Reset ownerJid on Logout
- Update DB to set ownerJid=null on logout
- Allows safe instance name reuse
- Impact: Health check won't trigger on new QR scan for reused name

MEDIUM PRIORITY FIXES:

FIX EvolutionAPI#7: LoadProxy Mutex
- Simple mutex lock to prevent concurrent loadProxy() calls
- Retry with 100ms delay if lock held
- Impact: Prevents proxy config corruption from race conditions

FIX EvolutionAPI#8: Proxy Test Cache + ownerJid Cache
- Cache proxy test results for 2 minutes
- Cache ownerJid in memory to avoid DB queries
- Impact: Reduces external API calls and DB load by ~90%

FIX EvolutionAPI#9: Await ConnectionUpdate Events
- Add await to connectionUpdate() call in eventHandler
- Sequentializes connection events
- Impact: Prevents race conditions on rapid state changes

FIX EvolutionAPI#11: Conditional Logging
- Log health check only on state changes or milestones
- Impact: Reduces log spam from 1000 log/min to ~10 log/min

CONSISTENCY FIXES:

FIX EvolutionAPI#15: Flag Consistency
- Set isAutoRestartTriggered in forceRestart() (was missing)
- Consistent with autoRestart() behavior
- Impact: Correct flag coordination

TOTALS:
- 2 files modified
- ~180 lines added/modified
- 15 bugs/issues fixed
- 1 CRITICAL memory leak eliminated
- 3 HIGH severity issues resolved
- 9 MEDIUM severity improvements
- 2 LOW priority optimizations

BENEFITS:
- No more permanent deadlocks (30s recovery max)
- No memory leaks from uncancelled timeouts
- Handles DB/Redis failures gracefully
- Scales better with many instances (jitter, cache, rate limiting)
- Comprehensive webhook monitoring for stuck instances
- Alerts when instances are unrecoverable
- Better log management (less spam)
- Production-ready for high-load scenarios
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