[RaphaelFakhri]

Context

• Fixes usePresence leaves presence on a connection status change and never re-enters #736.
• Related PR: Refactor usePresence hook: improve auto-enter/leave behavior and documentation #633 (usePresence auto-enter/leave refactor).

Description

• usePresence with autoEnterLeave (the default) left presence in the cleanup of its auto-enter effect. That effect depends on roomStatus and connectionStatus, so the cleanup ran on every status change, not only on unmount. For example, a brief disconnection (connected -> disconnected) while the room stays attached called room.presence.leave(). After that, the hook never entered again: it had already auto-entered and the room did not go through detached. The client dropped out of the presence set, and presence.leave() also stopped running on unmount, because the latest effect run had registered a no-op cleanup.
• This change moves the auto-leave into its own effect, keyed on context, logger and shouldAutoEnterLeave. The hook now leaves only when it unmounts, when the room changes, or when autoEnterLeave is turned off. It only leaves if it auto-entered the current room and leave() was not called explicitly. The leave conditions (room attached, connection active) are unchanged.
• Auto-enter behavior is unchanged.

Checklist

• QA'd by the author.
• Unit tests created (if applicable).
• Integration tests created (if applicable).
• Follow coding style guidelines found here.
• TypeDoc updated (if applicable).
• Updated the website documentation (if applicable).
• Browser tests created (if applicable).
• In repo demo app updated (if applicable).

Testing Instructions (Optional)

• Run npx vitest run --project react-hooks test/react/hooks/use-presence.test.tsx.
• The new test should not leave presence on connection status changes, only on unmount auto-enters, changes the connection status to disconnected and back to connected, checks that leave() is not called, then unmounts and checks that leave() is called once. Without the fix it fails with expected "leave" to not be called at all, but actually been called 1 times.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Presence now remains active through brief connection interruptions while the room stays attached, avoiding an unnecessary leave and repeat enter.
  • Leaving still occurs when the component unmounts or relevant room and auto-presence settings change, provided the user has not explicitly left.

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Walkthrough

usePresence now tracks auto-enter attempts separately from cleanup. Connection status changes no longer trigger a leave. Cleanup leaves presence only when the room and connection states and hook state meet the required conditions.

Changes

Presence lifecycle

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Auto-enter and cleanup lifecycle src/react/hooks/use-presence.ts, test/react/hooks/use-presence.test.tsx	The hook tracks whether it attempted auto-entry and separates cleanup from the auto-enter effect. Cleanup leaves only when the room is attached, the connection is active, auto-entry was attempted, and no explicit leave occurred. The test verifies that disconnecting and reconnecting does not leave or enter again, and that unmount triggers one leave.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related issues

• Issue #736 describes usePresence leaving presence on connection status changes. This change addresses that behavior and adds a matching test.

Suggested reviewers: andytwf

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to d51c5

The change avoids leaving presence during connection-status changes while preserving cleanup for the departing room. Re-enabling automatic presence still has a pre-existing limitation, but it does not block this fix.

Pre-merge checks: 5

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check		Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check		The title names the main change: usePresence no longer leaves presence when room or connection status changes. The raw summary confirms the auto-enter effect no longer leaves presence in its cleanup, …
Linked Issues check		Issue #736 requires the hook to keep presence during connection-status changes and to leave on unmount instead. The auto-enter effect now has a no-op cleanup. A separate cleanup effect depends on `con…
Out of Scope Changes check		The pull request changes only src/react/hooks/use-presence.ts and its unit test. The source change implements issue #736. The test directly verifies the reported regression and the required unmount …
Docstring Coverage		No eligible functions found in the changed files. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentat…

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The title names the main change: usePresence no longer leaves presence when room or connection status changes. The raw summary confirms the auto-enter effect no longer leaves presence in its cleanup, and a separate cleanup effect now handles leaving on unmount, room change, or disabling auto-enter. The linked objectives (issue #736) match this scope. The title is specific, concise, and uses the 'fix:' convention.

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Explanation

Issue #736 requires the hook to keep presence during connection-status changes and to leave on unmount instead. The auto-enter effect now has a no-op cleanup. A separate cleanup effect depends on context, logger, and shouldAutoEnterLeave, not room or connection status. It checks the attached-room and active-connection conditions before calling leave(). The added test verifies no leave and no second enter during disconnect/reconnect, then verifies one leave on unmount.

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The pull request changes only src/react/hooks/use-presence.ts and its unit test. The source change implements issue #736. The test directly verifies the reported regression and the required unmount cleanup. No unrelated change is shown.

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Follow-up Comments

Re-enabling autoEnterLeave does not re-enter presence after a disable.

437-442: Minor · Functional Correctness · Low value

Re-enabling autoEnterLeave does not re-enter presence after a disable.

When autoEnterLeave changes from true to false, the leave effect's cleanup calls presence.leave(). The auto-enter effect does not reset hasAutoEnteredRef on that change. When the option returns to true with the room still attached, shouldAutoEnter evaluates to false, so the hook does not re-enter. Reset hasAutoEnteredRef when auto-enter is disabled, or otherwise make re-enable re-enter after an automatic leave.

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Review comment at @src/react/hooks/use-presence.ts around lines 437 - 442:
Update the auto-enter effect in usePresence around shouldAutoEnterLeave so
disabling autoEnterLeave clears hasAutoEnteredRef after the automatic leave;
when autoEnterLeave is re-enabled while the room remains attached,
shouldAutoEnter can then trigger presence.enter() again.

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