Idle WebSTOMP connection is closed in 60 seconds if the outgoing heartbeat is disabled

[Deepak Kumar]

Hi,

I have tested this with the RabbitMQ server 3.8.14 with several sets of incoming/outgoing heartbeats:

• 0, 0 - disconnects
  
• 0, 10000 - does not disconnect
  
• 10000, 0 - disconnects
  
• 10000, 10000 - does not disconnect
  

If the outgoing heartbeat is disabled (i.e., when set to 0), the connection is closed in 60 seconds. In each combination, the client log shows incoming/outgoing pings sent/received as expected. The server log (set at debug level) does not show any errors.

I have tested with few older versions:

• 3.6.16 shows correct behavior - it does not automatically disconnects in any of the combinations.
  
• 3.7.28 shows the same issue

All the tests have been carried out using:

• Official rabbitmq alpine docker images with rabbitmq_web_stomp plugin enabled
• @stomp/stompjs javascript library
• Chrome/Firefox

I can provide the following information if it helps:

• Sample code that I used
• rabbitmq server config
  
• console logs

With best regards,
Deepak.