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Updated README to reflect SDK support for TypeScript and various environments, added installation instructions, and improved clarity on usage examples.

Updated README to reflect SDK support for TypeScript and various environments, added installation instructions, and improved clarity on usage examples.
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The README now provides a JavaScript and TypeScript SDK getting-started guide. It covers supported environments, installation, a publish/subscribe example, client and subscription lifecycle, troubleshooting, and links to SDK documentation.

Changes: SDK onboarding

Layer / File(s) Summary
Runtime setup and installation
README.md
Identifies the SDK, states Node.js and environment requirements, notes the React Native URL polyfill requirement, and provides npm installation instructions.
Publish/subscribe example
README.md
Replaces the prior examples with a Node.js example that publishes after connection, prints a received message, and cleans up. Adds guidance on Access Manager tokens and client reuse.
Lifecycle and reference guidance
README.md
Adds links and guidance for client and subscription lifetime, at-most-once delivery, message persistence, troubleshooting, upgrades, and contributions.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~4 minutes

Change: Other

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to a25b6

The README sample can wait without cleaning up after a failed publish or missed message, and its delivery guidance omits possible replay after reconnect. Correct the sample lifecycle and qualify the delivery statement before relying on this onboarding guidance.

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Review comments at @README.md:
- Line 106: Update the PubNub delivery statement to qualify at-most-once
delivery as applying during a stable connection, and note that reconnect replay
may deliver a message again with the same timetoken.
- Around line 60-63: Update the README example’s pubnub.publish and subscription
flow to use one bounded wait that handles both publish rejection and missing
message delivery. Perform subscription, listener, and client cleanup in a
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Comment thread README.md
Comment on lines +60 to +63
await pubnub.publish({
channel: "hello_world",
message: "Hello world",
});

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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sed -n '25,85p' README.md
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set +e
printf '%s\n' '--- README relevant block ---'
nl -ba README.md | sed -n '27,85p'
printf '%s\n' '--- publish declarations and calls ---'
rg -n -F --glob '!node_modules/**' -e 'publish(' -e 'async publish' -e 'publish =' src README.md tests packages 2>/dev/null
printf '%s\n' '--- lifecycle declarations and calls ---'
rg -n -F --glob '!node_modules/**' -e 'destroy()' -e 'unsubscribe()' -e 'removeAllListeners()' src README.md tests packages 2>/dev/null
printf '%s\n' '--- package metadata and relevant exports ---'
rg -n -F --glob 'package.json' -e '"name"' -e '"version"' -e '"main"' -e '"types"' .
rg -n -F --glob '!node_modules/**' -e 'class PubNub' -e 'class Subscription' -e 'destroy()' -e 'unsubscribe()' .

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nl -ba src/core/pubnub-common.ts | sed -n '4870,4925p'
printf '%s\n' '--- subscription lifecycle ---'
nl -ba src/entities/subscription-base.ts | sed -n '160,230p'
nl -ba src/entities/subscription-base.ts | sed -n '400,520p'
printf '%s\n' '--- listener dispatch ---'
rg -n -F -- 'handleStatus' src/core/components src/core src/entities
nl -ba src/core/components/event-dispatcher.ts | sed -n '1,180p'
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Bound the example and clean up on every completion path.

pubnub.publish() can reject before onMessage runs. The suggested catch handles that path, but a successful publish does not guarantee message delivery. Without a timeout, the example can wait indefinitely with its subscription and client active. Route publish failures into one bounded wait, then perform cleanup in finally.

Suggested fix
--- "a/README.md"
+++ "b/README.md"
@@ -41,31 +41,51 @@
   userId: "hello-world-user",
 });
 
 const subscription = pubnub.channel("hello_world").subscription();
 let published = false;
+const cleanup = () => {
+  subscription.unsubscribe();
+  pubnub.removeAllListeners();
+  pubnub.destroy();
+};
+let rejectMessage;
+let timeoutId;
 
-subscription.onMessage = (event) => {
-  console.log(event.message);
+const messageReceived = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+  rejectMessage = reject;
+  timeoutId = setTimeout(() => reject(new Error("Timed out waiting for message")), 10000);
 
-  subscription.unsubscribe();
-  pubnub.removeAllListeners();
-  pubnub.destroy();
-};
+  subscription.onMessage = (event) => {
+    console.log(event.message);
+    resolve();
+  };
+});
 
 pubnub.addListener({
   status: async (status) => {
     if (status.category === "PNConnectedCategory" && !published) {
       published = true;
 
-      await pubnub.publish({
-        channel: "hello_world",
-        message: "Hello world",
-      });
+      try {
+        await pubnub.publish({
+          channel: "hello_world",
+          message: "Hello world",
+        });
+      } catch (error) {
+        rejectMessage(error);
+      }
     }
   },
 });
 
 subscription.subscribe();
+
+messageReceived
+  .catch((error) => console.error("Example failed:", error))
+  .finally(() => {
+    clearTimeout(timeoutId);
+    cleanup();
+  });
 ```
 
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Review comment at @README.md around lines 60 - 63:
Update the README example’s pubnub.publish and subscription flow to use one
bounded wait that handles both publish rejection and missing message delivery.
Perform subscription, listener, and client cleanup in a finally path so it runs
on success, failure, or timeout.

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Comment thread README.md

## Delivery

Live delivery through PubNub SDKs is at-most-once. A subscriber can miss messages if its buffer overflows or if it is disconnected when a message is published. For recovery after longer gaps, see [Message Persistence](https://www.pubnub.com/docs/sdks/javascript/api-reference/storage-and-playback).

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Qualify the at-most-once delivery statement.

Line 106 does not limit the guarantee to a stable connection. After reconnect, the SDK can replay a message with the same timetoken, so a handler may receive it again. State the stable-connection qualification and mention possible replay after reconnect. (pubnub.com)

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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
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Review comment at @README.md at line 106:
Update the PubNub delivery statement to qualify at-most-once delivery as
applying during a stable connection, and note that reconnect replay may deliver
a message again with the same timetoken.

After applying the fix, consider running `coderabbit review --agent` for local
review. Visit https://docs.coderabbit.ai/cli?utm_source=ghpr

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