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Why

Long-running trigger listeners can be disconnected by MySQL when idle timeouts (wait_timeout/interactive_timeout) are low (e.g. 300s).

The underlying replication library uses a normal metadata connection (information_schema) that can sit idle and later throws:

SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 4031 The client was disconnected by the server because of inactivity

when it is reused.

What

  • Add optional keepalive ping on heartbeat to keep the metadata connection alive (env: TRIGGER_KEEPALIVE).
  • Add optional per-session MySQL variables applied on connect (env: TRIGGER_SESSION_VARIABLES), using a simple comma-separated key=value format.
  • Retry on transient DB disconnect errors so the daemon self-heals instead of exiting.

Config

TRIGGER_KEEPALIVE=60
TRIGGER_SESSION_VARIABLES=wait_timeout=7200,interactive_timeout=7200

Defaults are non-breaking: keepalive disabled (0) and no session variables unless configured.

Notes

This avoids changing global MySQL settings and is helpful when the DB is shared by multiple apps.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added a keepalive heartbeat to maintain MySQL metadata connections and reduce inactivity disconnects
    • Introduced environment variables TRIGGER_KEEPALIVE and TRIGGER_SESSION_VARIABLES to control periodic pings and session settings
    • Improved automatic retry and recovery for transient database connectivity errors
  • Documentation

    • Added connection timeout and keepalive configuration guidance to README files

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Adds keepalive pings and session-variable support for the MySQL metadata connection, documents new environment variables (TRIGGER_KEEPALIVE, TRIGGER_SESSION_VARIABLES), and introduces retry logic for DBAL/PDO connectivity errors while preserving binlog position.

Changes

Cohort / File(s) Summary
Documentation
README.md, README-CN.md
Added "Connection Timeouts / 连接超时(建议)" sections describing TRIGGER_KEEPALIVE and TRIGGER_SESSION_VARIABLES, examples, and behavior notes.
Configuration
config/trigger.php
Added keepalive (int) from TRIGGER_KEEPALIVE and session_variables (array) parsed from TRIGGER_SESSION_VARIABLES; parsing trims/splits and casts numeric values.
Core Connection Management
src/Trigger.php
Added nullable DBAL Connection property, last-keepalive timestamp, DB connection initialization from replication factory, apply-session-variables logic, periodic keepalive ping with reconnect/reapply behavior and non-fatal keepalive error handling.
Error Handling & Retry Logic
src/Console/StartCommand.php
Added catches for DbalException and PDOException, a shouldRetry(Throwable) helper that checks PDO error codes and message patterns, and a retry flow that preserves binlog position before retrying.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
    participant Start as StartCommand
    participant Trigger
    participant DBAL as DBAL Connection
    participant MySQL

    Start->>Trigger: start()
    Trigger->>DBAL: create connection from factory
    DBAL->>MySQL: connect
    Trigger->>MySQL: set session variables
    MySQL-->>Trigger: OK

    loop heartbeat interval
        Trigger->>DBAL: ping (SELECT 1)
        DBAL->>MySQL: query
        alt connection ok
            MySQL-->>DBAL: pong
        else connection lost
            MySQL-->>DBAL: error
            DBAL-->>Trigger: throw
            Trigger->>DBAL: reconnect and recreate connection
            Trigger->>MySQL: reapply session variables
        end
    end

    Trigger->>Trigger: process binlog stream
    alt DBAL/PDO exception occurs
        Trigger->>Start: propagate exception
        Start->>Start: preserve binlog position
        Start->>Trigger: retry/start from position
    else non-retryable error
        Start->>Start: fail/exit
    end
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In `@src/Trigger.php`:
- Around line 143-156: The start method calls a non-existent
MySQLReplicationFactory::getDbConnection() causing a runtime error; remove that
call and instead create and assign $this->dbConnection using your own DBAL
connection logic (e.g., DriverManager::getConnection(...) or existing connection
factory) before calling $this->applySessionVariables($this->dbConnection), keep
the rest of start (MySQLReplicationFactory instantiation, registering
subscribers via getSubscribers(), and $binLogStream->run()) unchanged, and
ensure any references to $this->dbConnection in applySessionVariables or
elsewhere use the newly-initialized DBAL connection.
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src/Trigger.php (1)

359-404: SQL injection surface via interpolated variable name — currently mitigated by regex.

Line 399 interpolates $name directly into the SQL: "SET SESSION {$name} = ?". The value is parameterized, but the identifier is not. The regex on Line 386 (/^[A-Za-z0-9_]+$/) restricts names to alphanumeric + underscore, which is safe for MySQL identifiers and prevents injection.

Two observations:

  1. Silent swallowing of errors (Line 400-402): All exceptions — including permission denied, typos, and unsupported variables — are silently caught. Consider logging at debug level so operators can diagnose misconfiguration.

  2. Float-valued session variables are sent as strings: Only integer patterns are cast (Line 394-396). A value like "0.5" will be sent as a string. This is fine for the documented use case (wait_timeout, interactive_timeout), but worth noting if future users set fractional session variables.

💡 Consider logging suppressed errors for debuggability
             try {
                 $connection->executeStatement("SET SESSION {$name} = ?", [$value]);
-            } catch (Throwable) {
-                // Ignore session variable failures (permission/unsupported variables).
+            } catch (Throwable $e) {
+                // Log at debug level so operators can diagnose misconfiguration.
+                logger()->debug("Failed to set session variable '{$name}': {$e->getMessage()}");
             }
config/trigger.php (1)

28-38: Config additions look correct; minor robustness note.

The defaults are non-breaking (keepalive = 0, session_variables = []). The session_variables parsing delegates key=value splitting to applySessionVariables(), which handles edge cases (empty entries, missing =, invalid names).

One small note: array_map('trim', explode(',', ...)) will produce [""] for a trailing-comma input like "wait_timeout=7200,". This is safely handled downstream (Line 379 in Trigger.php), but adding array_filter here would be slightly cleaner.

🔧 Optional: filter empty entries at the config level
             'session_variables' => env('TRIGGER_SESSION_VARIABLES', '')
-                ? array_map('trim', explode(',', (string) env('TRIGGER_SESSION_VARIABLES')))
+                ? array_filter(array_map('trim', explode(',', (string) env('TRIGGER_SESSION_VARIABLES'))))
                 : [],

Comment on lines 143 to 156
public function start(bool $keepUp = true): void
{
tap(new MySQLReplicationFactory($this->configure($keepUp)), function (MySQLReplicationFactory $binLogStream) {
collect($this->getSubscribers())
->reject(fn ($subscriber) => ! is_subclass_of($subscriber, EventSubscriber::class))
->unique()
->each(fn ($subscriber) => $binLogStream->registerSubscriber(new $subscriber($this)));
})->run();
$binLogStream = new MySQLReplicationFactory($this->configure($keepUp));

$this->dbConnection = $binLogStream->getDbConnection();
$this->applySessionVariables($this->dbConnection);

collect($this->getSubscribers())
->reject(fn ($subscriber) => ! is_subclass_of($subscriber, EventSubscriber::class))
->unique()
->each(fn ($subscriber) => $binLogStream->registerSubscriber(new $subscriber($this)));

$binLogStream->run();
}
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The krowinski/php-mysql-replication library does not expose a getDbConnection() method. The library's design expects you to manage your database connection separately using Doctrine DBAL (e.g., via DriverManager::getConnection()), not retrieve it from MySQLReplicationFactory. Remove the call to getDbConnection() and initialize $this->dbConnection using your own connection logic.

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In `@src/Trigger.php` around lines 143 - 156, The start method calls a
non-existent MySQLReplicationFactory::getDbConnection() causing a runtime error;
remove that call and instead create and assign $this->dbConnection using your
own DBAL connection logic (e.g., DriverManager::getConnection(...) or existing
connection factory) before calling
$this->applySessionVariables($this->dbConnection), keep the rest of start
(MySQLReplicationFactory instantiation, registering subscribers via
getSubscribers(), and $binLogStream->run()) unchanged, and ensure any references
to $this->dbConnection in applySessionVariables or elsewhere use the
newly-initialized DBAL connection.

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cyppe commented Feb 14, 2026

@coderabbitai The warning about MySQLReplicationFactory::getDbConnection() looks like a false positive/outdated context. That method exists in krowinski/php-mysql-replication v8.x and v9.x (and this package requires ^8.0 || ^9.0). We also removed the earlier duplicated factory+run block; Trigger::start() now constructs the factory once and runs it once.

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@cyppe, you're absolutely right, and I apologize for the confusion.

I've verified that:

  1. ✅ The package requires krowinski/php-mysql-replication: ^8.0 || ^9.0 in composer.json
  2. MySQLReplicationFactory::getDbConnection() exists in those versions
  3. ✅ The current implementation in Trigger::start() (lines 151-161) is clean—the factory is instantiated once, getDbConnection() is called, session variables are applied, subscribers are registered, and run() is called once

The warning was indeed a false positive. Thank you for the correction!

@huangdijia huangdijia merged commit 0dab433 into huangdijia:main Feb 15, 2026
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cyppe commented Feb 15, 2026

@huangdijia thanks! do you think its possible to make a new tagged release soon? I still run my fork in production, but now with latest PR merged in, it would be nice to switch back to your official package.

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I will release the version as soon as possible.

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