itx client surface polish (post-#2063)
Rewritten 2026-07-17: most of this task's original content shipped — PR #2048
unified the browser surface (one socket, useItx(slug?)/connectItx(slug))
and PR #2063 moved everything into packages/iterate with the shared core
factored once (apiWebSocketUrl, one keeper, iterate/client vs
iterate/node keeping the ws import out of browser bundles). What remains
is a small polish list collected from #2063's reviews:
connectItxmeans two things across sibling entries:iterate/client's keeper slug-dial (connectItx(slug): Promise<ProjectStub>) vsiterate/node's one-shot object-dial (connectItx(input)overloads). Signatures make misuse a type error, but it is now public npm surface — rename one (e.g. node's →dialItx) if/when the node entry is touched.closeIterateSession(): the keeper has no shutdown; every keeper-based script mustprocess.exit(documented inclient.ts's header). Additive: retire the current generation without redial; define semantics for pending awaiters/firstConnect.disposeStub(stub)helper to absorb the repeated(x as Partial<Disposable>)[Symbol.dispose]?.()casts (six sites) so the "capnweb stubs are loosely-typed disposables" acknowledgment lives once.serverSnapshotis a React-flavored name exported from the framework-free module — cosmetic rename candidate.lostConnectionTimeout-style UX signal (the one idea worth stealing from the Liveblocks survey): a fast "connection is struggling" status, distinct from the reconnect machinery, so UIs can show degraded state before the two-strike verifier settles.- Singleton → instance evolution note (roadmap, not committed): the field
pattern is a client instance behind a Provider or a
createHooks(client)factory with a lazy default singleton. Revisit only if a real need appears (tests wanting isolation, multi-deployment tabs).
Pointers: packages/iterate/src/itx/itx-session.ts, itx-react.ts,
itx-node-client.ts; #2063's fable/thermo review findings.