From 9cacb05b9f5a39213e6cf4d0e33696a515b38a6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: davidliu <davidliu@deviange.net>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:32:57 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] Ignore signal messages received after the WebSocket is closed
 on React Native

---
 .changeset/short-toys-push.md | 5 +++++
 src/api/WebSocketStream.ts    | 7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/short-toys-push.md

diff --git a/.changeset/short-toys-push.md b/.changeset/short-toys-push.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..07b12efbd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/short-toys-push.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'livekit-client': patch
+---
+
+Ignore signal messages received after the WebSocket is closed on React Native
diff --git a/src/api/WebSocketStream.ts b/src/api/WebSocketStream.ts
index acab4330b6..6a88b43fba 100644
--- a/src/api/WebSocketStream.ts
+++ b/src/api/WebSocketStream.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,12 @@ export class WebSocketStream<T extends ArrayBuffer | string = ArrayBuffer | stri
         resolve({
           readable: new ReadableStream<T>({
             start(controller) {
-              ws.onmessage = ({ data }) => controller.enqueue(data);
+              ws.onmessage = ({ data }) => {
+                // workaround for RN behavior, browsers drop these messages already
+                if (ws.readyState === WebSocket.OPEN) {
+                  controller.enqueue(data);
+                }
+              };
               ws.onerror = (e) =>
                 controller.error(ConnectionError.websocket(getErrorDescription(e, 'websocket')));
               ws.onclose = (ev) => {