fix(classes.ipcchannel): Normalize heartbeatThrowOnTimeout option parsing and allow registering heartbeatTimeout via IpcChannel.on

changelog.md

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2025-08-28 - 2.1.3 - fix(classes.ipcchannel)
+Normalize heartbeatThrowOnTimeout option parsing and allow registering 'heartbeatTimeout' via IpcChannel.on
+
+- Normalize heartbeatThrowOnTimeout to boolean (accepts 'true'/'false' strings and other truthy/falsey values) to be defensive for JS consumers
+- Expose 'heartbeatTimeout' as a special channel event so handlers registered via IpcChannel.on('heartbeatTimeout', ...) will be called
+
 ## 2025-08-26 - 2.1.2 - fix(core)
 Improve heartbeat handling and transport routing; forward heartbeat timeout events; include clientId routing and probe improvements
 

ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@push.rocks/smartipc',
-  version: '2.1.2',
+  version: '2.1.3',
   description: 'A library for node inter process communication, providing an easy-to-use API for IPC.'
 }

ts/classes.ipcchannel.ts

@@ -82,6 +82,18 @@ export class IpcChannel<TRequest = any, TResponse = any> extends plugins.EventEm
       ...options
     };
 
+    // Normalize heartbeatThrowOnTimeout to boolean (defensive for JS consumers)
+    const throwOnTimeout = (this.options as any).heartbeatThrowOnTimeout;
+    if (throwOnTimeout !== undefined) {
+      if (throwOnTimeout === 'false') {
+        this.options.heartbeatThrowOnTimeout = false;
+      } else if (throwOnTimeout === 'true') {
+        this.options.heartbeatThrowOnTimeout = true;
+      } else if (typeof throwOnTimeout !== 'boolean') {
+        this.options.heartbeatThrowOnTimeout = Boolean(throwOnTimeout);
+      }
+    }
+
     this.transport = createTransport(this.options);
     this.setupTransportHandlers();
   }
@@ -449,7 +461,7 @@ export class IpcChannel<TRequest = any, TResponse = any> extends plugins.EventEm
    * Register a message handler
    */
   public on(event: string, handler: (payload: any) => any | Promise<any>): this {
-    if (event === 'message' || event === 'connect' || event === 'disconnect' || event === 'error' || event === 'reconnecting' || event === 'drain') {
+    if (event === 'message' || event === 'connect' || event === 'disconnect' || event === 'error' || event === 'reconnecting' || event === 'drain' || event === 'heartbeatTimeout') {
       // Special handling for channel events
       super.on(event, handler);
     } else {