feat(ipcclient): Add clientOnly mode to prevent clients from auto-starting servers and improve registration/reconnect behavior

test/test.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ import { expect, tap } from '@git.zone/tstest/tapbundle';
 import * as smartipc from '../ts/index.js';
 import * as smartdelay from '@push.rocks/smartdelay';
 import * as smartpromise from '@push.rocks/smartpromise';
+import * as path from 'path';
+import * as os from 'os';
+
+const testSocketPath = path.join(os.tmpdir(), `test-smartipc-${Date.now()}.sock`);
 
 let server: smartipc.IpcServer;
 let client1: smartipc.IpcClient;
@@ -11,12 +15,13 @@ let client2: smartipc.IpcClient;
 tap.test('should create and start an IPC server', async () => {
   server = smartipc.SmartIpc.createServer({
     id: 'test-server',
-    socketPath: '/tmp/test-smartipc.sock',
+    socketPath: testSocketPath,
+    autoCleanupSocketFile: true,
     heartbeat: true,
     heartbeatInterval: 2000
   });
 
-  await server.start();
+  await server.start({ readyWhen: 'accepting' });
   expect(server.getStats().isRunning).toBeTrue();
 });
 
@@ -24,11 +29,12 @@ tap.test('should create and start an IPC server', async () => {
 tap.test('should create and connect a client', async () => {
   client1 = smartipc.SmartIpc.createClient({
     id: 'test-server',
-    socketPath: '/tmp/test-smartipc.sock',
+    socketPath: testSocketPath,
     clientId: 'client-1',
     metadata: { name: 'Test Client 1' },
     autoReconnect: true,
-    heartbeat: true
+    heartbeat: true,
+    clientOnly: true
   });
 
   await client1.connect();
@@ -76,9 +82,10 @@ tap.test('should handle request/response pattern', async () => {
 tap.test('should handle multiple clients', async () => {
   client2 = smartipc.SmartIpc.createClient({
     id: 'test-server',
-    socketPath: '/tmp/test-smartipc.sock',
+    socketPath: testSocketPath,
     clientId: 'client-2',
-    metadata: { name: 'Test Client 2' }
+    metadata: { name: 'Test Client 2' },
+    clientOnly: true
   });
 
   await client2.connect();
@@ -296,4 +303,4 @@ tap.test('should cleanup and close all connections', async () => {
   expect(client1.getIsConnected()).toBeFalse();
 });
 
-export default tap.start();
+export default tap.start();