From 03f79422afe0203c9a8ef2b856a361181c2ba2ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cottongin <cottongin@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 11:34:15 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: clean up activeShards on reconnection failure

Remove stale entries from the activeShards map when
reconnectWithBackoff exhausts all attempts or detects room closure.

Made-with: Cursor
---
 backend/utils/ecast-shard-client.js | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/backend/utils/ecast-shard-client.js b/backend/utils/ecast-shard-client.js
index 9f8ab60..908e518 100644
--- a/backend/utils/ecast-shard-client.js
+++ b/backend/utils/ecast-shard-client.js
@@ -378,6 +378,7 @@ class EcastShardClient {
             reason: 'room_closed',
             finalPlayerCount: this.playerCount,
           });
+          activeShards.delete(`${this.sessionId}-${this.gameId}`);
           return false;
         }
 
@@ -397,6 +398,7 @@ class EcastShardClient {
         reason: 'connection_failed',
         finalPlayerCount: this.playerCount,
       });
+      activeShards.delete(`${this.sessionId}-${this.gameId}`);
       return false;
     } finally {
       this.reconnecting = false;