From 6a9bbf0d82e23e858ee7795b4f3998d60de1db88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cottongin <cottongin@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 21:56:48 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add IRC task with auto-reconnect and backoff

Made-with: Cursor
---
 src/irc_task.rs | 99 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/main.rs     |  1 +
 2 files changed, 100 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/irc_task.rs

diff --git a/src/irc_task.rs b/src/irc_task.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0821507
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/irc_task.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use futures_util::StreamExt;
+use irc::client::prelude::*;
+use tokio::sync::mpsc;
+use tracing::{error, info, warn};
+
+use crate::config::IrcConfig;
+use crate::events::{BridgeEvent, Source};
+
+pub async fn run_irc_task(
+    config: IrcConfig,
+    event_tx: mpsc::Sender<BridgeEvent>,
+    mut outbound_rx: mpsc::Receiver<String>,
+    mut shutdown: tokio::sync::watch::Receiver<bool>,
+) {
+    let mut backoff = Duration::from_secs(1);
+    let max_backoff = Duration::from_secs(60);
+
+    loop {
+        info!(server = %config.server, channel = %config.channel, "Connecting to IRC");
+
+        match connect_and_run(&config, &event_tx, &mut outbound_rx, &mut shutdown).await {
+            Ok(()) => {
+                info!("IRC task exiting cleanly");
+                return;
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                error!(error = %e, "IRC connection error");
+                info!(backoff_secs = backoff.as_secs(), "Reconnecting after backoff");
+
+                tokio::select! {
+                    _ = tokio::time::sleep(backoff) => {},
+                    _ = shutdown.changed() => return,
+                }
+
+                backoff = (backoff * 2).min(max_backoff);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+async fn connect_and_run(
+    config: &IrcConfig,
+    event_tx: &mpsc::Sender<BridgeEvent>,
+    outbound_rx: &mut mpsc::Receiver<String>,
+    shutdown: &mut tokio::sync::watch::Receiver<bool>,
+) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let irc_config = Config {
+        nickname: Some(config.nick.clone()),
+        server: Some(config.server.clone()),
+        port: Some(config.port),
+        use_tls: Some(config.tls),
+        channels: vec![config.channel.clone()],
+        ..Config::default()
+    };
+
+    let mut client = Client::from_config(irc_config).await?;
+    client.identify()?;
+
+    let mut stream = client.stream()?;
+    let sender = client.sender();
+
+    info!("IRC connected, waiting for messages");
+
+    loop {
+        tokio::select! {
+            msg = stream.next() => {
+                match msg {
+                    Some(Ok(message)) => {
+                        if let Command::PRIVMSG(ref target, ref text) = message.command {
+                            if target == &config.channel {
+                                let nick = message.source_nickname().unwrap_or("unknown").to_string();
+                                let event = BridgeEvent::ChatMessage {
+                                    source: Source::Irc,
+                                    username: nick,
+                                    body: text.clone(),
+                                    id: None,
+                                };
+                                if event_tx.send(event).await.is_err() {
+                                    return Ok(());
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    Some(Err(e)) => return Err(e.into()),
+                    None => return Err(anyhow::anyhow!("IRC stream ended")),
+                }
+            }
+            Some(text) = outbound_rx.recv() => {
+                sender.send_privmsg(&config.channel, &text)?;
+            }
+            _ = shutdown.changed() => {
+                let _ = sender.send_quit("Bridge shutting down");
+                return Ok(());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index f8a999c..8c3ed5a 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ mod config;
 mod events;
 mod health;
 mod html;
+mod irc_task;
 mod owncast_api;
 mod webhook;