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Problem

Push-to-talk (#7101): when a publisher mutes (enabled: false), Rust consumers drop the rendition and unsubscribe. The unmute then costs a catalog round trip and a resubscribe, so the start of the next utterance is lost. The maintainer decided on 2026-10-28 that every first-party player holds the rendition instead, using the same rule as hold-js. Exports keep dropping it (see Decisions).

Approach

The rule: initial selection skips disabled renditions. A rendition that is already selected stays selected while it is disabled, as long as it is still in the catalog and no other rendition of its role that the selection matches is enabled. An enabled alternative wins, so a simulcast ladder still moves to its lowest rung. A removed rendition is dropped.

• moq-mux: select::Broadcast::retain(catalog, &Selected) applies the rule. Selected names the renditions already in use. catalog::Select feeds each snapshot what the previous one selected.
• moq play: passes the renditions it is actually playing. A playing rendition stops only when the selection lets it go (an enabled alternative exists). One that leaves the catalog still plays out its tail.
• moq-ffi: MoqAudioConsumer::subscribe and MoqVideoConsumer::subscribe accept a disabled config instead of returning NotFound. The FFI can't tell a held rendition from a fresh pick, so the field docs and binding guides tell apps to pick enabled renditions and keep a playing one.
• moq-c: moq_consume_video/moq_consume_audio drop the same NotFound guard. The decoded moq_decode_* consumers never had it. The OBS source (obs-source-renditions) needs this for its hold.
• Docs: doc/bin/cli.md (moq play), the "Disabled renditions" notes in doc/lib/{c,cpp,dart,go,kt,py,swift}, and the regenerated Dart bindings (doc-comment checksums).
• Tests: moq-mux select covers held, initial skip, alternative wins, an unmatched rendition is no alternative, removed is dropped, and roles hold independently. catalog::Select holds across snapshots. A moq play test checks that a mute keeps track demand and the unmute plays; it fails without the change. moq-ffi tests a disabled config converting and a held subscription decoding.

This is a partial. The quest is rewritten to what remains, moq-gst moqsrc, and records that exports do not hold. The epic README's plan says "every first-party player" to match.

Impact

• moq_mux::select::Broadcast::retain (breaking) takes a second argument, &Selected. To migrate, pass &Selected::default() for the old behavior, or the renditions already in use to hold them.
• moq_mux::select::Selected (new) holds the selected video/audio names, with Selected::of(&catalog).
• moq_mux::catalog::Select now holds a disabled rendition it selected in an earlier snapshot.
• moq-ffi MoqAudioConsumer::subscribe / MoqVideoConsumer::subscribe subscribe a disabled rendition where they returned NotFound. Behavior only; the signatures are unchanged.
• moq-c moq_consume_video / moq_consume_audio behave the same way.
• moq play: muting the current rendition with no enabled alternative keeps it subscribed.
• Wire: none.

Alternatives

• A stateless hang-level predicate (Audio::holds(name)). It would also need the consumer's current selection, and it would add code to rs/hang/src/catalog/{audio,video}/mod.rs, which hold-js and #7035 also edit.
• Holding in the exports (Source::retain_selectable): rejected, see Decisions.

Choices made without asking

• moq-c is included. It had the same guard as moq-ffi, and the OBS hold depends on it.
• moq-gst moqsrc is left for the rewritten quest. Its reconcile and finish-record logic deliberately stop the reader on disable, so the hold there is a change of its own.
• The "should not select" spec wording (hang draft, rs/hang/js/hang catalog docs, doc/concept/hang.md) is left to hold-js, which runs in parallel. Until that PR lands, rs/hang's catalog docs still say "must not select".
• The rewritten quest no longer links hold-js.md, since moq-dev/moq#7155 deletes it. Whichever of the two merges second will conflict in hold-rs.md; keep this PR's version.

Decisions

Settled by the maintainer on 2026-10-28:

1. Should the exports hold a disabled rendition? This covers fMP4/TS/MKV/FLV/Annex B through Source::retain_selectable, plus the HLS export, WebRTC egress and RTMP play.
   • Yes, every first-party consumer holds
   • ✅ No, exports keep dropping a disabled rendition. A held track sends nothing, so an interleaving muxer or an HLS player may wait on it, and an export has no unmute latency at stake the way a listener does. The quest Goal is narrowed to "every first-party player".
2. Land this as a partial, or extend it to moqsrc?
   • Extend this PR with the moqsrc hold
   • ✅ Land this as a partial. The moqsrc hold stays in the rewritten quest for its own PR, since its disable tests (a_reenabled_rendition_resumes_on_the_same_pad and its sibling) encode the stop-on-disable design and need their own review.

Checks

just check passed on 96b9e83 plus the Dart regen (4160 Rust tests and every module). After merging main again (f0a38ae), just check origin/main passes Rust (4179 tests), Python, JS, markdown, quest, shell, gh and TOML.

After merging main at edce00d (head ddb64c6, which also carries the CodeRabbit doc fixes from d879345), just check origin/main passes Rust (4189 tests), Python, JS, markdown, quest, shell, gh and TOML.

c, cpp, OBS, Kotlin, Go and Dart fail on this host before compiling anything: cargo build-ffi exits with unexpected argument 'build'. It reproduces on plain origin/main, and with the Nix cargo as well as the mbx shim. The cause is the host layout: agent worktrees live under the main checkout (~/work/moq/.claude/worktrees/...), so cargo reads both checkouts' .cargo/config.toml and joins the two build-ffi alias arrays into build ... build .... (cargo moq gets the same duplication but hides it, since the second copy lands after -- as program arguments.) It's a host tooling issue, not part of this diff. CI covers those bindings.

Follow-ups

• moqsrc hold (the rewritten quest).
• moq-c has moq_consume_video_enabled but no audio counterpart, so a C consumer can't see that audio is disabled.

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Reviewed commit: f265385

No actionable bugs found. The explicit Selected input keeps initial selection separate from holding an existing rendition; matched enabled alternatives still win, and audio/video hold independently. The CLI preserves demand through mute while retaining its cancellation, moved-reference, and removed-rendition behavior. Export filtering remains unchanged, consistent with the documented decision not to hold exports.

Direction: the small shared selection helper and permissive low-level FFI/C subscription APIs are appropriate; caller-owned initial selection avoids adding hidden state to those bindings. The remaining moqsrc work is clearly scoped as a follow-up rather than claimed complete.

Verification: static inspection of selection and catalog state, CLI integration (independently cross-checked), FFI/C guard removal, generated-binding changes, and relevant tests. I did not run builds, tests, or platform bindings; the PR's reported results were not independently verified.

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Walkthrough

Catalog selection now carries prior selections across snapshots and can retain a disabled rendition when no matching enabled alternative exists. C and FFI consumer paths accept disabled configurations. The CLI player keeps a disabled current demand while selection retains it and stops it if selection releases it. Tests cover selection changes, disabled subscriptions, and playback resumption. Documentation and quest text describe the related behavior and scope.

Priority: Normal

Merge Risk: Low · up to f2653

The implementation appears mergeable, but clarify the CLI selection guidance and the moqsrc requirement so readers understand when a disabled rendition remains subscribed.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 61.54% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documenta…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

Passed checks: 4 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title "feat!: Rust consumers hold a disabled rendition" matches the main change. The changeset makes Rust consumers keep a selected rendition subscribed while the publisher disables it, and it add…
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Description check		The pull request description directly explains the disabled-rendition retention changes, affected components, tests, compatibility impact, and deferred follow-up work.

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Explanation

The title "feat!: Rust consumers hold a disabled rendition" matches the main change. The changeset makes Rust consumers keep a selected rendition subscribed while the publisher disables it, and it adds the breaking Selected argument to Broadcast::retain. The title omits the breaking-change detail, but it still names the primary behavior change.

Full details: Docstring Coverage

Explanation

Docstring coverage is 61.54% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentation-only edits and deletions within surviving functions are included; unchanged diff context and fully deleted functions are excluded. Analyzed 13 functions across 9 files. (11 skipped: 11 unsupported.)

Resolution

Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Review comments at @doc/bin/cli.md:
- Line 239: Update the `moq play` description to clarify that retention and
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• doc/lib/go/index.md
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• doc/lib/swift/index.md
• quest/m1/push-to-talk/README.md
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• rs/moq-c/src/api.rs
• rs/moq-c/src/consume.rs
• rs/moq-cli/src/play/media.rs
• rs/moq-ffi/src/audio.rs
• rs/moq-ffi/src/media.rs
• rs/moq-ffi/src/test.rs
• rs/moq-ffi/src/video.rs
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• rs/moq-mux/src/select.rs
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Automated review by review (OpenAI)

Reviewed commit: ddb64c6

No new actionable bugs found in the delta since f265385. After separating merged-main changes, the branch-specific updates clarify two documentation statements. The CLI text correctly limits enabled alternatives to matching name/codec filters, and the moqsrc plan correctly attributes selection to moq play/moq-mux rather than the permissive FFI consumers. These address the existing comments r4408183667 and r4408183674.

Direction: the clarifications preserve the previously reviewed selection design and accurately separate application selection from low-level subscription support. My previous no-findings conclusion is unchanged.

Verification: base-aware static comparison, documentation and selection implementation inspection. No builds, tests, or platform bindings were run; reported checks were not independently verified.

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Merge summary for ddb64c6:

• Fixed both CodeRabbit findings in d879345. doc/bin/cli.md now says the moq play wait and switch apply to enabled renditions that match the name and codec filters. The epic README entry now credits the selection rule to moq play and moq-mux only.
• Merged main at edce00d with no conflicts. just check origin/main passes Rust (4189 tests), Python, JS, markdown, quest, shell, gh and TOML. The c, cpp, OBS, Kotlin, Go and Dart lanes fail on this host because of the nested-worktree cargo alias duplication. CI covers those lanes.
• The automated review and Codex both reviewed this head and found nothing. quest check passes against origin/main.
• The maintainer settled the decisions on 2026-10-28, as recorded in the body: exports don't hold a disabled rendition, and this lands as a partial. hold-rs.md is rewritten to the remaining moqsrc work.
• moq-dev/moq#7155 also edits hold-rs.md. Whichever PR lands second should keep this PR's rewritten version.

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