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feat(watch)!: rename moq-watch's buffer to lookahead - #8057
Finishes quest quest/m2/watch-lookahead.md: <moq-watch>'s buffer is renamed lookahead, so it no longer reads as a jitter buffer on live streams (moq-dev/moq#8031).
Summary
<moq-watch> attribute and property buffer -> lookahead, along with controls.lookahead, PlayerProps/PlayerInput.lookahead, and SyncInput.lookahead.
The old name is refused loudly, following the announced -> follow precedent: the buffer attribute reports an invalid attribute and suspends the element, and new Player({ buffer }) / new Sync({ buffer }) throw `buffer` was renamed to `lookahead`. A silently ignored buffer="30s" would otherwise start skipping a TTS stream.
Docs: doc/lib/js/watch.md, doc/concept/use-case/ai.md, js/watch/README.md, and the element's JSDoc say lookahead is not a jitter buffer and live streams tune delay.
Callers in tests, test/video, and test/interop updated; API reports regenerated.
Quests naming the property (buffered-converge, buffered-ascending, watch-decode-gate) now say lookahead; this quest and its links are removed.
Choices made without asking
Internal names that mean the buffered mode rather than the amount (SyncOutput.buffered, the audio ring's buffered flag, "buffered playback") keep their names. They are a boolean mode, not the lookahead value, and renaming them would churn the audio files another quest (quest/m1/audio-jitter-target/watch.md) is editing now. parseBuffer became parseLookahead.
No js/watch/MIGRATE.md entry: per moq-dev/moq#8024, only the release cut edits it, so the migration note is in Impact below.
The buffer refusals are not an alias; they only turn a silent misconfiguration into an error, as the announced refusal does.
Impact
Breaking (@moq/watch): buffer is now lookahead on <moq-watch> (attribute, property, controls), Player props/inputs, and Sync inputs. Migrate by renaming: <moq-watch buffer="30s"> -> <moq-watch lookahead="30s">, el.buffer = 30_000 -> el.lookahead = 30_000, new Player({ buffer }) -> new Player({ lookahead }). Passing the old name now errors.
Wire: none.
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Review
Codex, gpt-6.1-sol, medium effort, head 2deedbb: round 1, no findings.
No actionable correctness findings in the 19-file diff. The rename is wired consistently from the element's controls through Player to Sync, including signal-driven changes and the instant override. Keeping the boolean buffered mode and the buffered-ranges UI names is appropriate: neither represents the renamed duration. The Impact migration note follows the repository's release-cut policy.
Non-blocking test recommendation: cover the custom-element path as well as the two constructor guards. A browser regression test should check lookahead="30s" and property reflection, refusal/suspension for the legacy buffer attribute, and recovery after that attribute is removed, including when another invalid attribute remains. The existing element.test.ts does not construct an element, so it does not exercise these behaviors.
Validation limits: GitHub-only static review of the diff, relevant implementation, tests, API reports, and docs. I did not run the build, test suite, quest context, or browser playback. The head's Quest check had passed; its active Check job was still running when inspected. This is a comment review, not a merge approval.
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ℹ️ No critical issues — three minor suggestions inline.
Reviewed changes
Public rename: buffer → lookahead on <moq-watch> (attribute, property, controls), PlayerInput, and SyncInput, with parseBuffer → parseLookahead and regenerated API reports.
Loud refusal of the old name: buffer stays in OBSERVED only to throw and suspend the element (mirroring announced), and new Player/new Sync throw `buffer` was renamed to `lookahead`, each covered by a test.
Docs and quests: doc/lib/js/watch.md, doc/concept/use-case/ai.md, js/watch/README.md, and the element/Sync JSDoc now describe lookahead as not a jitter buffer; three quests renamed and quest/m2/watch-lookahead.md removed from m2.
Callers: test/video/src/poster.ts and the open-gop interop client updated; the buffered mode names and the buffered-ranges UI are deliberately left alone.
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The new buffer refusal, which is this PR's main safety mechanism, has no test: element.test.ts only covers the parse helpers and the added tests stop at the Player/Sync constructor guards. test/interop/clients/js/publish-ui.browser.ts already asserts refuse, suspend, and recover for announced → follow, so extend that block with a buffer → lookahead case.
Technical details
# Cover the element-level `buffer` refusal## Affected sites-`test/interop/clients/js/publish-ui.browser.ts:1022` — the `renamed` evaluate sets `announced="false"`, asserts `connection.enabled.peek()` is false while the error contains "renamed to `follow`", removes the attribute, and asserts recovery. Add the `buffer="30s"` / "renamed to `lookahead`" case beside it.
-`js/watch/src/element.ts:66` — the observed-but-refused entry this protects.
## Required outcome- A test fails if `buffer` leaves `OBSERVED`, or if its throw/suspend/recover path stops working.
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With these accessors gone, el.buffer = 30_000 and el.controls.buffer.set(...) silently do nothing (the assignment just creates an expando), which is the same silent misconfiguration the attribute refusal exists to prevent. The Impact note says "Passing the old name now errors", so either narrow that sentence to the attribute and constructor options, or add a throwing buffer accessor mirroring the attribute.
Technical details
# Refusal is asymmetric: the attribute and constructors throw, the element property is silent## Affected sites-`js/watch/src/element.ts:590` — `get buffer`/`set buffer` removed; a plain JS assignment now has no effect and no error.
-`js/watch/src/element.ts:186` — `controls.buffer` removed, so `el.controls.buffer` is `undefined`.
- PR body, `## Impact` — "Passing the old name now errors" overstates this path, and `AGENTS.md` has the release cut copy that text into `js/watch/MIGRATE.md`.
## Required outcome- The shipped migration note describes what actually happens, or the property path refuses as loudly as the attribute does.
## Suggested approach (optional)- Narrow the wording: the `buffer` attribute and `new Player`/`new Sync` throw; the removed `el.buffer`/`controls.buffer` are simply gone. The `announced` → `follow` rename left the same gap (`js/watch/MIGRATE.md:121` claims only the constructor and attribute throw), so wording is the lower-risk fix.
The JavaScript playback setting is renamed from buffer to lookahead across Sync, Player, and the watch element. The code rejects supplied legacy buffer inputs with rename errors. Synchronization still uses the zero default, and playback bounds use delay + lookahead, with instant mode overriding lookahead. Tests, examples, and documentation are updated to use the new name.
Merge Risk: Low · up to 2deed
The rename appears mergeable with bounded documentation follow-up. Existing migration instructions can lead users to a rejected attribute that suspends playback, while lookahead descriptions need clearer pacing and instant-mode qualifications.
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Review comments at @doc/concept/use-case/ai.md:
- Around line 23-24: Update the description of lookahead near the moq-watch
buffered-playback reference to say it retains future-dated media rather than
playing ahead of the live edge; keep the reset-on-interruption guidance
unchanged.
Review comments at @doc/lib/js/watch.md:
- Around line 248-250: Update the `lookahead` documentation to describe the
instant-mode exception: when `delay` is `"instant"`, the player ignores
`lookahead` and displays video as it decodes, so a nonzero value does not buffer
bursts for paced playback.
- Around line 242-245: Update the existing Unreleased upgrade guidance for the
watch element to identify lookahead as the replacement for buffer, and state
that retaining the buffer attribute suspends playback. Ensure the guidance and
example use lookahead rather than buffer.
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Describe lookahead as retained media.
With a non-instant delay, lookahead permits future-dated media to be retained before playback skips; it does not play ahead of the live edge. Describe the retained media instead.
As per coding guidelines, “Describe only what ships.”
Suggested fix
--- "a/doc/concept/use-case/ai.md"+++ "b/doc/concept/use-case/ai.md"@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
A TTS model emits a whole sentence in a burst with timestamps in the future.
WebRTC keeps buffering and playout inside its media engine; MoQ exposes the
timestamped burst to the application, and the player paces it. In the browser,
set a `lookahead` on [`<moq-watch>`](/lib/js/watch#buffered-playback) to
-play ahead of the live edge and call `reset()` on an interruption. The+retain future-dated media and call `reset()` on an interruption. The
[Pipecat](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat) voice-agent framework ships
a MoQ transport built on this.
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set a `lookahead` on [`<moq-watch>`](/lib/js/watch#buffered-playback) to
play ahead of the live edge and call `reset()` on an interruption. The
set a `lookahead` on [`<moq-watch>`](/lib/js/watch#buffered-playback) to
retain future-dated media and call `reset()` on an interruption. The
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Review comment at @doc/concept/use-case/ai.md around lines 23 - 24:
Update the description of lookahead near the moq-watch buffered-playback
reference to say it retains future-dated media rather than playing ahead of the
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The upgrade guide still tells users to use buffer and does not identify lookahead as its replacement. If users retain that attribute, the element suspends playback. Update the existing Unreleased guidance to explain the rename.
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Review comment at @doc/lib/js/watch.md around lines 242 - 245:
Update the existing Unreleased upgrade guidance for the watch element to
identify lookahead as the replacement for buffer, and state that retaining the
buffer attribute suspends playback. Ensure the guidance and example use
lookahead rather than buffer.
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With delay="instant", the player ignores lookahead and displays video as it decodes. A nonzero lookahead therefore does not retain a burst for paced playback.
Suggested fix
`delay`, since playback only skips ahead once media sits more than
`delay + lookahead` past the playhead.
+With `delay="instant"`, the player ignores `lookahead` and paints video as it+decodes.
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Review the replacement and indentation, then test before committing.
Suggested change
`lookahead` is not a jitter buffer: a live stream leaves it at zero and tunes
`delay`, since playback only skips ahead once media sits more than
`delay + lookahead` past the playhead.
`lookahead` is not a jitter buffer: a live stream leaves it at zero and tunes
`delay`, since playback only skips ahead once media sits more than
`delay + lookahead` past the playhead.
With `delay="instant"`, the player ignores `lookahead` and paints video as it
decodes.
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Review comment at @doc/lib/js/watch.md around lines 248 - 250:
Update the `lookahead` documentation to describe the instant-mode exception:
when `delay` is `"instant"`, the player ignores `lookahead` and displays video
as it decodes, so a nonzero value does not buffer bursts for paced playback.
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quest/m2/watch-lookahead.md:<moq-watch>'sbufferis renamedlookahead, so it no longer reads as a jitter buffer on live streams (moq-dev/moq#8031).Summary
<moq-watch>attribute and propertybuffer->lookahead, along withcontrols.lookahead,PlayerProps/PlayerInput.lookahead, andSyncInput.lookahead.announced->followprecedent: thebufferattribute reports an invalid attribute and suspends the element, andnew Player({ buffer })/new Sync({ buffer })throw`buffer` was renamed to `lookahead`. A silently ignoredbuffer="30s"would otherwise start skipping a TTS stream.doc/lib/js/watch.md,doc/concept/use-case/ai.md,js/watch/README.md, and the element's JSDoc saylookaheadis not a jitter buffer and live streams tunedelay.test/video, andtest/interopupdated; API reports regenerated.buffered-converge,buffered-ascending,watch-decode-gate) now saylookahead; this quest and its links are removed.Choices made without asking
SyncOutput.buffered, the audio ring'sbufferedflag, "buffered playback") keep their names. They are a boolean mode, not the lookahead value, and renaming them would churn the audio files another quest (quest/m1/audio-jitter-target/watch.md) is editing now.parseBufferbecameparseLookahead.js/watch/MIGRATE.mdentry: per moq-dev/moq#8024, only the release cut edits it, so the migration note is in Impact below.bufferrefusals are not an alias; they only turn a silent misconfiguration into an error, as theannouncedrefusal does.Impact
@moq/watch):bufferis nowlookaheadon<moq-watch>(attribute, property,controls),Playerprops/inputs, andSyncinputs. Migrate by renaming:<moq-watch buffer="30s">-><moq-watch lookahead="30s">,el.buffer = 30_000->el.lookahead = 30_000,new Player({ buffer })->new Player({ lookahead }). Passing the old name now errors.Validation
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