cloudflare/partykit partysub@2.1.0

partysub@2.1.0

Repository: cloudflare/partykit

Tag: partysub@2.1.0

Published: 2026-04-24T20:17:29Z

Prerelease: no

Release notes:

Minor Changes

• #378 `f3ab44f` Thanks @threepointone! - Use native ctx.id.name to populate this.name.

Durable Objects now expose ctx.id.name on every entry point (constructor, fetch, alarm, hibernating websocket handlers) when the DO is addressed via idFromName()/getByName(). PartyServer now uses this as the primary source of this.name, which simplifies routing, eliminates storage writes, and makes this.name available inside the constructor.

Changes in partyserver:

• this.name resolves from this.ctx.id.name. The apologetic workerd#2240 error message is gone.
• this.name is now available inside the constructor and from class field initializers, not just after setName()/fetch() has run.
• routePartykitRequest no longer issues a setName()/_initAndFetch() RPC before fetch(). The WebSocket path goes from 2 RPCs to 1; the HTTP path remains 1 RPC. Props, when supplied, are delivered to the DO via the x-partykit-props request header, set after onBeforeConnect/onBeforeRequest hooks run.
• getServerByName continues to perform a single RPC to ensure onStart() has completed before returning, so user-defined RPC methods on the returned stub can rely on initialization being done. That RPC is now cheaper internally (no storage write; name is read from ctx.id.name).
• Server no longer writes the __ps_name record to storage. Existing records remain on disk for backward compatibility and are only read inside alarm() as a fallback for alarms that were scheduled before 2026-03-15 (where ctx.id.name is not carried into the alarm handler — see the Durable Objects ID docs).
• setName() and _initAndFetch() are marked @deprecated. They continue to work for backward compatibility. setName(name) now throws if name does not match ctx.id.name.
• The x-partykit-room header is still accepted as a fallback when ctx.id.name is not available.
• Error message when the name cannot be resolved has been rewritten to list the three real causes (unsupported addressing via idFromString()/newUniqueId(), runtime too old to expose ctx.id.name, or direct stub.fetch() without routePartykitRequest/getServerByName).
• When reading this.name throws, it is because ctx.id.name is undefined and no legacy fallback has populated the name: the DO was addressed via idFromString() or newUniqueId() (both unsupported), the runtime is too old to expose ctx.id.name, or a pre-2026-03-15 alarm fired before the legacy storage fallback ran.

Changes in all affected packages (partyserver, partysub, partysync, y-partyserver, hono-party):

• @cloudflare/workers-types peer dependency bumped from ^4.20240729.0 to ^4.20260424.1. The old range predates ctx.id.name in the type surface.

Not supported: addressing PartyServer DOs via idFromString() or newUniqueId(). These paths return ctx.id.name === undefined inside the DO and will surface as a clear error from this.name. PartyServer has always assumed name-based addressing via getServerByName / routePartykitRequest; this release makes that assumption explicit.