diff --git a/HANDOFF.md b/HANDOFF.md
index aee3010..1df16da 100644
--- a/HANDOFF.md
+++ b/HANDOFF.md
@@ -1,52 +1,41 @@
-# HANDOFF — 2026-09-24 (TASK 43 shipped: native events & alerts — creator said "go")
+# HANDOFF — 2026-09-25 (TASK 44 shipped: TEST-tab chat fix — liveChatId now resolves)
## Branch / Commit State
-`main` HEAD = new commit for TASK 43 (native events & six-animation alert box); previous:
-`3a4e17c` (account zone world-independent), `cb75066` (YPP 403), `d72949e` (top-bar feedback),
-`ac6e67a` (end close-out). Repo is ~10 commits ahead of pushed `197ee81` — **push is the
-creator's call** (sub-milestone decision, not per-commit).
+`main` HEAD = new commit for TASK 44 (TEST-tab chat fix); previous: TASK 43 commit (native
+events & alerts), `ac6e67a` (end close-out). Repo is ~11 commits ahead of pushed `197ee81` —
+**push is the creator's call** (sub-milestone decision, not per-commit).
**Working tree CLEAN after this unit's commit.**
-## ⚠️ The unit that just shipped (this turn, creator said "go")
+## ⚠️ The unit that just shipped (the open TEST-tab chat report, diagnosed + fixed)
-The creator asked (2026-09-23) whether the app could use **native YouTube events instead of
-StreamElements**. Research pinned the API facts; creator rulings locked the product shape. One
-combined work unit ("go"), task filed as **TASK 43** (`TASKS/task-43-native-alerts.md`):
+The HANDOFF-open creator report — *"I still cannot post a chat message in the TEST tab"* —
+is **RESOLVED** (one cause, one scoped unit, TASK 44 in `TASKS/task-44-test-chat-fix.md`):
-1. **Chat parity half** — `YouTubeChatService` now decodes **all six** `liveChat/messages`
- event types into `ChatMessage.Kind` (the four previously-empty event rows are real now) and
- re-arms its poll on the server's `pollingIntervalMillis` (streamList semantics; clamp
- 1000–6000ms, `maxResults=2000`).
-2. **Alerts half** — new **`SourceType.AlertBox`** ("Stream Alerts", one per layout,
- `CanAddAlerts` gate mirroring chat): an OBS-style celebration zone, idle = transparent.
- `Services/AlertRenderer.cs` draws **six DISTINCT branded animations** (SuperChat slide-up/
- shine/count-up; SuperSticker scale-pop; NewMember drop-in/flash; MemberGift slide-left/chip-fan;
- GiftReceived confetti; MemberMilestone rise/growth-bar), each card carrying the "made with
- LlamaCasty!" brand line (free product placement per broadcast). `Services/AlertOverlayLayer.cs`
- is a true component (Commit-G pattern): queue (cap 10) + 33ms ticker + cache-first
- `RenderFrame` + `UpdatePreview`; **`Advance(double)` = deterministic test clock**.
-3. **Creator rulings baked in:** no menus/polls (asked once, held); free-sub mention = chat row
- only, **no sub alert** (YouTube emits none); **no viewer count** (vetoed — demotivating,
- weaponizable); six events = six unique animations, not a recolored template.
+- **The feedback line** "Chat polling couldn't start — Mock Chat Input is disabled" is
+ `TestSessionViewModel.BeginTest` running with a **null liveChatId**.
+- **Root cause (two API facts, cited in commit + MyMistakes):** (1) `liveChatId` lives in
+ **`snippet.liveChatId`** — `contentDetails` has no such property, and the old code read
+ `part=contentDetails` (can NEVER resolve); (2) YouTube only populates it once the broadcast
+ is **live** (official `GetLiveChatId.java` lists `broadcastStatus=active`), and the fetch
+ ran before the frame pump pushed RTMP (enableAutoStart flips ready→live).
+- **Fix:** `GetBroadcastLiveChatIdAsync(broadcastId, maxAttempts=10, delayMs=2000)` now reads
+ `part=snippet` and polls with a bounded retry; `PrepareAndStartLiveAsync` starts the frame
+ pump FIRST, then resolves the id. Chat stays non-fatal. TEST drawer wiring unchanged
+ (`BeginTest` opens the dock once the id resolves → Mock Chat Input becomes sendable).
-**Good Dog:** `ytLive.Tests/AlertLayerTests.cs` (RealApp STA, real WPF raster) — ParsePage
-classifies all six kinds + cadence fields; playback never enqueues a `None` (sub-mention) row,
-plays six pairwise-distinct moving frames, drains to idle. **Gate: clean build 0 warnings,
-316/317** — the ONE failure (`LayerReorderPersistenceTests.RealMouseDrag…`) repros on the CLEAN
-tree (proved via `git stash` + rebuild + isolated run): a real-mouse-drag test that no-ops while
-a game/fullscreen window steals the mouse (the HANDOFF-documented environmental class).
-**NOT a regression — do not chase it in-app; close games and rerun if in doubt.**
+**Good Dog:** ONE integration test in `YouTubeStreamServiceTests.cs`
+(`GetBroadcastLiveChatIdAsync_Polls_Snippet_Until_Id_Appears`) — a fake broadcast that starts
+without a liveChatId and gains it on a later poll; asserts the retry resolves it, polled ≥3x,
+and every request asked for snippet (never contentDetails). **Gate: clean build 0 warnings,
+full vstest 318/318 passed** (the LayerReorder real-mouse-drag test passed this run too).
## Follow-ups queued (NOT done in this unit)
-- **Creator report still open — not yet diagnosed:** "I still cannot post a chat message in the
- TEST tab." The TEST drawer's Mock Chat Input posts a REAL `liveChat/messages.insert`; the fix
- needs its own scoped unit.
- **TASK 3 item 20 persistence half** — the canonical `RewardEvents` SQLite table +
- `superChatEvents.list` (30-day) backfill + session-report rollup (the shipped alert path parses
- events to `ChatMessage` in memory; the report reads that table once it exists).
+ `superChatEvents.list` (30-day) backfill + session-report rollup (events still parse to
+ `ChatMessage` in memory only).
- TASK 3 item 16 (Text source) still open; TASK 40 units A/C/D queued; TASK 32–36 queued.
## Around the task (carried facts)
@@ -58,20 +47,19 @@ a game/fullscreen window steals the mouse (the HANDOFF-documented environmental
must become one-time before launch. `MARCOM.md`/`MONETIZATION.md` gitignored — never commit.
- Latent bug the YPP 403 masked: statistics are JSON **strings** — always the ValueKind-first
`ReadInt64` (MyMistakes recipe), never `GetInt64`.
-- New facts recorded: the chat feed IS the event feed (six types, no sub event); streamList is a
- connection-semantics description of that same endpoint (pollingIntervalMillis drives cadence).
+- **API fact (TASK 44):** a liveChatId fetch at insert time (lifecycleStatus `ready`) returns
+ nothing by design — missing liveChatId ≈ "broadcast not live yet", not an auth failure,
+ until ~20s post push. Debug with that lens.
- Every committed change needs a **close + relaunch** of the running app to be seen — running
builds are live; verify.sh can't run while the exe is locked.
## Next step
-1. **Creator verifies the alerts unit on the next run**: Add → Stream Alerts, then (Test Stream
- drawer) Simulated Super Chat / New Member — confirm the zone stays transparent at idle and each
- event plays its own animation on the canvas and preview; a real Super Chat during the next live
- run confirms the real path.
-2. Push decision is the creator's (repo ~10 ahead). If pushed, note the commit id in this file.
-3. When scoped: diagnose the TEST-tab chat posting report ("I still cannot post a chat message in
- the TEST tab") as its own Good-Dog unit.
+1. **Creator verifies the TEST-tab chat fix on the next run**: Test Stream → the drawer should
+ open with a liveChatId line and Mock Chat Input enabled ~as soon as the broadcast goes live;
+ send a message and confirm it round-trips through the ~2s poll and renders on the overlay.
+2. Push decision is the creator's (repo ~11 ahead). If pushed, note the commit id in this file.
+3. When scoped: TASK 3 item 20 (RewardEvents persistence half) draws next.
## Critical working rules (unchanged, still binding)
diff --git a/MyMistakes.md b/MyMistakes.md
index 329d313..897f6ae 100644
--- a/MyMistakes.md
+++ b/MyMistakes.md
@@ -28,6 +28,18 @@ calling it; a leaked 403→parse chain means your "whole request failed" symptom
paper over a second crash that only appears once the 403 is fixed (test the full
happy path, not just the error path).
+### liveChatId LIVES IN SNIPPET AND ONLY EXISTS ONCE THE BROADCAST IS LIVE (RECIPE)
+
+YouTube Data API v3 `liveBroadcasts`. `liveChatId` is in **`snippet.liveChatId`** —
+`contentDetails` has NO such property. AND it is only populated once the broadcast is
+**live** (the official `GetLiveChatId.java` sample lists `broadcastStatus=active`);
+a fetch right after insert (lifecycleStatus `ready`) returns nothing. (2026-09-25: this
+cost a whole investigation — the TEST-tab "Chat polling couldn't start — Mock Chat Input
+is disabled" report — because the code read `part=contentDetails` + ran before the frame
+pump pushed RTMP.) Fix = read part=snippet + bounded retry AFTER the encoder starts
+(`GetBroadcastLiveChatIdAsync(broadcastId, maxAttempts=10, delayMs=2000)`). Debug lens:
+missing liveChatId ≈ "broadcast not live yet", NOT an auth failure.
+
### CHANNELS.LIST auditDetails PART 403s THE WHOLE REQUEST WITHOUT A PARTNER SCOPE (RECIPE)
YouTube Data API v3 `channels.list` rejects the ENTIRE request with
diff --git a/Services/YouTubeStreamService.cs b/Services/YouTubeStreamService.cs
index af1990c..78bcc41 100644
--- a/Services/YouTubeStreamService.cs
+++ b/Services/YouTubeStreamService.cs
@@ -339,16 +339,37 @@ public class YouTubeStreamService
return $"YouTube rejected the message ({(int)response.StatusCode})";
}
- /// Returns the liveChatId for a broadcast by fetching its contentDetails.
- /// The liveChatId is needed to poll chat messages. Called after broadcast creation
- /// in PrepareAndStartLiveAsync.
- public async Task GetBroadcastLiveChatIdAsync(string broadcastId)
+ /// Resolves the broadcast's liveChatId (needed to poll chat). Two facts
+ /// pin this down (2026-09-25, from the official liveBroadcasts reference + the
+ /// GetLiveChatId.java sample):
+ /// 1. It lives under snippet.liveChatId — contentDetails has no such
+ /// property, so part=contentDetails could NEVER resolve it (the "Chat polling
+ /// couldn't start" report).
+ /// 2. YouTube only populates it once the broadcast is live (the sample lists
+ /// broadcastStatus=active) — fetching right after insert (lifecycleStatus
+ /// ready) returns no id. So this polls with a bounded retry, which the
+ /// caller must run AFTER the encoder starts pushing RTMP (enableAutoStart flips
+ /// the broadcast to live). Returns the id or null after the retries exhaust;
+ /// never throws.
+ public async Task GetBroadcastLiveChatIdAsync(
+ string broadcastId, int maxAttempts = 10, int delayMs = 2000)
+ {
+ for (var attempt = 0; attempt < maxAttempts; attempt++)
+ {
+ if (attempt > 0) await Task.Delay(delayMs);
+ var liveChatId = await FetchLiveChatIdAsync(broadcastId);
+ if (liveChatId != null) return liveChatId;
+ }
+ return null;
+ }
+
+ private async Task FetchLiveChatIdAsync(string broadcastId)
{
if (!await EnsureToken()) return null;
_http.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new("Bearer", _auth.CurrentChannel!.AccessToken);
var response = await _http.GetAsync(
- $"{ApiBase}/liveBroadcasts?part=contentDetails&id={broadcastId}");
+ $"{ApiBase}/liveBroadcasts?part=snippet&id={broadcastId}");
if (!response.IsSuccessStatusCode) return null;
var json = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
@@ -356,8 +377,8 @@ public class YouTubeStreamService
var items = data.GetProperty("items");
if (items.GetArrayLength() == 0) return null;
- var contentDetails = items[0].GetProperty("contentDetails");
- if (contentDetails.TryGetProperty("liveChatId", out var liveChatId))
+ var snippet = items[0].GetProperty("snippet");
+ if (snippet.TryGetProperty("liveChatId", out var liveChatId))
return liveChatId.GetString();
return null;
diff --git a/TASKS.md b/TASKS.md
index 2b4ce19..527ba08 100644
--- a/TASKS.md
+++ b/TASKS.md
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
| 41 | Test Stream mode: private test broadcast + TEST drawer (mock chat input + simulated events) | ✅ Done (2026-09-22) | [`TASKS/task-41-test-stream-mode.md`](TASKS/task-41-test-stream-mode.md) |
| 42 | Top bar redesign: one REC-or-Stream surface, gear up top, sign-in/account zone world-gated | ✅ Done (2026-09-22) | [`TASKS/task-42-top-bar-redesign.md`](TASKS/task-42-top-bar-redesign.md) |
| 43 | Native events & alerts: chat parity (all six event types + server poll cadence) + six-animation native alert box | ✅ Done (2026-09-24) | [`TASKS/task-43-native-alerts.md`](TASKS/task-43-native-alerts.md) |
+| 44 | TEST-tab chat fix: resolve liveChatId from snippet (not contentDetails) + poll until the broadcast is live | ✅ Done (2026-09-25); full suite 318/318 | [`TASKS/task-44-test-chat-fix.md`](TASKS/task-44-test-chat-fix.md) |
---
@@ -110,6 +111,13 @@
`AlertOverlayLayer` component; 33ms ticker, deterministic `Advance` test clock; idle =
transparent). Creator rulings baked in: free-sub mention = chat row only (no sub alert — YouTube
emits none), NO viewer count, every alert card carries the "made with LlamaCasty!" brand line.
+- **TASK 44 — TEST-tab chat fix** — **DONE 2026-09-25** (`TASKS/task-44-test-chat-fix.md`):
+ the open creator report ("I still cannot post a chat message in the TEST tab") was a single
+ cause: `GetBroadcastLiveChatIdAsync` read `contentDetails.liveChatId` (lifeChatId lives in
+ **`snippet`**) AND ran before the broadcast was live (RTMP push flips ready→live via
+ enableAutoStart; YouTube only populates the id on live broadcasts — official GetLiveChatId.java
+ sample lists broadcastStatus=active). Fixed by reading `snippet.liveChatId` and polling with a
+ bounded retry after the frame pump starts; chat stays non-fatal.
---
diff --git a/TASKS/task-44-test-chat-fix.md b/TASKS/task-44-test-chat-fix.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0b91c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TASKS/task-44-test-chat-fix.md
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+# TASK 44 — TEST-tab chat fix: resolve the liveChatId (snippet + live-timing)
+
+> Catalog: [`TASKS.md`](../TASKS.md). Status: ✅ **SHIPPED 2026-09-25** — the open
+> creator report from HANDOFF ("I still cannot post a chat message in the TEST tab")
+> diagnosed and fixed as its own scoped unit.
+
+## Provenance
+
+- **2026-09-24, HANDOFF** filed the creator report as open: "I still cannot post a chat
+ message in the TEST tab." The TEST drawer's Mock Chat Input posts a real
+ `liveChat/messages.insert`; the drawer only enables it when a liveChatId is resolved.
+- **2026-09-25 diagnosis:** the reported feedback line "Chat polling couldn't start —
+ Mock Chat Input is disabled" is `TestSessionViewModel.BeginTest` running with a **null
+ liveChatId**. That id comes from `YouTubeStreamService.GetBroadcastLiveChatIdAsync`,
+ and two API facts (from the official liveBroadcasts reference + the
+ `GetLiveChatId.java` sample) pin why it never resolved:
+ 1. **It lives under `snippet.liveChatId`** — `contentDetails` has no such property at
+ all. The code requested `part=contentDetails` and read `contentDetails.liveChatId`,
+ a path that can NEVER resolve.
+ 2. **YouTube only populates it once the broadcast is `live`** (the official sample
+ lists `broadcastStatus=active`). The fetch ran right after broadcast insert
+ (lifecycleStatus `ready`) AND before `_framePump.StartAsync()` pushed the RTMP
+ stream that `enableAutoStart` needs to flip the broadcast to live — so even the
+ correct property would have been empty at fetch time.
+
+## What shipped
+
+- `Services/YouTubeStreamService.cs`:
+ - `GetBroadcastLiveChatIdAsync(broadcastId, maxAttempts = 10, delayMs = 2000)` now
+ requests **`part=snippet`** and reads **`snippet.liveChatId`**, and **polls with a
+ bounded retry** until the id appears or the attempts exhaust (never throws). The
+ default retry (~20s) gives the encoder time to connect and the broadcast to go live.
+ - New private `FetchLiveChatIdAsync` holds the single read; the public method owns
+ the retry loop.
+- `ViewModels/MainViewModel.Streaming.Operations.cs`:
+ - `PrepareAndStartLiveAsync` **starts the frame pump FIRST**, then resolves the
+ liveChatId — the reorder is required for the id to ever exist. Chat remains
+ non-fatal: failure logs and the stream continues.
+ - TEST drawer wiring preserved: `TestSession.BeginTest(broadcastId, liveChatId)`
+ still opens the dock once the id resolves → Mock Chat Input becomes sendable.
+- Docs: `ai.md` (Test Stream section), `TASKS.md` (row 44), `HANDOFF.md` rewritten.
+
+## Validation (Good Dog: ONE integration test)
+
+`ytLive.Tests/YouTubeStreamServiceTests.cs`:
+`GetBroadcastLiveChatIdAsync_Polls_Snippet_Until_Id_Appears` — a fake broadcast that
+starts WITHOUT a liveChatId (not yet live) and gains it on a later poll; asserts the
+retry eventually resolves `Cg0LIVECHAT42`, that it polled ≥3 times, and that every
+request asked for **snippet** (never contentDetails) — the exact seam that was broken.
+
+**Gate: clean build 0 warnings; full vstest 318/318 passed.**
+
+## Reference
+
+- https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/live/docs/liveBroadcasts (snippet.liveChatId;
+ contentDetails has no liveChatId)
+- https://github.com/youtube/api-samples/blob/master/java/src/main/java/com/google/api/services/samples/youtube/cmdline/live/GetLiveChatId.java
+ (sample lists broadcastStatus=active — id only present on live broadcasts)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ViewModels/MainViewModel.Streaming.Operations.cs b/ViewModels/MainViewModel.Streaming.Operations.cs
index f874f4a..3b13755 100644
--- a/ViewModels/MainViewModel.Streaming.Operations.cs
+++ b/ViewModels/MainViewModel.Streaming.Operations.cs
@@ -183,36 +183,6 @@ public partial class MainViewModel : ViewModelBase
_notifications.Warning("Complete your broadcast details",
"Your title and description are empty — fill them in from the Text panel on the right.");
}
-
- // Start chat polling (TASK 9.4): fetch the liveChatId from the broadcast's
- // contentDetails, then start the poll loop. Chat is non-fatal — if it fails,
- // the stream continues without on-panel chat.
- string? liveChatId = null;
- try
- {
- liveChatId = await _youtubeStream.GetBroadcastLiveChatIdAsync(_currentBroadcastId);
- if (liveChatId != null)
- {
- _youtubeChat.Start(liveChatId);
- AppLog.Write($"Chat polling started: {liveChatId}");
- }
- else
- {
- AppLog.Write("Could not retrieve liveChatId; chat polling disabled");
- }
- }
- catch (Exception chatEx)
- {
- AppLog.Write($"Chat start failed (non-fatal): {chatEx.Message}");
- }
-
- // TASK 41: a test broadcast hands its session to the Test drawer once
- // the liveChatId resolves — Mock Chat Input + simulated events need it.
- if (IsTestStream && _currentBroadcastId != null)
- {
- TestSession.BeginTest(_currentBroadcastId, liveChatId);
- AppLog.Write($"Test session dock open for {_currentBroadcastId}");
- }
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
@@ -222,8 +192,40 @@ public partial class MainViewModel : ViewModelBase
return;
}
+ // The pump is what pushes RTMP; enableAutoStart flips the broadcast ready→live
+ // only once frames flow. The liveChatId (snippet.liveChatId) does not exist
+ // before that (2026-09-25 diagnosis), so chat resolution runs AFTER the pump
+ // starts. Chat is non-fatal — if it fails, the stream continues without chat.
await _framePump.StartAsync(); // never throws; failures log + surface via Failed
+ string? liveChatId = null;
+ try
+ {
+ if (_currentBroadcastId != null)
+ liveChatId = await _youtubeStream.GetBroadcastLiveChatIdAsync(_currentBroadcastId);
+ if (liveChatId != null)
+ {
+ _youtubeChat.Start(liveChatId);
+ AppLog.Write($"Chat polling started: {liveChatId}");
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ AppLog.Write("Could not retrieve liveChatId; chat polling disabled");
+ }
+ }
+ catch (Exception chatEx)
+ {
+ AppLog.Write($"Chat start failed (non-fatal): {chatEx.Message}");
+ }
+
+ // TASK 41: a test broadcast hands its session to the Test drawer once
+ // the liveChatId resolves — Mock Chat Input + simulated events need it.
+ if (IsTestStream && _currentBroadcastId != null)
+ {
+ TestSession.BeginTest(_currentBroadcastId, liveChatId);
+ AppLog.Write($"Test session dock open for {_currentBroadcastId}");
+ }
+
// Health polling (TASK 5 item 3): poll immediately, then every 30s while
// live. Report-by-exception — a banner appears only on warning/error.
_healthPollTimer.Start();
diff --git a/ai.md b/ai.md
index 8f87960..506383e 100644
--- a/ai.md
+++ b/ai.md
@@ -1560,6 +1560,15 @@ These are the hard facts behind every decision. Full list in `TASKS.md`.
`StopStream` clears it in every path (including pump-failure rollback). Once the liveChatId
resolves, `TestSession.BeginTest(broadcastId, liveChatId)` opens the **TEST drawer** (third
right-rail pull-out, three-way one-open-at-a-time exclusivity wired in `MainViewModel.Ypp.cs`).
+ **liveChatId resolution (fixed 2026-09-25, TASK 44):** the id is `snippet.liveChatId` —
+ `contentDetails` has NO liveChatId property — and YouTube only populates it once the broadcast
+ is LIVE (the official GetLiveChatId.java sample lists broadcastStatus=active). So
+ `GetBroadcastLiveChatIdAsync(broadcastId, maxAttempts=10, delayMs=2000)` reads
+ part=snippet and polls with a bounded retry, and `PrepareAndStartLiveAsync` starts the frame
+ pump FIRST (the RTMP push is what flips ready→live via enableAutoStart) before resolving it.
+ Chrome-debugging note: a fetch at broadcast-insert time (lifecycleStatus ready) legitimately
+ returns no id — missing liveChatId is the ready state, not an auth failure, until ~20s post
+ push.
Drawer tooling: **Mock Chat Input** = a REAL `liveChat/messages.insert` (`YouTubeStreamService.InsertChatMessageAsync`)
that round-trips through the real ~2s poll and renders through the live overlay path;
**simulated Subscriber / New Member / Super Chat** = `YouTubeChatService.InjectSimulatedMessage`,
diff --git a/ytLive.Tests/YouTubeStreamServiceTests.cs b/ytLive.Tests/YouTubeStreamServiceTests.cs
index 24069ef..08afae2 100644
--- a/ytLive.Tests/YouTubeStreamServiceTests.cs
+++ b/ytLive.Tests/YouTubeStreamServiceTests.cs
@@ -294,4 +294,42 @@ public class YouTubeStreamServiceTests
Assert.Contains("403", closeOutError);
Assert.StartsWith("POST ", handler.Requests[^1]);
}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+
+ /// The ONE integration test for the 2026-09-25 TEST-tab chat fix:
+ /// "Chat polling couldn't start — Mock Chat Input is disabled" because the
+ /// liveChatId never resolved. Two facts pin it: (1) the id lives in
+ /// snippet.liveChatId — part=contentDetails could NEVER return it, and
+ /// (2) YouTube only populates it once the broadcast is live, so a single fetch
+ /// right after insert (lifecycleStatus ready) comes back empty. The fix reads
+ /// part=snippet AND polls with a bounded retry — this test drives a fake
+ /// broadcast that starts WITHOUT the id (broadcast not yet live) and gains it on
+ /// a later poll, proving the retry resolves it and that every request asked for
+ /// snippet (never contentDetails).
+ [Fact]
+ public async Task GetBroadcastLiveChatIdAsync_Polls_Snippet_Until_Id_Appears()
+ {
+ var polls = 0;
+ var handler = new RecordingHandler
+ {
+ ResponseSelector = request =>
+ {
+ polls++;
+ // First polls: broadcast exists but not yet live → no liveChatId.
+ return polls < 3
+ ? """{"items":[{"id":"BC-42","snippet":{"title":"t"}}]}"""
+ : """{"items":[{"id":"BC-42","snippet":{"title":"t","liveChatId":"Cg0LIVECHAT42"}}]}""";
+ }
+ };
+ var service = new YouTubeStreamService(CreateAuthed(), new HttpClient(handler));
+
+ var chatId = await service.GetBroadcastLiveChatIdAsync("BC-42", maxAttempts: 5, delayMs: 25);
+
+ Assert.Equal("Cg0LIVECHAT42", chatId);
+ Assert.True(polls >= 3, $"expected the retry to poll until the id appears (polled {polls}x)");
+ Assert.All(handler.Requests, r =>
+ {
+ Assert.Contains("part=snippet", r);
+ Assert.DoesNotContain("part=contentDetails", r);
+ });
+ }
+}