SignalR stateful connection

[Dan-Crane]

Hi all!

Is it possible to use a stateful connection without the negotiate step when using WebSocket?

[engineering87]

Hello,
in ASP.NET Core SignalR you can skip the negotiate step, but only if you use WebSockets exclusively.
For example:

const connection = new signalR.HubConnectionBuilder()
  .withUrl("/hub", {
    transport: signalR.HttpTransportType.WebSockets,
    skipNegotiation: true
  })
  .build();

await connection.start();

Stateful data still needs to be managed in your Hub code.
Skipping negotiation doesn’t make the connection inherently stateful.