From 826965354a4778af87362b1595cfd37514fc6225 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Samuel Newman <mozzius@protonmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 15:38:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] hackfix webpack dev server freezing

---
 webpack.config.js | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index b312a2d6c3..a759c9ce49 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@ module.exports = async function (env, argv) {
   ]
   if (env.mode === 'development') {
     config.plugins.push(new ReactRefreshWebpackPlugin())
+    // Reap zombie HMR WebSocket connections that linger after refresh.
+    // Without this, dead sockets exhaust the browser's per-origin connection
+    // pool and the dev server stops responding.
+    config.devServer.onListening = devServer => {
+      devServer.server.on('connection', socket => {
+        socket.setTimeout(10000)
+        socket.on('timeout', () => socket.destroy())
+      })
+    }
   } else {
     // Support static CDN for chunks
     config.output.publicPath = 'auto'