Probe

Probe is a mechanism for measuring the available bitrate between two peers. The subscriber sends a target bitrate hint to the publisher, and the publisher periodically reports back the bitrate it actually measured on the connection. This enables adaptive bitrate decisions without maintaining a persistent subscription.

`moqt.ProbeResult`

Both Session.Probe and Session.ProbeTargets deliver results via ProbeResult:

type ProbeResult struct {
    Bitrate uint64
}

Field	Type	Description
`Bitrate`	`uint64`	The measured bitrate in bits per second. 0 means unknown.

Note: RTT is not included in ProbeResult. Use Session.Stats() or the underlying transport API (e.g. (*quic.Conn).ConnectionStats()) to obtain RTT, bytes sent, and bytes received.

Notify Target Bitrate

Use Session.Probe to send a target bitrate hint to the publisher. The call can be repeated to update the target; the same underlying stream is reused. The returned channel is closed when the session terminates.

func (s *Session) Probe(targetBitrate uint64) (<-chan ProbeResult, error)

    probeCh, err := sess.Probe(5_000_000) // hint: 5 Mbps
    if err != nil {
        // Handle error
        return
    }

    result, ok := <-probeCh
    if !ok {
        // Stream closed without a result.
        return
    }
    fmt.Printf("Measured bitrate: %d bps\n", result.Bitrate)

Receive Target Bitrate

Use Session.ProbeTargets to receive target bitrate hints sent by the subscriber. The channel has a buffer of 1 and uses latest-value semantics — if the previous value has not been consumed it is replaced by the newer one.

func (s *Session) ProbeTargets() <-chan ProbeResult

    for result := range sess.ProbeTargets() {
        fmt.Printf("Subscriber target: %d bps\n", result.Bitrate)
        // Adjust encoding bitrate accordingly.
    }

The publisher automatically enforces a single active incoming probe stream; if the subscriber opens a new stream the previous one is cancelled.

Configuring Probe Behaviour

The probe loop timing can be tuned via moqt.Config:

    cfg := &moqt.Config{
        ProbeInterval: 50 * time.Millisecond,
        ProbeMaxAge:   5 * time.Second,
        ProbeMaxDelta: 0.05,
    }

Field	Type	Default	Description
`ProbeInterval`	`time.Duration`	100 ms	Ticker period for the publisher-side probe loop.
`ProbeMaxAge`	`time.Duration`	10 s	Maximum interval between probe sends regardless of bitrate change.
`ProbeMaxDelta`	`float64`	0.10	Fractional bitrate change threshold that triggers an early send.

Error Handling

Probe operations may return moqt.ProbeError or moqt.SessionError:

    probeCh, err := sess.Probe(5_000_000)
    if err != nil {
        var probeErr *moqt.ProbeError
        if errors.As(err, &probeErr) {
            switch probeErr.ProbeErrorCode() {
            case moqt.ProbeErrorCodeNotSupported:
                // Remote peer does not support probing
            default:
                // Internal error
            }
        }
    }

See Built-in Error Codes for ProbeErrorCode values.

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Notify Target Bitrate

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​Notify Target Bitrate

​Receive Target Bitrate

​Configuring Probe Behaviour

​Error Handling

`moqt.ProbeResult`

Notify Target Bitrate

Receive Target Bitrate

Configuring Probe Behaviour

Error Handling