From 92c5c6cb03fff20b4b54c0176882218b169d9652 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: raphCode <15750438+raphCode@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2022 17:14:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add logging to ipc receiver (#1459)

* Add logging to ipc receiver

* Add to changelog
---
 CHANGELOG.md            | 1 +
 zellij-utils/src/ipc.rs | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a741496f..0abe94fd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+* feat: Log errors causing "empty message received from client" (https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/pull/1459)
 
 ## [0.30.0] - 2022-06-07
 * fix: right and middle clicks creating selection (https://github.com/zellij-org/zellij/pull/1372)
diff --git a/zellij-utils/src/ipc.rs b/zellij-utils/src/ipc.rs
index 4d76c088..ea6b4039 100644
--- a/zellij-utils/src/ipc.rs
+++ b/zellij-utils/src/ipc.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use crate::{
     pane_size::{Size, SizeInPixels},
 };
 use interprocess::local_socket::LocalSocketStream;
+use log::warn;
 use nix::unistd::dup;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::{
@@ -189,7 +190,10 @@ where
     pub fn recv(&mut self) -> Option<(T, ErrorContext)> {
         match bincode::deserialize_from(&mut self.receiver) {
             Ok(msg) => Some(msg),
-            Err(_) => None,
+            Err(e) => {
+                warn!("Error in IpcReceiver.recv(): {:?}", e);
+                None
+            }
         }
     }