From c5829278407627ecbadbf4bca406f6c4d8936f2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Frederic Charette <fredericcharette@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2025 15:32:39 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] remove sending of empty payloads, without affecting routines

---
 packages/kalm/src/components/client.ts | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/kalm/src/components/client.ts b/packages/kalm/src/components/client.ts
index 8485900..63c1758 100644
--- a/packages/kalm/src/components/client.ts
+++ b/packages/kalm/src/components/client.ts
@@ -34,10 +34,12 @@ export function Client(params: ClientConfig, emitter: EventEmitter, socket?: any
   }
 
   function _wrap(frameId: number): void {
-    transport.send(socket, getChannels().reduce((frame, channelName) => {
+    const payload = getChannels().reduce((frame, channelName) => {
       if (channels[channelName].packets.length > 0) frame.channels[channelName] = channels[channelName].packets;
       return frame;
-    }, { frameId, channels: {} }));
+    }, { frameId, channels: {} });
+
+    if (Object.keys(payload.channels || {}).length > 0) transport.send(socket, payload);
 
     for (const channelName in channels) {
       channels[channelName].packets.length = 0;