docs: update README, CONFIG, EXTEND for config/dialer refactoring

pool: add ConnectOption/WithDialer for per-call dialer override on Connect
transport: copy-on-intake in NewConnection/NewPool; add ConnectionConfig.Clone; remove SetDialer; dialer via config
2026-05-26 15:08:33 -04:00 · 2026-05-26 14:59:03 -04:00 · 2026-05-26 14:46:10 -04:00 · 2026-05-26 14:17:58 -04:00 · 2026-05-26 14:13:40 -04:00 · 2026-05-26 14:11:03 -04:00
19 changed files with 449 additions and 311 deletions
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Logging can be controlled independently at the pool, worker, and connection leve
 | Connection | `ErrorsBufferSize` | 10 | — | Must be positive |
 | Connection | `LoggingEnabled` | true | `false` | |
 | Connection | `LogLevel` | nil | — | nil defers to handler's own filter |
-| Retry | enabled | yes | `WithoutRetry()` | Governs `Connect()` only |
+| Retry | enabled | yes | `WithRetryDisabled()` | Governs `Connect()` only |
 | Retry | `MaxRetries` | 0 | — | 0 means infinite |
 | Retry | `InitialDelay` | 1s | — | Must be positive |
 | Retry | `MaxDelay` | 60s | — | Must be ≥ InitialDelay |
@@ -61,11 +61,16 @@ Sets the capacity of the channel that buffers inbound messages between the reade
 **`WithErrorsBufferSize(int)`**
 Sets the capacity of the channel that carries connection-level errors to the consumer. Must be at least 1.

+### Dialer
+
+**`WithConnectionDialer(types.Dialer)`**
+Overrides the dialer used to establish the WebSocket connection. When not set, the connection uses the default dialer. Useful in tests or when routing connections through a custom transport.
+
 ### Retry

 The retry policy governs the `Connect()` call only. It does not affect worker reconnection, which is controlled by `ReconnectDelay` on the worker config.

-**`WithoutRetry()`**
+**`WithRetryDisabled()`**
 Disables retry entirely. `Connect()` returns on the first dial failure.

 **`WithRetryMaxRetries(int)`**
@@ -124,13 +129,18 @@ Enables or disables worker-level logging.
 **`honeybee.WithWorkerLogLevel(slog.Level)`**
 Overrides the minimum log level for worker-scoped records only.

+### Per-connection
+
+**`honeybee.WithDialer(types.Dialer)`**
+Overrides the dialer for a single `Connect` call. Passed as a variadic option: `pool.Connect(id, honeybee.WithDialer(d))`. When provided, it takes precedence over the dialer resolved from `ConnectionConfig`. Existing callers that pass no options are unaffected.
+
 ### Wiring

-**`honeybee.WithConnectionConfig(*transport.ConnectionConfig)`**
-Supplies a connection config used when dialing each peer.
+**`honeybee.WithConnectionConfig(transport.ConnectionConfig)`**
+Supplies a connection config used when dialing each peer. Accepted by value; the pool stores its own copy.

-**`honeybee.WithWorkerConfig(*honeybee.WorkerConfig)`**
-Supplies a worker config applied to every worker the pool creates.
+**`honeybee.WithWorkerConfig(honeybee.WorkerConfig)`**
+Supplies a worker config applied to every worker the pool creates. Accepted by value; the pool stores its own copy.

 **`honeybee.WithWorkerFactory(honeybee.WorkerFactory)`**
 Replaces the default worker constructor. See [EXTEND.md](EXTEND.md) for the factory contract.
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ type PoolPlugin struct {
    Inbox            chan<- honeybee.InboxMessage
    Events           chan<- honeybee.PoolEvent
    InboxCounter     *atomic.Uint64
-    Dialer           honeybee.Dialer
-    ConnectionConfig *transport.ConnectionConfig
+    ConnectionConfig transport.ConnectionConfig
    Handler          slog.Handler
 }
 ```
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ Connections send periodic WebSocket ping frames and listen for the corresponding

 Pong-derived heartbeats reset the keepalive timer alongside data messages and sends. A peer that sends no data but responds to pings will not be disconnected and reconnected by the keepalive mechanism.

-The ping interval is configured via `transport.WithPingInterval` on the `transport.ConnectionConfig`. Import `git.wisehodl.dev/jay/go-honeybee/transport` to construct a `ConnectionConfig`, then pass it to the pool via `honeybee.WithConnectionConfig`, or supply it directly to `NewConnection` and `NewConnectionFromSocket`. The default is 20 seconds. Set to zero to disable pings entirely, in which case only data messages and outbound sends generate heartbeats.
+The ping interval is configured via `transport.WithPingInterval` on the `transport.ConnectionConfig`. Import `git.wisehodl.dev/jay/go-honeybee/transport` to construct a `ConnectionConfig`, then pass it to the pool by value via `honeybee.WithConnectionConfig`, or supply it directly to `NewConnection` and `NewConnectionFromSocket`. The default is 20 seconds. Set to zero to disable pings entirely, in which case only data messages and outbound sends generate heartbeats.

 ## Statistics

@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ import (
 type PoolConfig struct {
 	InboxBufferSize  int
 	EventsBufferSize int
-	ConnectionConfig *transport.ConnectionConfig
+	ConnectionConfig transport.ConnectionConfig
 	WorkerFactory    WorkerFactory
-	WorkerConfig     *WorkerConfig
+	WorkerConfig     WorkerConfig
 }

 type PoolOption func(*PoolConfig) error
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ func GetDefaultPoolConfig() *PoolConfig {
 	return &PoolConfig{
 		InboxBufferSize:  256,
 		EventsBufferSize: 10,
-		ConnectionConfig: nil,
+		ConnectionConfig: *transport.GetDefaultConnectionConfig(),
 		WorkerFactory:    nil,
-		WorkerConfig:     nil,
+		WorkerConfig:     *GetDefaultWorkerConfig(),
 	}
 }

@@ -58,19 +58,15 @@ func applyPoolOptions(config *PoolConfig, options ...PoolOption) error {
 func ValidatePoolConfig(config *PoolConfig) error {
 	var err error

-	if config.ConnectionConfig != nil {
-		err = transport.ValidateConnectionConfig(config.ConnectionConfig)
+	err = transport.ValidateConnectionConfig(&config.ConnectionConfig)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	}

-	if config.WorkerConfig != nil {
-		err = ValidateWorkerConfig(config.WorkerConfig)
+	err = ValidateWorkerConfig(&config.WorkerConfig)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	}

 	return nil
 }
@@ -104,9 +100,9 @@ func WithEventsBufferSize(value int) PoolOption {
 	}
 }

-func WithConnectionConfig(cc *transport.ConnectionConfig) PoolOption {
+func WithConnectionConfig(cc transport.ConnectionConfig) PoolOption {
 	return func(c *PoolConfig) error {
-		err := transport.ValidateConnectionConfig(cc)
+		err := transport.ValidateConnectionConfig(&cc)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -115,9 +111,9 @@ func WithConnectionConfig(cc *transport.ConnectionConfig) PoolOption {
 	}
 }

-func WithWorkerConfig(wc *WorkerConfig) PoolOption {
+func WithWorkerConfig(wc WorkerConfig) PoolOption {
 	return func(c *PoolConfig) error {
-		err := ValidateWorkerConfig(wc)
+		err := ValidateWorkerConfig(&wc)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ func TestNewPoolConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, conf, &PoolConfig{
 		InboxBufferSize:  256,
 		EventsBufferSize: 10,
-		ConnectionConfig: nil,
-		WorkerConfig:     nil,
+		ConnectionConfig: *transport.GetDefaultConnectionConfig(),
+		WorkerConfig:     *GetDefaultWorkerConfig(),
 		WorkerFactory:    nil,
 	})
 }
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ func TestDefaultPoolConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, conf, &PoolConfig{
 		InboxBufferSize:  256,
 		EventsBufferSize: 10,
-		ConnectionConfig: nil,
-		WorkerConfig:     nil,
+		ConnectionConfig: *transport.GetDefaultConnectionConfig(),
+		WorkerConfig:     *GetDefaultWorkerConfig(),
 		WorkerFactory:    nil,
 	})
 }
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ func TestApplyPoolOptions(t *testing.T) {
 	conf := &PoolConfig{}
 	err := applyPoolOptions(
 		conf,
-		WithConnectionConfig(&transport.ConnectionConfig{}),
+		WithConnectionConfig(transport.ConnectionConfig{
+			Retry: transport.RetryConfig{Disabled: true},
+		}),
 	)

 	assert.NoError(t, err)
@@ -57,15 +59,21 @@ func TestWithBufferSizes(t *testing.T) {

 func TestWithConnectionConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	conf := &PoolConfig{}
-	opt := WithConnectionConfig(&transport.ConnectionConfig{WriteTimeout: 1 * time.Second})
+	opt := WithConnectionConfig(transport.ConnectionConfig{
+		WriteTimeout: 1 * time.Second,
+		Retry:        transport.RetryConfig{Disabled: true},
+	})
 	err := applyPoolOptions(conf, opt)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.NotNil(t, conf.ConnectionConfig)
 	assert.Equal(t, 1*time.Second, conf.ConnectionConfig.WriteTimeout)

 	// invalid config is rejected
 	conf = &PoolConfig{}
-	opt = WithConnectionConfig(&transport.ConnectionConfig{WriteTimeout: -1 * time.Second})
+	opt = WithConnectionConfig(
+		transport.ConnectionConfig{
+			WriteTimeout: -1 * time.Second,
+			Retry:        transport.RetryConfig{Disabled: true},
+		})
 	err = applyPoolOptions(conf, opt)
 	assert.Error(t, err)
 }
@@ -78,8 +86,12 @@ func TestValidatePoolConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		wantErrText string
 	}{
 		{
-			name: "valid empty",
-			conf: *&PoolConfig{},
+			name: "valid empty (retry disabled)",
+			conf: PoolConfig{
+				ConnectionConfig: transport.ConnectionConfig{
+					Retry: transport.RetryConfig{Disabled: true},
+				},
+			},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "valid defaults",
@@ -88,14 +100,16 @@ func TestValidatePoolConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "valid complete",
 			conf: PoolConfig{
-				ConnectionConfig: &transport.ConnectionConfig{},
+				ConnectionConfig: transport.ConnectionConfig{
+					Retry: transport.RetryConfig{Disabled: true},
+				},
 			},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "invalid connection config",
 			conf: PoolConfig{
-				ConnectionConfig: &transport.ConnectionConfig{
-					Retry: &transport.RetryConfig{
+				ConnectionConfig: transport.ConnectionConfig{
+					Retry: transport.RetryConfig{
 						InitialDelay: 10 * time.Second,
 						MaxDelay:     1 * time.Second,
 					},
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ type PoolPlugin struct {
 	Inbox            chan<- types.InboxMessage
 	Events           chan<- PoolEvent
 	InboxCounter     *atomic.Uint64
-	Dialer           types.Dialer
-	ConnectionConfig *transport.ConnectionConfig
+	ConnectionConfig transport.ConnectionConfig
 }

 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -101,7 +100,8 @@ func NewPool(ctx context.Context, config *PoolConfig, handler slog.Handler,
 	if config.WorkerFactory == nil {
 		config.WorkerFactory = func(
 			ctx context.Context, id string, handler slog.Handler) (Worker, error) {
-			return NewWorker(ctx, id, config.WorkerConfig, handler)
+			wc := config.WorkerConfig
+			return NewWorker(ctx, id, &wc, handler)
 		}
 	}

@@ -117,12 +117,19 @@ func NewPool(ctx context.Context, config *PoolConfig, handler slog.Handler,
 		logger = slog.New(handler).With(slog.Any("component", c))
 	}

+	var dialer types.Dialer
+	if config.ConnectionConfig.Dialer != nil {
+		dialer = config.ConnectionConfig.Dialer
+	} else {
+		dialer = transport.NewDialer()
+	}
+
 	return &Pool{
 		peers:  make(map[string]*Peer),
 		inbox:  make(chan types.InboxMessage, config.InboxBufferSize),
 		events: make(chan PoolEvent, config.EventsBufferSize),

-		dialer:  transport.NewDialer(),
+		dialer:  dialer,
 		config:  config,
 		handler: handler,
 		logger:  logger,
@@ -194,16 +201,9 @@ func (p *Pool) PeerStats(id string) (PeerStats, error) {
 	}, nil
 }

-func (p *Pool) SetDialer(d types.Dialer) {
-	if d == nil {
-		panic("dialer cannot be nil")
-	}
-	p.dialer = d
-}
-
 func (p *Pool) Close() {
 	if p.logger != nil {
-		p.logger.Debug("closing")
+		p.logger.Info("closing")
 	}

 	p.mu.Lock()
@@ -231,9 +231,24 @@ func (p *Pool) Close() {
 	}()
 }

-func (p *Pool) Connect(id string) error {
+// ConnectOption configures a single Connect call.
+type ConnectOption func(*connectOptions)
+
+type connectOptions struct {
+	dialer types.Dialer
+}
+
+// WithDialer returns a ConnectOption that overrides the pool dialer for this
+// connection only.
+func WithDialer(d types.Dialer) ConnectOption {
+	return func(o *connectOptions) {
+		o.dialer = d
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *Pool) Connect(id string, opts ...ConnectOption) error {
 	if p.logger != nil {
-		p.logger.Debug("connecting to peer", "peer", id)
+		p.logger.Info("connecting", "peer", id)
 	}

 	id, err := transport.NormalizeURL(id)
@@ -258,12 +273,23 @@ func (p *Pool) Connect(id string) error {
 		return err
 	}

+	o := &connectOptions{}
+	for _, opt := range opts {
+		opt(o)
+	}
+	effectiveDialer := p.dialer
+	if o.dialer != nil {
+		effectiveDialer = o.dialer
+	}
+
+	cc := p.config.ConnectionConfig.Clone()
+	cc.Dialer = effectiveDialer
+
 	pool := PoolPlugin{
 		Inbox:            p.inbox,
 		Events:           p.events,
 		InboxCounter:     p.inboxCounter,
-		Dialer:           p.dialer,
-		ConnectionConfig: p.config.ConnectionConfig,
+		ConnectionConfig: cc,
 	}

 	p.wg.Go(func() {
@@ -273,7 +299,7 @@ func (p *Pool) Connect(id string) error {
 	p.peers[id] = &Peer{id: id, worker: worker}

 	if p.logger != nil {
-		p.logger.Info("registered peer", "peer", id)
+		p.logger.Debug("registered peer", "peer", id)
 	}

 	return nil
@@ -281,7 +307,7 @@ func (p *Pool) Connect(id string) error {

 func (p *Pool) Remove(id string) error {
 	if p.logger != nil {
-		p.logger.Debug("disconnecting from peer", "peer", id)
+		p.logger.Info("disconnecting", "peer", id)
 	}

 	id, err := transport.NormalizeURL(id)
@@ -305,7 +331,7 @@ func (p *Pool) Remove(id string) error {
 	peer.worker.Stop()

 	if p.logger != nil {
-		p.logger.Info("disconnected from peer", "peer", id)
+		p.logger.Debug("disconnected from peer", "peer", id)
 	}

 	return nil
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"git.wisehodl.dev/jay/go-honeybee/honeybeetest"
+	"git.wisehodl.dev/jay/go-honeybee/transport"
 	"git.wisehodl.dev/jay/go-honeybee/types"
 	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -15,14 +16,20 @@ import (

 func setupPool(t *testing.T) (*Pool, *honeybeetest.MockDialer) {
 	t.Helper()
-	pool, err := NewPool(context.Background(), nil, nil)
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	dialer := &honeybeetest.MockDialer{
 		DialContextFunc: func(context.Context, string, http.Header) (types.Socket, *http.Response, error) {
 			return honeybeetest.NewMockSocket(), nil, nil
 		},
 	}
-	pool.dialer = dialer
+	cc := *transport.GetDefaultConnectionConfig()
+	cc.Dialer = dialer
+	pool, err := NewPool(context.Background(), &PoolConfig{
+		InboxBufferSize:  256,
+		EventsBufferSize: 10,
+		ConnectionConfig: cc,
+		WorkerConfig:     *GetDefaultWorkerConfig(),
+	}, nil)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	return pool, dialer
 }

@@ -83,6 +90,51 @@ func TestPoolConnect(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }

+func TestPoolConnectWithDialer(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("per-call dialer is used instead of pool dialer", func(t *testing.T) {
+		perCallUsed := false
+		perCallDialer := &honeybeetest.MockDialer{
+			DialContextFunc: func(ctx context.Context, url string, h http.Header) (types.Socket, *http.Response, error) {
+				perCallUsed = true
+				return honeybeetest.NewMockSocket(), nil, nil
+			},
+		}
+
+		// pool dialer should NOT be called
+		poolDialer := &honeybeetest.MockDialer{
+			DialContextFunc: func(context.Context, string, http.Header) (types.Socket, *http.Response, error) {
+				t.Error("pool dialer should not be called when per-call dialer is provided")
+				return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected call")
+			},
+		}
+
+		cc := *transport.GetDefaultConnectionConfig()
+		cc.Dialer = poolDialer
+		pool, err := NewPool(context.Background(), &PoolConfig{
+			InboxBufferSize:  256,
+			EventsBufferSize: 10,
+			ConnectionConfig: cc,
+			WorkerConfig:     *GetDefaultWorkerConfig(),
+		}, nil)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		err = pool.Connect("wss://test", WithDialer(perCallDialer))
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		honeybeetest.Eventually(t, func() bool {
+			select {
+			case e := <-pool.events:
+				return e.ID == "wss://test" && e.Kind == EventConnected
+			default:
+				return false
+			}
+		}, "expected connected event")
+
+		assert.True(t, perCallUsed, "per-call dialer was not used")
+		pool.Close()
+	})
+}
+
 func TestPoolClose(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("channels close after pool close", func(t *testing.T) {
 		pool, _ := NewPool(context.Background(), nil, nil)
@@ -152,9 +204,15 @@ func TestPoolSend(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}

-	pool, err := NewPool(context.Background(), nil, nil)
+	cc := *transport.GetDefaultConnectionConfig()
+	cc.Dialer = mockDialer
+	pool, err := NewPool(context.Background(), &PoolConfig{
+		InboxBufferSize:  256,
+		EventsBufferSize: 10,
+		ConnectionConfig: cc,
+		WorkerConfig:     *GetDefaultWorkerConfig(),
+	}, nil)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	pool.dialer = mockDialer

 	err = pool.Connect("wss://test")
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package transport

 import (
+	"git.wisehodl.dev/jay/go-honeybee/types"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -20,10 +21,12 @@ type ConnectionConfig struct {
 	PingInterval       time.Duration
 	IncomingBufferSize int
 	ErrorsBufferSize   int
-	Retry              *RetryConfig
+	Retry              RetryConfig
+	Dialer             types.Dialer
 }

 type RetryConfig struct {
+	Disabled     bool
 	MaxRetries   int
 	InitialDelay time.Duration
 	MaxDelay     time.Duration
@@ -55,19 +58,22 @@ func GetDefaultConnectionConfig() *ConnectionConfig {
 		PingInterval:       20 * time.Second,
 		IncomingBufferSize: 100,
 		ErrorsBufferSize:   10,
-		Retry:              GetDefaultRetryConfig(),
-	}
-}
-
-func GetDefaultRetryConfig() *RetryConfig {
-	return &RetryConfig{
+		Retry: RetryConfig{
 			MaxRetries:   0, // Infinite retries
 			InitialDelay: 1 * time.Second,
 			MaxDelay:     60 * time.Second,
 			JitterFactor: 0.2,
+		},
 	}
 }

+func (c ConnectionConfig) Clone() ConnectionConfig {
+	if c.RequestHeader != nil {
+		c.RequestHeader = c.RequestHeader.Clone()
+	}
+	return c
+}
+
 func applyConnectionOptions(config *ConnectionConfig, options ...ConnectionOption) error {
 	for _, option := range options {
 		if err := option(config); err != nil {
@@ -85,7 +91,7 @@ func ValidateConnectionConfig(config *ConnectionConfig) error {
 		return err
 	}

-	if config.Retry != nil {
+	if !config.Retry.Disabled {
 		err = validateMaxRetries(config.Retry.MaxRetries)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -223,19 +229,22 @@ func WithErrorsBufferSize(value int) ConnectionOption {
 	}
 }

-func WithoutRetry() ConnectionOption {
+func WithConnectionDialer(d types.Dialer) ConnectionOption {
 	return func(c *ConnectionConfig) error {
-		c.Retry = nil
+		c.Dialer = d
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+func WithRetryDisabled() ConnectionOption {
+	return func(c *ConnectionConfig) error {
+		c.Retry.Disabled = true
 		return nil
 	}
 }

 func WithRetryMaxRetries(value int) ConnectionOption {
 	return func(c *ConnectionConfig) error {
-		if c.Retry == nil {
-			c.Retry = GetDefaultRetryConfig()
-		}
-
 		err := validateMaxRetries(value)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -248,10 +257,6 @@ func WithRetryMaxRetries(value int) ConnectionOption {

 func WithRetryInitialDelay(value time.Duration) ConnectionOption {
 	return func(c *ConnectionConfig) error {
-		if c.Retry == nil {
-			c.Retry = GetDefaultRetryConfig()
-		}
-
 		err := validateInitialDelay(value)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -264,10 +269,6 @@ func WithRetryInitialDelay(value time.Duration) ConnectionOption {

 func WithRetryMaxDelay(value time.Duration) ConnectionOption {
 	return func(c *ConnectionConfig) error {
-		if c.Retry == nil {
-			c.Retry = GetDefaultRetryConfig()
-		}
-
 		err := validateMaxDelay(value)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -280,10 +281,6 @@ func WithRetryMaxDelay(value time.Duration) ConnectionOption {

 func WithRetryJitterFactor(value float64) ConnectionOption {
 	return func(c *ConnectionConfig) error {
-		if c.Retry == nil {
-			c.Retry = GetDefaultRetryConfig()
-		}
-
 		err := validateJitterFactor(value)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package transport

 import (
+	"git.wisehodl.dev/jay/go-honeybee/honeybeetest"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"net/http"
 	"testing"
@@ -35,18 +36,12 @@ func TestDefaultConnectionConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		PingInterval:       20 * time.Second,
 		IncomingBufferSize: 100,
 		ErrorsBufferSize:   10,
-		Retry:              GetDefaultRetryConfig(),
-	})
-}
-
-func TestDefaultRetryConnectionConfig(t *testing.T) {
-	conf := GetDefaultRetryConfig()
-
-	assert.Equal(t, conf, &RetryConfig{
+		Retry: RetryConfig{
 			MaxRetries:   0,
 			InitialDelay: 1 * time.Second,
 			MaxDelay:     60 * time.Second,
 			JitterFactor: 0.2,
+		},
 	})
 }

@@ -114,10 +109,10 @@ func TestWithWriteTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 func TestWithRetry(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("without retry", func(t *testing.T) {
 		conf := GetDefaultConnectionConfig()
-		opt := WithoutRetry()
+		opt := WithRetryDisabled()
 		err := applyConnectionOptions(conf, opt)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
-		assert.Nil(t, conf.Retry)
+		assert.True(t, conf.Retry.Disabled)
 	})

 	t.Run("with attempts", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -209,7 +204,7 @@ func TestValidateConnectionConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{
 			name: "valid empty",
-			conf: *&ConnectionConfig{},
+			conf: ConnectionConfig{Retry: RetryConfig{Disabled: true}},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "valid defaults",
@@ -220,7 +215,7 @@ func TestValidateConnectionConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			conf: ConnectionConfig{
 				CloseHandler: (func(code int, text string) error { return nil }),
 				WriteTimeout: time.Duration(30),
-				Retry: &RetryConfig{
+				Retry: RetryConfig{
 					MaxRetries:   0,
 					InitialDelay: 2 * time.Second,
 					MaxDelay:     10 * time.Second,
@@ -231,7 +226,7 @@ func TestValidateConnectionConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "invalid - initial delay > max delay",
 			conf: ConnectionConfig{
-				Retry: &RetryConfig{
+				Retry: RetryConfig{
 					InitialDelay: 10 * time.Second,
 					MaxDelay:     1 * time.Second,
 				},
@@ -259,3 +254,30 @@ func TestValidateConnectionConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestConnectionConfigClone(t *testing.T) {
+	header := http.Header{}
+	header.Set("X-Test", "val")
+	orig := ConnectionConfig{
+		RequestHeader: header,
+		WriteTimeout:  5 * time.Second,
+		Retry:         RetryConfig{Disabled: true},
+	}
+
+	cloned := orig.Clone()
+
+	// values match
+	assert.Equal(t, orig.WriteTimeout, cloned.WriteTimeout)
+	assert.Equal(t, "val", cloned.RequestHeader.Get("X-Test"))
+
+	// header is a distinct copy
+	cloned.RequestHeader.Set("X-Test", "mutated")
+	assert.Equal(t, "val", orig.RequestHeader.Get("X-Test"))
+}
+
+func TestWithConnectionDialer(t *testing.T) {
+	mock := &honeybeetest.MockDialer{}
+	conf, err := NewConnectionConfig(WithConnectionDialer(mock))
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, mock, conf.Dialer)
+}
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ type Connection struct {
 	url    *url.URL
 	dialer types.Dialer
 	socket types.Socket
-	config *ConnectionConfig
+	config ConnectionConfig
 	logger *slog.Logger

 	incoming  chan []byte
@@ -107,14 +107,20 @@ func NewConnection(ctx context.Context, urlStr string, config *ConnectionConfig,
 		ctx = component.MustExtend(ctx, "connection")
 	}

+	// Clone config to ensure full ownership of all fields.
+	cc := config.Clone()
+	if cc.Dialer == nil {
+		cc.Dialer = NewDialer()
+	}
+
 	conn := &Connection{
 		url:            url,
-		dialer:         NewDialer(),
+		dialer:         cc.Dialer,
 		socket:         nil,
-		config:         config,
-		incoming:       make(chan []byte, config.IncomingBufferSize),
+		config:         cc,
+		incoming:       make(chan []byte, cc.IncomingBufferSize),
 		heartbeat:      make(chan struct{}, 1),
-		errors:         make(chan error, config.ErrorsBufferSize),
+		errors:         make(chan error, cc.ErrorsBufferSize),
 		incomingCount:  &atomic.Uint64{},
 		outgoingCount:  &atomic.Uint64{},
 		heartbeatCount: &atomic.Uint64{},
@@ -151,14 +157,17 @@ func NewConnectionFromSocket(
 		ctx = component.MustExtend(ctx, "connection")
 	}

+	// Clone config to ensure full ownership of all fields.
+	cc := config.Clone()
+
 	conn := &Connection{
 		url:            nil,
 		dialer:         nil,
 		socket:         socket,
-		config:         config,
-		incoming:       make(chan []byte, config.IncomingBufferSize),
+		config:         cc,
+		incoming:       make(chan []byte, cc.IncomingBufferSize),
 		heartbeat:      make(chan struct{}, 1),
-		errors:         make(chan error, config.ErrorsBufferSize),
+		errors:         make(chan error, cc.ErrorsBufferSize),
 		incomingCount:  &atomic.Uint64{},
 		outgoingCount:  &atomic.Uint64{},
 		heartbeatCount: &atomic.Uint64{},
@@ -219,7 +228,7 @@ func (c *Connection) Connect(ctx context.Context) error {
 		// socket acquisition failed
 		c.state = StateDisconnected
 		if c.logger != nil {
-			c.logger.Error("connection failed", "error", err)
+			c.logger.Warn("connection failed", "error", err)
 		}
 		return NewConnectionError(err)
 	}
@@ -244,7 +253,7 @@ func (c *Connection) Connect(ctx context.Context) error {
 	c.state = StateConnected

 	if c.logger != nil {
-		c.logger.Info("connected")
+		c.logger.Debug("connected")
 	}

 	return nil
@@ -311,10 +320,6 @@ func (c *Connection) Stats() ConnectionStats {
 	}
 }

-func (c *Connection) SetDialer(d types.Dialer) {
-	c.dialer = d
-}
-
 // ---------------------------/
 // Reader loop
 // -------------------------/
@@ -357,7 +362,7 @@ func (c *Connection) classifyCloseError(err error) error {
 		switch closeErr.Code {
 		case websocket.CloseNormalClosure, websocket.CloseGoingAway:
 			if c.logger != nil {
-				c.logger.Info("connection closed by peer",
+				c.logger.Debug("connection closed by peer",
 					"code", closeErr.Code,
 					"text", closeErr.Text,
 				)
@@ -366,7 +371,7 @@ func (c *Connection) classifyCloseError(err error) error {

 		default:
 			if c.logger != nil {
-				c.logger.Error("unexpected close",
+				c.logger.Warn("unexpected close",
 					"code", closeErr.Code,
 					"text", closeErr.Text,
 				)
@@ -492,7 +497,7 @@ func (c *Connection) shutdownInner() {
 	})

 	if c.logger != nil {
-		c.logger.Info("closing")
+		c.logger.Debug("closing")
 	}

 	if c.socket != nil {
@@ -518,7 +523,7 @@ func (c *Connection) shutdownCleanup() {
 		close(c.errors)

 		if c.logger != nil {
-			c.logger.Info("closed")
+			c.logger.Debug("closed")
 		}
 	})
 }
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func TestConnectionSend(t *testing.T) {
 	})

 	t.Run("write timeout disabled when zero", func(t *testing.T) {
-		config := &ConnectionConfig{WriteTimeout: 0}
+		config := &ConnectionConfig{WriteTimeout: 0, Retry: RetryConfig{Disabled: true}}

 		outgoingData := make(chan honeybeetest.MockOutgoingData, 10)
 		mockSocket := honeybeetest.NewMockSocket()
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ func TestConnectionSend(t *testing.T) {
 	})

 	t.Run("write timeout sets deadline when positive", func(t *testing.T) {
-		config := &ConnectionConfig{WriteTimeout: 30 * time.Millisecond}
+		config := &ConnectionConfig{WriteTimeout: 30 * time.Millisecond, Retry: RetryConfig{Disabled: true}}

 		outgoingData := make(chan honeybeetest.MockOutgoingData, 10)
 		mockSocket := honeybeetest.NewMockSocket()
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ func TestConnectionSend(t *testing.T) {
 	})

 	t.Run("send fails on deadline error", func(t *testing.T) {
-		config := &ConnectionConfig{WriteTimeout: 1 * time.Millisecond}
+		config := &ConnectionConfig{WriteTimeout: 1 * time.Millisecond, Retry: RetryConfig{Disabled: true}}

 		mockSocket := honeybeetest.NewMockSocket()

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func TestNewConnection(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:   "valid url, valid config",
 			url:    "wss://relay.example.com:8080/path",
-			config: &ConnectionConfig{WriteTimeout: 30 * time.Second},
+			config: &ConnectionConfig{WriteTimeout: 30 * time.Second, Retry: RetryConfig{Disabled: true}},
 		},
 		{
 			name:        "invalid url",
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func TestNewConnection(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "invalid config",
 			url:  "ws://example.com",
 			config: &ConnectionConfig{
-				Retry: &RetryConfig{
+				Retry: RetryConfig{
 					InitialDelay: 10 * time.Second,
 					MaxDelay:     1 * time.Second,
 				},
@@ -121,9 +121,13 @@ func TestNewConnection(t *testing.T) {

 			// Verify default config is used if nil is passed
 			if tc.config == nil {
-				assert.Equal(t, GetDefaultConnectionConfig(), conn.config)
+				expected := *GetDefaultConnectionConfig()
+				expected.Dialer = conn.config.Dialer // dialer resolved at construction
+				assert.Equal(t, expected, conn.config)
 			} else {
-				assert.Equal(t, tc.config, conn.config)
+				expected := *tc.config
+				expected.Dialer = conn.config.Dialer
+				assert.Equal(t, expected, conn.config)
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -152,13 +156,13 @@ func TestNewConnectionFromSocket(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:   "valid socket with valid config",
 			socket: honeybeetest.NewMockSocket(),
-			config: &ConnectionConfig{WriteTimeout: 30 * time.Second},
+			config: &ConnectionConfig{WriteTimeout: 30 * time.Second, Retry: RetryConfig{Disabled: true}},
 		},
 		{
 			name:   "invalid config",
 			socket: honeybeetest.NewMockSocket(),
 			config: &ConnectionConfig{
-				Retry: &RetryConfig{
+				Retry: RetryConfig{
 					InitialDelay: 10 * time.Second,
 					MaxDelay:     1 * time.Second,
 				},
@@ -173,6 +177,7 @@ func TestNewConnectionFromSocket(t *testing.T) {
 				CloseHandler: func(code int, text string) error {
 					return nil
 				},
+				Retry: RetryConfig{Disabled: true},
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -219,11 +224,19 @@ func TestNewConnectionFromSocket(t *testing.T) {
 			assert.Equal(t, StateConnected, conn.state)
 			assert.False(t, conn.closed)

-			// Verify default config is used if nil is passed
+			// Verify default config is used if nil is passed.
+			// CloseHandler is a func; exclude it from the struct comparison
+			// (identity is verified separately via closeHandlerSet).
+			gotCfg := conn.config
+			gotCfg.CloseHandler = nil
 			if tc.config == nil {
-				assert.Equal(t, GetDefaultConnectionConfig(), conn.config)
+				expected := *GetDefaultConnectionConfig()
+				expected.CloseHandler = nil
+				assert.Equal(t, expected, gotCfg)
 			} else {
-				assert.Equal(t, tc.config, conn.config)
+				expected := *tc.config
+				expected.CloseHandler = nil
+				assert.Equal(t, expected, gotCfg)
 			}

 			// Verify close handler was set if provided
@@ -260,9 +273,6 @@ func TestConnect(t *testing.T) {
 	})

 	t.Run("connect succeeds and starts goroutines", func(t *testing.T) {
-		conn, err := NewConnection(context.Background(), "ws://test", nil, nil)
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
-
 		outgoingData := make(chan honeybeetest.MockOutgoingData, 10)

 		mockSocket := honeybeetest.NewMockSocket()
@@ -276,7 +286,9 @@ func TestConnect(t *testing.T) {
 				return mockSocket, nil, nil
 			},
 		}
-		conn.dialer = mockDialer
+		conn, err := NewConnection(context.Background(), "ws://test",
+			&ConnectionConfig{Retry: RetryConfig{Disabled: true}, Dialer: mockDialer}, nil)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)

 		err = conn.Connect(context.Background())
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
@@ -298,17 +310,6 @@ func TestConnect(t *testing.T) {
 	})

 	t.Run("connect retries on dial failure", func(t *testing.T) {
-		config := &ConnectionConfig{
-			Retry: &RetryConfig{
-				MaxRetries:   2,
-				InitialDelay: 1 * time.Millisecond,
-				MaxDelay:     5 * time.Millisecond,
-				JitterFactor: 0.0,
-			},
-		}
-		conn, err := NewConnection(context.Background(), "ws://test", config, nil)
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
-
 		attemptCount := 0
 		mockDialer := &honeybeetest.MockDialer{
 			DialContextFunc: func(context.Context, string, http.Header) (types.Socket, *http.Response, error) {
@@ -319,7 +320,17 @@ func TestConnect(t *testing.T) {
 				return honeybeetest.NewMockSocket(), nil, nil
 			},
 		}
-		conn.dialer = mockDialer
+		config := &ConnectionConfig{
+			Retry: RetryConfig{
+				MaxRetries:   2,
+				InitialDelay: 1 * time.Millisecond,
+				MaxDelay:     5 * time.Millisecond,
+				JitterFactor: 0.0,
+			},
+			Dialer: mockDialer,
+		}
+		conn, err := NewConnection(context.Background(), "ws://test", config, nil)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)

 		err = conn.Connect(context.Background())
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
@@ -330,23 +341,22 @@ func TestConnect(t *testing.T) {
 	})

 	t.Run("connect fails after max retries", func(t *testing.T) {
-		config := &ConnectionConfig{
-			Retry: &RetryConfig{
-				MaxRetries:   2,
-				InitialDelay: 1 * time.Millisecond,
-				MaxDelay:     5 * time.Millisecond,
-				JitterFactor: 0.0,
-			},
-		}
-		conn, err := NewConnection(context.Background(), "ws://test", config, nil)
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
-
 		mockDialer := &honeybeetest.MockDialer{
 			DialContextFunc: func(context.Context, string, http.Header) (types.Socket, *http.Response, error) {
 				return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("dial failed")
 			},
 		}
-		conn.dialer = mockDialer
+		config := &ConnectionConfig{
+			Retry: RetryConfig{
+				MaxRetries:   2,
+				InitialDelay: 1 * time.Millisecond,
+				MaxDelay:     5 * time.Millisecond,
+				JitterFactor: 0.0,
+			},
+			Dialer: mockDialer,
+		}
+		conn, err := NewConnection(context.Background(), "ws://test", config, nil)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)

 		err = conn.Connect(context.Background())
 		assert.Error(t, err)
@@ -355,18 +365,20 @@ func TestConnect(t *testing.T) {
 	})

 	t.Run("state transitions during connect", func(t *testing.T) {
-		conn, err := NewConnection(context.Background(), "ws://test", nil, nil)
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
-		assert.Equal(t, StateDisconnected, conn.State())
-
 		stateDuringDial := StateDisconnected
+		// conn captured after construction; closure safe because dialer runs during Connect
+		var conn *Connection
 		mockDialer := &honeybeetest.MockDialer{
 			DialContextFunc: func(context.Context, string, http.Header) (types.Socket, *http.Response, error) {
 				stateDuringDial = conn.state
 				return honeybeetest.NewMockSocket(), nil, nil
 			},
 		}
-		conn.dialer = mockDialer
+		var err error
+		conn, err = NewConnection(context.Background(), "ws://test",
+			&ConnectionConfig{Retry: RetryConfig{Disabled: true}, Dialer: mockDialer}, nil)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, StateDisconnected, conn.State())

 		conn.Connect(context.Background())

@@ -378,25 +390,24 @@ func TestConnect(t *testing.T) {

 	t.Run("close handler configured when provided", func(t *testing.T) {
 		handlerSet := false
-		config := &ConnectionConfig{
-			CloseHandler: func(code int, text string) error {
-				return nil
-			},
-		}
-		conn, err := NewConnection(context.Background(), "ws://test", config, nil)
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
-
 		mockSocket := honeybeetest.NewMockSocket()
 		mockSocket.SetCloseHandlerFunc = func(h func(int, string) error) {
 			handlerSet = true
 		}
-
 		mockDialer := &honeybeetest.MockDialer{
 			DialContextFunc: func(context.Context, string, http.Header) (types.Socket, *http.Response, error) {
 				return mockSocket, nil, nil
 			},
 		}
-		conn.dialer = mockDialer
+		config := &ConnectionConfig{
+			CloseHandler: func(code int, text string) error {
+				return nil
+			},
+			Retry:  RetryConfig{Disabled: true},
+			Dialer: mockDialer,
+		}
+		conn, err := NewConnection(context.Background(), "ws://test", config, nil)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)

 		conn.Connect(context.Background())

@@ -407,17 +418,16 @@ func TestConnect(t *testing.T) {

 	t.Run("passes headers when configured", func(t *testing.T) {
 		header := http.Header{"X-Custom": []string{"val"}}
-		conf, _ := NewConnectionConfig(WithRequestHeader(header))
-		conn, _ := NewConnection(context.Background(), "ws://test", conf, nil)
-
 		dialCalled := false
-		conn.dialer = &honeybeetest.MockDialer{
+		mockDialer := &honeybeetest.MockDialer{
 			DialContextFunc: func(ctx context.Context, url string, h http.Header) (types.Socket, *http.Response, error) {
 				assert.Equal(t, "val", h.Get("X-Custom"))
 				dialCalled = true
 				return honeybeetest.NewMockSocket(), nil, nil
 			},
 		}
+		conf, _ := NewConnectionConfig(WithRequestHeader(header), WithConnectionDialer(mockDialer))
+		conn, _ := NewConnection(context.Background(), "ws://test", conf, nil)

 		err := conn.Connect(context.Background())

@@ -429,25 +439,25 @@ func TestConnect(t *testing.T) {
 func TestConnectContextCancellation(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("context cancelled during connect returns before retries exhaust", func(t *testing.T) {
 		config := &ConnectionConfig{
-			Retry: &RetryConfig{
+			Retry: RetryConfig{
 				MaxRetries:   100,
 				InitialDelay: 500 * time.Millisecond,
 				MaxDelay:     1 * time.Second,
 				JitterFactor: 0.0,
 			},
 		}
-		conn, err := NewConnection(context.Background(), "ws://test", config, nil)
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
-
 		dialCount := atomic.Int32{}
-		ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-
-		conn.dialer = &honeybeetest.MockDialer{
+		mockDialer := &honeybeetest.MockDialer{
 			DialContextFunc: func(ctx context.Context, _ string, _ http.Header) (types.Socket, *http.Response, error) {
 				dialCount.Add(1)
 				return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("dial failed")
 			},
 		}
+		config.Dialer = mockDialer
+		conn, err := NewConnection(context.Background(), "ws://test", config, nil)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())

 		done := make(chan error, 1)
 		go func() {
@@ -28,16 +28,15 @@ func TestConnectLogging(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("success", func(t *testing.T) {
 		mockHandler := honeybeetest.NewMockSlogHandler()

-		conn, err := NewConnection(context.Background(), "ws://test", nil, mockHandler)
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
-
 		mockSocket := honeybeetest.NewMockSocket()
 		mockDialer := &honeybeetest.MockDialer{
 			DialContextFunc: func(context.Context, string, http.Header) (types.Socket, *http.Response, error) {
 				return mockSocket, nil, nil
 			},
 		}
-		conn.dialer = mockDialer
+		conn, err := NewConnection(context.Background(), "ws://test",
+			&ConnectionConfig{Retry: RetryConfig{Disabled: true}, Dialer: mockDialer}, mockHandler)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)

 		err = conn.Connect(context.Background())
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ func TestConnectLogging(t *testing.T) {
 			log(slog.LevelDebug, "connecting", map[string]any{}),
 			log(slog.LevelDebug, "dialing", map[string]any{"attempt": 1}),
 			log(slog.LevelDebug, "dial successful", map[string]any{"attempt": 1}),
-			log(slog.LevelInfo, "connected", map[string]any{}),
+			log(slog.LevelDebug, "connected", map[string]any{}),
 		}

 		honeybeetest.AssertLogSequence(t, records, expected)
@@ -58,25 +57,24 @@ func TestConnectLogging(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("max retries failure", func(t *testing.T) {
 		mockHandler := honeybeetest.NewMockSlogHandler()

-		config := &ConnectionConfig{
-			Retry: &RetryConfig{
-				MaxRetries:   2,
-				InitialDelay: 1 * time.Millisecond,
-				MaxDelay:     5 * time.Millisecond,
-				JitterFactor: 0.0,
-			},
-		}
-
-		conn, err := NewConnection(context.Background(), "ws://test", config, mockHandler)
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
-
 		dialErr := fmt.Errorf("dial error")
 		mockDialer := &honeybeetest.MockDialer{
 			DialContextFunc: func(context.Context, string, http.Header) (types.Socket, *http.Response, error) {
 				return nil, nil, dialErr
 			},
 		}
-		conn.dialer = mockDialer
+		config := &ConnectionConfig{
+			Retry: RetryConfig{
+				MaxRetries:   2,
+				InitialDelay: 1 * time.Millisecond,
+				MaxDelay:     5 * time.Millisecond,
+				JitterFactor: 0.0,
+			},
+			Dialer: mockDialer,
+		}
+
+		conn, err := NewConnection(context.Background(), "ws://test", config, mockHandler)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)

 		err = conn.Connect(context.Background())
 		assert.Error(t, err)
@@ -90,8 +88,8 @@ func TestConnectLogging(t *testing.T) {
 			log(slog.LevelDebug, "dialing", map[string]any{"attempt": 2}),
 			log(slog.LevelWarn, "dial failed, retrying", map[string]any{"attempt": 2, "error": dialErr}),
 			log(slog.LevelDebug, "dialing", map[string]any{"attempt": 3}),
-			log(slog.LevelError, "dial failed, max retries reached", map[string]any{"attempt": 3, "error": dialErr}),
-			log(slog.LevelError, "connection failed", map[string]any{"error": dialErr}),
+			log(slog.LevelDebug, "dial failed, max retries reached", map[string]any{"attempt": 3, "error": dialErr}),
+			log(slog.LevelWarn, "connection failed", map[string]any{"error": dialErr}),
 		}

 		honeybeetest.AssertLogSequence(t, records, expected)
@@ -100,18 +98,6 @@ func TestConnectLogging(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("success after retry", func(t *testing.T) {
 		mockHandler := honeybeetest.NewMockSlogHandler()

-		config := &ConnectionConfig{
-			Retry: &RetryConfig{
-				MaxRetries:   3,
-				InitialDelay: 1 * time.Millisecond,
-				MaxDelay:     5 * time.Millisecond,
-				JitterFactor: 0.0,
-			},
-		}
-
-		conn, err := NewConnection(context.Background(), "ws://test", config, mockHandler)
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
-
 		attemptCount := 0
 		dialErr := fmt.Errorf("dial error")
 		mockDialer := &honeybeetest.MockDialer{
@@ -123,7 +109,18 @@ func TestConnectLogging(t *testing.T) {
 				return honeybeetest.NewMockSocket(), nil, nil
 			},
 		}
-		conn.dialer = mockDialer
+		config := &ConnectionConfig{
+			Retry: RetryConfig{
+				MaxRetries:   3,
+				InitialDelay: 1 * time.Millisecond,
+				MaxDelay:     5 * time.Millisecond,
+				JitterFactor: 0.0,
+			},
+			Dialer: mockDialer,
+		}
+
+		conn, err := NewConnection(context.Background(), "ws://test", config, mockHandler)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)

 		err = conn.Connect(context.Background())
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
@@ -139,7 +136,7 @@ func TestConnectLogging(t *testing.T) {
 			log(slog.LevelWarn, "dial failed, retrying", map[string]any{"attempt": 2, "error": dialErr}),
 			log(slog.LevelDebug, "dialing", map[string]any{"attempt": 3}),
 			log(slog.LevelDebug, "dial successful", map[string]any{"attempt": 3}),
-			log(slog.LevelInfo, "connected", map[string]any{}),
+			log(slog.LevelDebug, "connected", map[string]any{}),
 		}

 		honeybeetest.AssertLogSequence(t, records, expected)
@@ -158,14 +155,14 @@ func TestCloseLogging(t *testing.T) {

 		honeybeetest.Eventually(t, func() bool {
 			return honeybeetest.FindLogRecord(
-				mockHandler.GetRecords(), slog.LevelInfo, "closed") != nil
+				mockHandler.GetRecords(), slog.LevelDebug, "closed") != nil
 		}, "expected log")

 		records := mockHandler.GetRecords()

 		expected := []honeybeetest.ExpectedLog{
-			log(slog.LevelInfo, "closing", map[string]any{}),
-			log(slog.LevelInfo, "closed", map[string]any{}),
+			log(slog.LevelDebug, "closing", map[string]any{}),
+			log(slog.LevelDebug, "closed", map[string]any{}),
 		}

 		honeybeetest.AssertLogSequence(t, records, expected)
@@ -193,7 +190,7 @@ func TestCloseLogging(t *testing.T) {
 		records := mockHandler.GetRecords()

 		expected := []honeybeetest.ExpectedLog{
-			log(slog.LevelInfo, "closing", map[string]any{}),
+			log(slog.LevelDebug, "closing", map[string]any{}),
 			log(slog.LevelError, "socket close failed", map[string]any{"error": closeErr}),
 		}

@@ -219,10 +216,10 @@ func TestReaderLogging(t *testing.T) {

 		honeybeetest.Eventually(t, func() bool {
 			return honeybeetest.FindLogRecord(
-				mockHandler.GetRecords(), slog.LevelInfo, "connection closed by peer") != nil
+				mockHandler.GetRecords(), slog.LevelDebug, "connection closed by peer") != nil
 		}, "expected log")

-		record := honeybeetest.FindLogRecord(mockHandler.GetRecords(), slog.LevelInfo, "connection closed by peer")
+		record := honeybeetest.FindLogRecord(mockHandler.GetRecords(), slog.LevelDebug, "connection closed by peer")
 		assert.NotNil(t, record)
 		honeybeetest.AssertAttributePresent(t, *record, "code", websocket.CloseNormalClosure)
 		honeybeetest.AssertAttributePresent(t, *record, "text", "goodbye")
@@ -246,10 +243,10 @@ func TestReaderLogging(t *testing.T) {

 		honeybeetest.Eventually(t, func() bool {
 			return honeybeetest.FindLogRecord(
-				mockHandler.GetRecords(), slog.LevelError, "unexpected close") != nil
+				mockHandler.GetRecords(), slog.LevelWarn, "unexpected close") != nil
 		}, "expected log")

-		record := honeybeetest.FindLogRecord(mockHandler.GetRecords(), slog.LevelError, "unexpected close")
+		record := honeybeetest.FindLogRecord(mockHandler.GetRecords(), slog.LevelWarn, "unexpected close")
 		assert.NotNil(t, record)
 		honeybeetest.AssertAttributePresent(t, *record, "code", websocket.CloseProtocolError)
 		honeybeetest.AssertAttributePresent(t, *record, "text", "bad protocol")
@@ -279,7 +276,7 @@ func TestWriterLogging(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("write deadline error", func(t *testing.T) {
 		mockHandler := honeybeetest.NewMockSlogHandler()

-		config := &ConnectionConfig{WriteTimeout: 1 * time.Millisecond}
+		config := &ConnectionConfig{WriteTimeout: 1 * time.Millisecond, Retry: RetryConfig{Disabled: true}}

 		deadlineErr := fmt.Errorf("deadline error")
 		mockSocket := honeybeetest.NewMockSocket()
@@ -341,16 +338,15 @@ func TestLoggingDisabled(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("nil logger produces no logs", func(t *testing.T) {
 		mockHandler := honeybeetest.NewMockSlogHandler()

-		conn, err := NewConnection(context.Background(), "ws://test", nil, nil)
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
-
 		mockSocket := honeybeetest.NewMockSocket()
 		mockDialer := &honeybeetest.MockDialer{
 			DialContextFunc: func(context.Context, string, http.Header) (types.Socket, *http.Response, error) {
 				return mockSocket, nil, nil
 			},
 		}
-		conn.dialer = mockDialer
+		conn, err := NewConnection(context.Background(), "ws://test",
+			&ConnectionConfig{Retry: RetryConfig{Disabled: true}, Dialer: mockDialer}, nil)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)

 		err = conn.Connect(context.Background())
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@ import (
 )

 type RetryManager struct {
-	config     *RetryConfig
+	config     RetryConfig
 	retryCount int
 	saturation int
 }

-func NewRetryManager(config *RetryConfig) *RetryManager {
+func NewRetryManager(config RetryConfig) *RetryManager {
 	// saturationCount: retry count at which base delay meets or exceeds MaxDelay.
 	// Conservative by two to preserve jitter variance near the boundary.
 	saturation := 0
-	if config != nil &&
+	if !config.Disabled &&
 		config.InitialDelay > 0 &&
 		config.InitialDelay <= config.MaxDelay {
 		ratio := float64(config.MaxDelay) / float64(config.InitialDelay)
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func NewRetryManager(config *RetryConfig) *RetryManager {
 }

 func (r *RetryManager) ShouldRetry() bool {
-	if r.config == nil {
+	if r.config.Disabled {
 		return false
 	}

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func (r *RetryManager) ShouldRetry() bool {
 }

 func (r *RetryManager) CalculateDelay() time.Duration {
-	if r.config == nil {
+	if r.config.Disabled {
 		return time.Second
 	}

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func (r *RetryManager) CalculateDelay() time.Duration {

 	// if saturation is reached, calculated backoff will always be higher than
 	// the maximum delay
-	if r.config != nil && r.retryCount >= r.saturation {
+	if r.retryCount >= r.saturation {
 		return r.config.MaxDelay
 	}

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 )

 func TestNewRetryManager(t *testing.T) {
-	config := &RetryConfig{
+	config := RetryConfig{
 		MaxRetries: 0,
 	}

@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ func TestNewRetryManager(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, config, mgr.config)
 	assert.Equal(t, 0, mgr.retryCount)

-	// Should accept nil config
-	mgr = NewRetryManager(nil)
-	assert.Nil(t, mgr.config)
+	// Should accept a disabled config
+	mgr = NewRetryManager(RetryConfig{Disabled: true})
+	assert.True(t, mgr.config.Disabled)
 	assert.Equal(t, 0, mgr.retryCount)
 }

 func TestRecordRetry(t *testing.T) {
-	mgr := NewRetryManager(nil)
+	mgr := NewRetryManager(RetryConfig{Disabled: true})
 	assert.Equal(t, mgr.retryCount, 0)

 	mgr.RecordRetry()
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ func TestRecordRetry(t *testing.T) {
 }

 func TestShouldRetry(t *testing.T) {
-	// never retry if config is nil
-	mgr := NewRetryManager(nil)
+	// never retry if config is disabled
+	mgr := NewRetryManager(RetryConfig{Disabled: true})
 	assert.False(t, mgr.ShouldRetry())

 	// always retry if max attempt count is zero
 	mgr = &RetryManager{
-		config: &RetryConfig{
+		config: RetryConfig{
 			MaxRetries: 0,
 		},
 		retryCount: 1000,
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func TestShouldRetry(t *testing.T) {

 	// retry if below max attempt count
 	mgr = &RetryManager{
-		config: &RetryConfig{
+		config: RetryConfig{
 			MaxRetries: 10,
 		},
 		retryCount: 5,
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func TestShouldRetry(t *testing.T) {

 	// do not retry if above max attempt count
 	mgr = &RetryManager{
-		config: &RetryConfig{
+		config: RetryConfig{
 			MaxRetries: 10,
 		},
 		retryCount: 11,
@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@ func TestShouldRetry(t *testing.T) {

 func TestCalculateDelayDisabled(t *testing.T) {
 	// default delay if retry is disabled
-	mgr := NewRetryManager(nil)
+	mgr := NewRetryManager(RetryConfig{Disabled: true})
 	assert.Equal(t, time.Second, mgr.CalculateDelay())
 }

 func TestCalculateDelayWithoutJitter(t *testing.T) {
-	mgr := NewRetryManager(&RetryConfig{
+	mgr := NewRetryManager(RetryConfig{
 		MaxRetries:   0,
 		InitialDelay: 1 * time.Second,
 		MaxDelay:     5 * time.Second,
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func TestCalculateDelayWithoutJitter(t *testing.T) {
 }

 func TestCalculateDelayWithJitter(t *testing.T) {
-	mgr := NewRetryManager(&RetryConfig{
+	mgr := NewRetryManager(RetryConfig{
 		MaxRetries:   0,
 		InitialDelay: 1 * time.Second,
 		MaxDelay:     5 * time.Second,
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func AcquireSocket(
 		if !retryMgr.ShouldRetry() {
 			// retry policy expired
 			if logger != nil {
-				logger.Error("dial failed, max retries reached",
+				logger.Debug("dial failed, max retries reached",
 					"error", err,
 					"attempt", retryMgr.RetryCount()+1)
 			}
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func TestAcquireSocket(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			}

-			retryMgr := NewRetryManager(&RetryConfig{
+			retryMgr := NewRetryManager(RetryConfig{
 				MaxRetries:   tc.maxRetries,
 				InitialDelay: 1 * time.Millisecond,
 				MaxDelay:     5 * time.Millisecond,
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ func TestAcquireSocketGuards(t *testing.T) {
 			return honeybeetest.NewMockSocket(), nil, nil
 		},
 	}
-	validRetryMgr := NewRetryManager(GetDefaultRetryConfig())
+	validRetryConfig := GetDefaultConnectionConfig().Retry
+	validRetryMgr := NewRetryManager(validRetryConfig)

 	cases := []struct {
 		name     string
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ func TestAcquireSocketContextCancellation(t *testing.T) {
 			// cancel before acquiring socket
 			cancel()

-			retryMgr := NewRetryManager(GetDefaultRetryConfig())
+			retryMgr := NewRetryManager(GetDefaultConnectionConfig().Retry)
 			_, _, err := AcquireSocket(ctx, retryMgr, mockDialer, "ws://test", nil, nil)

 			assert.ErrorIs(t, err, context.Canceled)
@@ -186,7 +187,7 @@ func TestAcquireSocketContextCancellation(t *testing.T) {

 			ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())

-			retryMgr := NewRetryManager(&RetryConfig{
+			retryMgr := NewRetryManager(RetryConfig{
 				MaxRetries:   10,
 				InitialDelay: 1 * time.Second,
 				MaxDelay:     1 * time.Second,
@@ -230,7 +231,7 @@ func TestAcquireSocketContextCancellation(t *testing.T) {

 			ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())

-			retryMgr := NewRetryManager(GetDefaultRetryConfig())
+			retryMgr := NewRetryManager(GetDefaultConnectionConfig().Retry)
 			done := make(chan error, 1)
 			go func() {
 				_, _, err := AcquireSocket(ctx, retryMgr, mockDialer, "ws://test", nil, nil)
@@ -263,7 +264,7 @@ func TestAcquireSocketPassesHeaders(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}

-	retryMgr := NewRetryManager(&RetryConfig{MaxRetries: 0})
+	retryMgr := NewRetryManager(RetryConfig{MaxRetries: 0, InitialDelay: 1 * time.Millisecond, MaxDelay: 5 * time.Millisecond})
 	_, _, err := AcquireSocket(context.Background(), retryMgr, mockDialer, "ws://test", header, nil)

 	assert.NoError(t, err)
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package honeybee

 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
@@ -94,7 +95,6 @@ func NewWorker(
 		ctx:    ctx,
 		cancel: cancel,
 		config: config,
-		handler: handler,

 		processedCount: &atomic.Uint64{},
 		outgoingCount:  &atomic.Uint64{},
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ func NewWorker(

 	if handler != nil {
 		comp := component.FromContext(ctx)
-		w.logger = slog.New(handler).With(slog.Any("component", comp), slog.String("peer_id", id))
+		w.handler = handler.WithAttrs([]slog.Attr{slog.String("peer", id)})
+		w.logger = slog.New(w.handler).With(slog.Any("component", comp))
 	}

 	return w, nil
@@ -124,13 +125,13 @@ func (w *DefaultWorker) Start(pool PoolPlugin) {
 	})

 	if w.logger != nil {
-		w.logger.Info("started")
+		w.logger.Debug("started")
 	}

 	wg.Wait()

 	if w.logger != nil {
-		w.logger.Info("stopped")
+		w.logger.Debug("stopped")
 	}
 }

@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ func (w *DefaultWorker) runSession(ctx context.Context, pool PoolPlugin) {

 			case conn = <-newConn:
 				if w.logger != nil {
-					w.logger.Debug("session: connected")
+					w.logger.Info("connected")
 				}
 				break preConn

@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ func (w *DefaultWorker) runSession(ctx context.Context, pool PoolPlugin) {

 			case <-inactive():
 				if w.logger != nil {
-					w.logger.Info("keepalive: no activity observed")
+					w.logger.Warn("keepalive: no activity observed")
 				}
 				timer.Reset(w.config.KeepaliveTimeout)
 				spawnDialer()
@@ -183,7 +184,7 @@ func (w *DefaultWorker) runSession(ctx context.Context, pool PoolPlugin) {
 		pool.Events <- PoolEvent{ID: w.id, Kind: EventConnected, At: time.Now()}

 		if w.logger != nil {
-			w.logger.Info("session: started")
+			w.logger.Debug("session: started")
 		}

 		// run session loop
@@ -195,8 +196,14 @@ func (w *DefaultWorker) runSession(ctx context.Context, pool PoolPlugin) {

 			case data, ok := <-conn.Incoming():
 				if !ok {
+					var reason error
+					select {
+					case reason = <-conn.Errors():
+					default:
+						reason = fmt.Errorf("unknown")
+					}
 					if w.logger != nil {
-						w.logger.Debug("reader: disconnected")
+						w.logger.Info("websocket: closed", "reason", reason)
 					}
 					break conn_loop
 				}
@@ -210,9 +217,6 @@ func (w *DefaultWorker) runSession(ctx context.Context, pool PoolPlugin) {
 				heartbeat()

 			case <-conn.Heartbeat():
-				if w.logger != nil {
-					w.logger.Debug("ping-pong heartbeat")
-				}
 				heartbeat()

 			case <-w.sendHeartbeat:
@@ -220,7 +224,7 @@ func (w *DefaultWorker) runSession(ctx context.Context, pool PoolPlugin) {

 			case <-inactive():
 				if w.logger != nil {
-					w.logger.Info("keepalive: no activity observed")
+					w.logger.Warn("keepalive: no activity observed")
 				}
 				timer.Reset(w.config.KeepaliveTimeout)
 				break conn_loop
@@ -231,7 +235,10 @@ func (w *DefaultWorker) runSession(ctx context.Context, pool PoolPlugin) {
 		conn.Close()

 		if w.logger != nil {
-			w.logger.Info("session: ended")
+			w.logger.Info("disconnected")
+		}
+		if w.logger != nil {
+			w.logger.Debug("session: ended")
 		}

 		// tear down connection
@@ -301,16 +308,13 @@ func (w *DefaultWorker) spawnDialer(
 	dialCtx, dialCancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)

 	if w.logger != nil {
-		w.logger.Debug("session: requesting connection")
+		w.logger.Debug("session: dialing")
 	}

 	go func() {
 		conn, err := connect(w.id, dialCtx, pool, w.handler)

 		if err != nil {
-			if w.logger != nil {
-				w.logger.Warn("dialer: dial failed", "error", err)
-			}
 			return
 		}

@@ -330,12 +334,11 @@ func connect(
 	pool PoolPlugin,
 	handler slog.Handler,
 ) (*transport.Connection, error) {
-	conn, err := transport.NewConnection(ctx, id, pool.ConnectionConfig, handler)
+	cc := pool.ConnectionConfig
+	conn, err := transport.NewConnection(ctx, id, &cc, handler)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-
-	conn.SetDialer(pool.Dialer)
 	return conn, conn.Connect(ctx)
 }

@@ -345,7 +348,7 @@ func connect(

 func (w *DefaultWorker) Stop() {
 	if w.logger != nil {
-		w.logger.Debug("shutting down")
+		w.logger.Info("shutting down")
 	}
 	w.cancel()
 }
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ func makeWorkerContext(t *testing.T) (
 		Inbox:            inbox,
 		Events:           events,
 		InboxCounter:     &atomic.Uint64{},
+		ConnectionConfig: *transport.GetDefaultConnectionConfig(),
 	}
 	return
 }
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ func TestWorkerSession(t *testing.T) {
 		w := makeWorker(t, ctx, cancel)
 		_, events, pool := makeWorkerContext(t)
 		mockSocket := honeybeetest.NewMockSocket()
-		pool.Dialer = mockDialer(mockSocket)
+		pool.ConnectionConfig.Dialer = mockDialer(mockSocket)

 		var wg sync.WaitGroup
 		wg.Go(func() {
@@ -89,13 +90,13 @@ func TestWorkerSession(t *testing.T) {
 		w := makeWorker(t, ctx, cancel)
 		_, events, pool := makeWorkerContext(t)

-		pool.Dialer = &honeybeetest.MockDialer{
+		cc, _ := transport.NewConnectionConfig(transport.WithRetryDisabled())
+		pool.ConnectionConfig = *cc
+		pool.ConnectionConfig.Dialer = &honeybeetest.MockDialer{
 			DialContextFunc: func(context.Context, string, http.Header) (types.Socket, *http.Response, error) {
 				return nil, nil, errors.New("connection refused")
 			},
 		}
-		cc, _ := transport.NewConnectionConfig(transport.WithoutRetry())
-		pool.ConnectionConfig = cc

 		var wg sync.WaitGroup
 		wg.Go(func() { w.Start(pool) })
@@ -143,15 +144,15 @@ func TestWorkerSession(t *testing.T) {
 		_, _, pool := makeWorkerContext(t)

 		var dialCount atomic.Uint64
-		pool.Dialer = &honeybeetest.MockDialer{
+		cc, _ := transport.NewConnectionConfig(transport.WithRetryDisabled())
+		pool.ConnectionConfig = *cc
+		pool.ConnectionConfig.Dialer = &honeybeetest.MockDialer{
 			DialContextFunc: func(dialCtx context.Context, _ string, _ http.Header) (types.Socket, *http.Response, error) {
 				dialCount.Add(1)
 				<-dialCtx.Done()
 				return nil, nil, dialCtx.Err()
 			},
 		}
-		cc, _ := transport.NewConnectionConfig(transport.WithoutRetry())
-		pool.ConnectionConfig = cc

 		var wg sync.WaitGroup
 		wg.Go(func() { w.Start(pool) })
@@ -169,14 +170,14 @@ func TestWorkerSession(t *testing.T) {
 		w := makeWorker(t, ctx, cancel)
 		_, events, pool := makeWorkerContext(t)

-		pool.Dialer = &honeybeetest.MockDialer{
+		cc, _ := transport.NewConnectionConfig(transport.WithRetryDisabled())
+		pool.ConnectionConfig = *cc
+		pool.ConnectionConfig.Dialer = &honeybeetest.MockDialer{
 			DialContextFunc: func(dialCtx context.Context, _ string, _ http.Header) (types.Socket, *http.Response, error) {
 				<-dialCtx.Done()
 				return nil, nil, dialCtx.Err()
 			},
 		}
-		cc, _ := transport.NewConnectionConfig(transport.WithoutRetry())
-		pool.ConnectionConfig = cc

 		var wg sync.WaitGroup
 		wg.Go(func() { w.Start(pool) })
@@ -204,7 +205,7 @@ func TestWorkerSession(t *testing.T) {
 		w := makeWorker(t, ctx, cancel)
 		_, events, pool := makeWorkerContext(t)
 		_, mockSocket, _, outgoingData := setupTestConnection(t)
-		pool.Dialer = mockDialer(mockSocket)
+		pool.ConnectionConfig.Dialer = mockDialer(mockSocket)

 		var wg sync.WaitGroup
 		wg.Go(func() {
@@ -255,7 +256,7 @@ func TestWorkerSession(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 		}

-		pool.Dialer = mockDialer(mockSocket)
+		pool.ConnectionConfig.Dialer = mockDialer(mockSocket)

 		var wg sync.WaitGroup
 		wg.Go(func() {
@@ -311,7 +312,7 @@ func TestWorkerSession(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		_, events, pool := makeWorkerContext(t)
 		_, mockSocket, incomingData, _ := setupTestConnection(t)
-		pool.Dialer = mockDialer(mockSocket)
+		pool.ConnectionConfig.Dialer = mockDialer(mockSocket)

 		var wg sync.WaitGroup
 		wg.Go(func() { w.Start(pool) })
@@ -377,7 +378,7 @@ func TestWorkerSession(t *testing.T) {
 		var pongHandler func(string) error
 		mockSocket, incomingData, _ := honeybeetest.SetupTestSocket(t)
 		mockSocket.SetPongHandlerFunc = func(h func(string) error) { pongHandler = h }
-		pool.Dialer = mockDialer(mockSocket)
+		pool.ConnectionConfig.Dialer = mockDialer(mockSocket)

 		var wg sync.WaitGroup
 		wg.Go(func() { w.Start(pool) })
@@ -439,7 +440,7 @@ func TestWorkerSession(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		_, events, pool := makeWorkerContext(t)
 		_, mockSocket, _, _ := setupTestConnection(t)
-		pool.Dialer = mockDialer(mockSocket)
+		pool.ConnectionConfig.Dialer = mockDialer(mockSocket)

 		var wg sync.WaitGroup
 		wg.Go(func() { w.Start(pool) })
@@ -481,7 +482,7 @@ func TestWorkerSession(t *testing.T) {
 		w := makeWorker(t, ctx, cancel)
 		_, events, pool := makeWorkerContext(t)
 		_, mockSocket, incomingData, _ := setupTestConnection(t)
-		pool.Dialer = mockDialer(mockSocket)
+		pool.ConnectionConfig.Dialer = mockDialer(mockSocket)

 		var wg sync.WaitGroup
 		wg.Go(func() {
@@ -525,7 +526,7 @@ func TestWorkerSession(t *testing.T) {
 		w := makeWorker(t, ctx, cancel)
 		_, events, pool := makeWorkerContext(t)
 		_, mockSocket, incomingData, _ := setupTestConnection(t)
-		pool.Dialer = mockDialer(mockSocket)
+		pool.ConnectionConfig.Dialer = mockDialer(mockSocket)

 		var wg sync.WaitGroup
 		wg.Go(func() { w.Start(pool) })
@@ -561,7 +562,7 @@ func TestWorkerSession(t *testing.T) {
 		w := makeWorker(t, ctx, cancel)
 		_, events, pool := makeWorkerContext(t)
 		mockSocket := honeybeetest.NewMockSocket()
-		pool.Dialer = mockDialer(mockSocket)
+		pool.ConnectionConfig.Dialer = mockDialer(mockSocket)

 		var wg sync.WaitGroup
 		wg.Go(func() {
@@ -607,7 +608,7 @@ func TestWorkerSession(t *testing.T) {
 		w := makeWorker(t, workerCtx, workerCancel)
 		_, events, pool := makeWorkerContext(t)
 		mockSocket := honeybeetest.NewMockSocket()
-		pool.Dialer = mockDialer(mockSocket)
+		pool.ConnectionConfig.Dialer = mockDialer(mockSocket)

 		var wg sync.WaitGroup
 		wg.Go(func() {
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Jay	d04341bfa2	docs: update README, CONFIG, EXTEND for config/dialer refactoring	2026-05-26 15:08:33 -04:00
Jay	8c1371e3a0	pool: add ConnectOption/WithDialer for per-call dialer override on Connect	2026-05-26 14:59:03 -04:00
Jay	d4da16f82a	transport: copy-on-intake in NewConnection/NewPool; add ConnectionConfig.Clone; remove SetDialer; dialer via config	2026-05-26 14:46:10 -04:00
Jay	695389798e	config: add Dialer field to ConnectionConfig and PoolConfig with option constructors	2026-05-26 14:17:58 -04:00
Jay	fac62c0675	config: flatten WorkerConfig to value type in PoolConfig	2026-05-26 14:13:40 -04:00
Jay	c82e0184f5	config: flatten ConnectionConfig to value type in PoolConfig	2026-05-26 14:11:03 -04:00
Jay	c4d35fe6fa	transport: flatten RetryConfig to value type, replace nil sentinel with Disabled bool	2026-05-26 14:01:14 -04:00
Jay	bcbdb79b32	fix logging_test: align expected log levels to current source	2026-05-26 13:43:09 -04:00
Jay	a721eabd48	place attribute on handler	2026-05-21 17:02:07 -04:00
Jay	f144a2a724	update logging	2026-05-21 08:19:37 -04:00