Add README to nugets

* Move "Client is not connected" error to it's own exception

* Update MqttClientNotConnectedException.cs

* Update release notes

---------

Co-authored-by: Christian <6939810+chkr1011@users.noreply.github.com>

.github/workflows/ReleaseNotes.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-* [Client] Fixed _PlatformNotSupportedException_ when using Blazor (#1755, thanks to @Nickztar).
-* [Server] Fixed _NullReferenceException_ in retained messages management (#1762, thanks to @logicaloud).
-* [Server] Exposed new option which allows disabling packet fragmentation (#1753).
-* [Server] Expired sessions will no longer be used when a client connects (#1756).
+* [Core] Optimized packet serialization of PUBACK and PUBREC packets for protocol version 5.0.0 (#1939, thanks to @Y-Sindo).
+* [Core] The package inspector is now fully async (#1941).
+* [Client] Added a dedicated exception when the client is not connected (#1954, thanks to @marcpiulachs).
+* [ManagedClient] Added a new event (SubscriptionsChangedAsync) which is fired when a subscription or unsubscription was made (#1894, thanks to @pdufrene).

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: CI
 on: [push, pull_request]
 
 env:
-  VERSION: "4.2.1.${{github.run_number}}"
+  VERSION: "4.3.4.${{github.run_number}}"
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: darenm/Setup-VSTest@v1
 
       - name: Core Tests
-        run: vstest.console.exe Source\MQTTnet.Tests\bin\Release\net6.0\MQTTnet.Tests.dll
+        run: vstest.console.exe Source\MQTTnet.Tests\bin\Release\net7.0\MQTTnet.Tests.dll
 
       - name: ASP.NET Tests
         run: vstest.console.exe Source\MQTTnet.AspNetCore.Tests\bin\Release\netcoreapp3.1\MQTTnet.AspNetCore.Tests.dll

MQTTnet.sln.DotSettings

@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@
 	<s:String x:Key="/Default/CodeStyle/FileHeader/FileHeaderText/@EntryValue">Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
 The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.</s:String>
+	<s:Boolean x:Key="/Default/Environment/SettingsMigration/IsMigratorApplied/=JetBrains_002EReSharper_002EFeature_002EServices_002ECodeCleanup_002EFileHeader_002EFileHeaderSettingsMigrate/@EntryIndexedValue">True</s:Boolean>
 	<s:Boolean x:Key="/Default/Environment/SettingsMigration/IsMigratorApplied/=JetBrains_002EReSharper_002EPsi_002ECSharp_002ECodeStyle_002ECSharpAttributeForSingleLineMethodUpgrade/@EntryIndexedValue">True</s:Boolean>
 	<s:Boolean x:Key="/Default/Environment/SettingsMigration/IsMigratorApplied/=JetBrains_002EReSharper_002EPsi_002ECSharp_002ECodeStyle_002ECSharpKeepExistingMigration/@EntryIndexedValue">True</s:Boolean>
 	<s:Boolean x:Key="/Default/Environment/SettingsMigration/IsMigratorApplied/=JetBrains_002EReSharper_002EPsi_002ECSharp_002ECodeStyle_002ECSharpPlaceEmbeddedOnSameLineMigration/@EntryIndexedValue">True</s:Boolean>
@@ -240,6 +241,7 @@ See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.</s:String>
 	<s:Boolean x:Key="/Default/Environment/SettingsMigration/IsMigratorApplied/=JetBrains_002EReSharper_002EPsi_002ECSharp_002ECodeStyle_002ESettingsUpgrade_002ECSharpPlaceAttributeOnSameLineMigration/@EntryIndexedValue">True</s:Boolean>
 	<s:Boolean x:Key="/Default/Environment/SettingsMigration/IsMigratorApplied/=JetBrains_002EReSharper_002EPsi_002ECSharp_002ECodeStyle_002ESettingsUpgrade_002EMigrateBlankLinesAroundFieldToBlankLinesAroundProperty/@EntryIndexedValue">True</s:Boolean>
 	<s:Boolean x:Key="/Default/Environment/SettingsMigration/IsMigratorApplied/=JetBrains_002EReSharper_002EPsi_002ECSharp_002ECodeStyle_002ESettingsUpgrade_002EMigrateThisQualifierSettings/@EntryIndexedValue">True</s:Boolean>
+	<s:Boolean x:Key="/Default/UserDictionary/Words/=catched/@EntryIndexedValue">True</s:Boolean>
 	<s:Boolean x:Key="/Default/UserDictionary/Words/=CONNACK/@EntryIndexedValue">True</s:Boolean>
 	<s:Boolean x:Key="/Default/UserDictionary/Words/=PINGREQ/@EntryIndexedValue">True</s:Boolean>
 	<s:Boolean x:Key="/Default/UserDictionary/Words/=PINGRESP/@EntryIndexedValue">True</s:Boolean>

Samples/Client/Client_Connection_Samples.cs

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 // ReSharper disable InconsistentNaming
 
 using System.Security.Authentication;
+using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
 using MQTTnet.Client;
 using MQTTnet.Extensions.WebSocket4Net;
 using MQTTnet.Formatter;
@@ -70,32 +71,6 @@ public static class Client_Connection_Samples
             await mqttClient.DisconnectAsync(mqttClientDisconnectOptions, CancellationToken.None);
         }
     }
-    
-    public static async Task Connect_With_Amazon_AWS()
-    {
-        /*
-         * This sample creates a simple MQTT client and connects to an Amazon Web Services broker.
-         *
-         * The broker requires special settings which are set here.
-         */
-
-        var mqttFactory = new MqttFactory();
-
-        using (var mqttClient = mqttFactory.CreateMqttClient())
-        {
-            var mqttClientOptions = new MqttClientOptionsBuilder()
-                .WithTcpServer("amazon.web.services.broker")
-                // Disabling packet fragmentation is very important!  
-                .WithoutPacketFragmentation()
-                .Build();
-            
-            await mqttClient.ConnectAsync(mqttClientOptions, CancellationToken.None);
-
-            Console.WriteLine("The MQTT client is connected.");
-
-            await mqttClient.DisconnectAsync();
-        }
-    }
 
     public static async Task Connect_Client_Timeout()
     {
@@ -161,15 +136,15 @@ public static class Client_Connection_Samples
         using (var mqttClient = mqttFactory.CreateMqttClient())
         {
             var mqttClientOptions = new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithTcpServer("mqtt.fluux.io")
-                .WithTls(
+                .WithTlsOptions(
                     o =>
                     {
                         // The used public broker sometimes has invalid certificates. This sample accepts all
                         // certificates. This should not be used in live environments.
-                        o.CertificateValidationHandler = _ => true;
+                        o.WithCertificateValidationHandler(_ => true);
 
                         // The default value is determined by the OS. Set manually to force version.
-                        o.SslProtocol = SslProtocols.Tls12;
+                        o.WithSslProtocols(SslProtocols.Tls12);
                     })
                 .Build();
 
@@ -196,7 +171,7 @@ public static class Client_Connection_Samples
 
         using (var mqttClient = mqttFactory.CreateMqttClient())
         {
-            var mqttClientOptions = new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithWebSocketServer("broker.hivemq.com:8000/mqtt").Build();
+            var mqttClientOptions = new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithWebSocketServer(o => o.WithUri("broker.hivemq.com:8000/mqtt")).Build();
 
             var response = await mqttClient.ConnectAsync(mqttClientOptions, CancellationToken.None);
 
@@ -218,7 +193,7 @@ public static class Client_Connection_Samples
 
         using (var mqttClient = mqttFactory.CreateMqttClient())
         {
-            var mqttClientOptions = new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithWebSocketServer("broker.hivemq.com:8000/mqtt").Build();
+            var mqttClientOptions = new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithWebSocketServer(o => o.WithUri("broker.hivemq.com:8000/mqtt")).Build();
 
             var response = await mqttClient.ConnectAsync(mqttClientOptions, CancellationToken.None);
 
@@ -241,13 +216,11 @@ public static class Client_Connection_Samples
         using (var mqttClient = mqttFactory.CreateMqttClient())
         {
             var mqttClientOptions = new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithTcpServer("test.mosquitto.org", 8883)
-                .WithTls(
-                    o =>
-                    {
+                .WithTlsOptions(
+                    o => o.WithCertificateValidationHandler(
                         // The used public broker sometimes has invalid certificates. This sample accepts all
                         // certificates. This should not be used in live environments.
-                        o.CertificateValidationHandler = _ => true;
-                    })
+                        _ => true))
                 .Build();
 
             // In MQTTv5 the response contains much more information.
@@ -262,6 +235,31 @@ public static class Client_Connection_Samples
         }
     }
 
+    public static async Task Connect_With_Amazon_AWS()
+    {
+        /*
+         * This sample creates a simple MQTT client and connects to an Amazon Web Services broker.
+         *
+         * The broker requires special settings which are set here.
+         */
+
+        var mqttFactory = new MqttFactory();
+
+        using (var mqttClient = mqttFactory.CreateMqttClient())
+        {
+            var mqttClientOptions = new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithTcpServer("amazon.web.services.broker")
+                // Disabling packet fragmentation is very important!  
+                .WithoutPacketFragmentation()
+                .Build();
+
+            await mqttClient.ConnectAsync(mqttClientOptions, CancellationToken.None);
+
+            Console.WriteLine("The MQTT client is connected.");
+
+            await mqttClient.DisconnectAsync();
+        }
+    }
+
     public static async Task Disconnect_Clean()
     {
         /*
@@ -317,18 +315,19 @@ public static class Client_Connection_Samples
         using (var mqttClient = mqttFactory.CreateMqttClient())
         {
             var mqttClientOptions = new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithTcpServer("mqtt.fluux.io", 8883)
-                .WithTls(
+                .WithTlsOptions(
                     o =>
                     {
-                        o.CertificateValidationHandler = eventArgs =>
-                        {
-                            eventArgs.Certificate.Subject.DumpToConsole();
-                            eventArgs.Certificate.GetExpirationDateString().DumpToConsole();
-                            eventArgs.Chain.ChainPolicy.RevocationMode.DumpToConsole();
-                            eventArgs.Chain.ChainStatus.DumpToConsole();
-                            eventArgs.SslPolicyErrors.DumpToConsole();
-                            return true;
-                        };
+                        o.WithCertificateValidationHandler(
+                            eventArgs =>
+                            {
+                                eventArgs.Certificate.Subject.DumpToConsole();
+                                eventArgs.Certificate.GetExpirationDateString().DumpToConsole();
+                                eventArgs.Chain.ChainPolicy.RevocationMode.DumpToConsole();
+                                eventArgs.Chain.ChainStatus.DumpToConsole();
+                                eventArgs.SslPolicyErrors.DumpToConsole();
+                                return true;
+                            });
                     })
                 .Build();
 
@@ -432,6 +431,59 @@ public static class Client_Connection_Samples
                         }
                     }
                 });
+
+            Console.WriteLine("Press <Enter> to exit");
+            Console.ReadLine();
         }
     }
-}
+
+    public static async Task ConnectTls_WithCaFile()
+    {
+        var mqttFactory = new MqttFactory();
+
+        X509Certificate2Collection caChain = new X509Certificate2Collection();
+        caChain.ImportFromPem(mosquitto_org); // from https://test.mosquitto.org/ssl/mosquitto.org.crt
+
+        using (var mqttClient = mqttFactory.CreateMqttClient())
+        {
+            var mqttClientOptions = new MqttClientOptionsBuilder()
+                .WithTcpServer("test.mosquitto.org", 8883)
+                .WithTlsOptions(new MqttClientTlsOptionsBuilder()
+                    .WithTrustChain(caChain) 
+                    .Build())
+                .Build();
+
+            var connAck = await mqttClient.ConnectAsync(mqttClientOptions);
+            Console.WriteLine("Connected to test.moquitto.org:8883 with CaFile mosquitto.org.crt: " + connAck.ResultCode);
+        }
+
+
+    }
+    const string mosquitto_org = @"
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
+";
+
+}

Samples/Client/Client_Subscribe_Samples.cs

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 // ReSharper disable UnusedType.Global
 // ReSharper disable UnusedMember.Global
 // ReSharper disable InconsistentNaming
+// ReSharper disable UnusedMember.Local
 
-using MQTTnet;
 using MQTTnet.Client;
 using MQTTnet.Packets;
 using MQTTnet.Protocol;
@@ -177,4 +177,62 @@ public static class Client_Subscribe_Samples
             response.DumpToConsole();
         }
     }
-}
+
+    static void ConcurrentProcessingDisableAutoAcknowledge(CancellationToken shutdownToken, IMqttClient mqttClient)
+    {
+        /*
+         * This sample shows how to achieve concurrent processing and not have message AutoAcknowledged
+         * This to have a proper QoS1 (at-least-once) experience for what at least MQTT specification can provide
+         */
+        mqttClient.ApplicationMessageReceivedAsync += ea =>
+        {
+            ea.AutoAcknowledge = false;
+
+            async Task ProcessAsync()
+            {
+                // DO YOUR WORK HERE!
+                await Task.Delay(1000, shutdownToken);
+                await ea.AcknowledgeAsync(shutdownToken);
+                // WARNING: If process failures are not transient the message will be retried on every restart of the client
+                //          A failed message will not be dispatched again to the client as MQTT does not have a NACK packet to let
+                //          the broker know processing failed
+                //
+                // Optionally: Use a framework like Polly to create a retry policy: https://github.com/App-vNext/Polly#retry
+            }
+
+            _ = Task.Run(ProcessAsync, shutdownToken);
+
+            return Task.CompletedTask;
+        };
+    }
+
+    static void ConcurrentProcessingWithLimit(CancellationToken shutdownToken, IMqttClient mqttClient)
+    {
+        /*
+         * This sample shows how to achieve concurrent processing, with:
+         * - a maximum concurrency limit based on Environment.ProcessorCount
+         */
+
+        var concurrent = new SemaphoreSlim(Environment.ProcessorCount);
+
+        mqttClient.ApplicationMessageReceivedAsync += async ea =>
+        {
+            await concurrent.WaitAsync(shutdownToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+            async Task ProcessAsync()
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    // DO YOUR WORK HERE!
+                    await Task.Delay(1000, shutdownToken);
+                }
+                finally
+                {
+                    concurrent.Release();
+                }
+            }
+
+            _ = Task.Run(ProcessAsync, shutdownToken);
+        };
+    }
+}

Samples/MQTTnet.Samples.csproj

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
     <PropertyGroup>
         <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
-        <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+        <TargetFramework>net7.0</TargetFramework>
         <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
         <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
         <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>

Samples/ManagedClient/Managed_Client_Subscribe_Samples.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+// ReSharper disable UnusedType.Global
+// ReSharper disable UnusedMember.Global
+// ReSharper disable InconsistentNaming
+
+using MQTTnet.Client;
+using MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient;
+
+namespace MQTTnet.Samples.ManagedClient;
+
+public sealed class Managed_Client_Subscribe_Samples
+{
+    public static async Task Connect_Client()
+    {
+        /*
+         * This sample creates a simple managed MQTT client and connects to a public broker, subscribe to a topic and verifies subscription result.
+         *
+         * The managed client extends the existing _MqttClient_. It adds the following features.
+         * - Reconnecting when connection is lost.
+         * - Storing pending messages in an internal queue so that an enqueue is possible while the client remains not connected.
+         */
+        
+        var mqttFactory = new MqttFactory();
+        var subscribed = false;
+
+        using (var managedMqttClient = mqttFactory.CreateManagedMqttClient())
+        {
+            var mqttClientOptions = new MqttClientOptionsBuilder()
+                .WithTcpServer("broker.hivemq.com")
+                .Build();
+
+            var managedMqttClientOptions = new ManagedMqttClientOptionsBuilder()
+                .WithClientOptions(mqttClientOptions)
+                .Build();
+
+            await managedMqttClient.StartAsync(managedMqttClientOptions);
+
+            // The application message is not sent. It is stored in an internal queue and
+            // will be sent when the client is connected.
+            await managedMqttClient.EnqueueAsync("Topic", "Payload");
+
+            Console.WriteLine("The managed MQTT client is connected.");
+            
+            // Wait until the queue is fully processed.
+            SpinWait.SpinUntil(() => managedMqttClient.PendingApplicationMessagesCount == 0, 10000);
+            
+            Console.WriteLine($"Pending messages = {managedMqttClient.PendingApplicationMessagesCount}");
+
+            managedMqttClient.SubscriptionsChangedAsync += args => SubscriptionsResultAsync(args, subscribed);
+            await managedMqttClient.SubscribeAsync("Topic").ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+            SpinWait.SpinUntil(() => subscribed, 1000);
+            Console.WriteLine("Subscription properly done");
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static Task SubscriptionsResultAsync(SubscriptionsChangedEventArgs arg, bool subscribed)
+    {
+        foreach (var mqttClientSubscribeResult in arg.SubscribeResult)
+        {
+            Console.WriteLine($"Subscription reason {mqttClientSubscribeResult.ReasonString}");
+            foreach (var item in mqttClientSubscribeResult.Items)
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine($"For topic filter {item.TopicFilter}, result code: {item.ResultCode}");
+
+                if (item.TopicFilter.Topic == "Topic" && item.ResultCode == MqttClientSubscribeResultCode.GrantedQoS0 && !subscribed)
+                {
+                    subscribed = true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        foreach (var mqttClientUnsubscribeResult in arg.UnsubscribeResult)
+        {
+            Console.WriteLine($"Unsubscription reason {mqttClientUnsubscribeResult.ReasonString}");
+            foreach (var item in mqttClientUnsubscribeResult.Items)
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine($"For topic filter {item.TopicFilter}, result code: {item.ResultCode}");
+            }
+        }
+
+        return Task.CompletedTask;
+    }
+}

Source/MQTTnet.AspNetCore.Tests/MqttConnectionContextTest.cs

@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ namespace MQTTnet.AspNetCore.Tests
         {
             var mockup = new ConnectionHandlerMockup();
 
-
             using (var host = new WebHostBuilder().UseKestrel(kestrel => kestrel.ListenLocalhost(1883, listener => listener.Use((ctx, next) => mockup.OnConnectedAsync(ctx))))
                        .UseStartup<Startup>()
                        .ConfigureServices(

Source/MQTTnet.AspnetCore/Client/MqttClientConnectionContextFactory.cs

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ using MQTTnet.Adapter;
 using MQTTnet.AspNetCore.Client.Tcp;
 using MQTTnet.Formatter;
 using System;
-using System.Net;
 using MQTTnet.Client;
 using MQTTnet.Diagnostics;
 
@@ -22,8 +21,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.AspNetCore.Client
             {
                 case MqttClientTcpOptions tcpOptions:
                     {
-                        var endpoint = new DnsEndPoint(tcpOptions.Server, tcpOptions.GetPort());
-                        var tcpConnection = new TcpConnection(endpoint);
+                        var tcpConnection = new SocketConnection(tcpOptions.RemoteEndpoint);
                         
                         var formatter = new MqttPacketFormatterAdapter(options.ProtocolVersion, new MqttBufferWriter(4096, 65535));
                         return new MqttConnectionContext(formatter, tcpConnection);

Source/MQTTnet.AspnetCore/Client/Tcp/SocketConnection.cs

@@ -15,15 +15,15 @@ using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace MQTTnet.AspNetCore.Client.Tcp
 {
-    public class TcpConnection : ConnectionContext
+    public sealed class SocketConnection : ConnectionContext
     {
-        private volatile bool _aborted;
-        private readonly EndPoint _endPoint;
-        private SocketSender _sender;
-        private SocketReceiver _receiver;
+        volatile bool _aborted;
+        readonly EndPoint _endPoint;
+        SocketSender _sender;
+        SocketReceiver _receiver;
 
-        private Socket _socket;
-        private IDuplexPipe _application;
+        Socket _socket;
+        IDuplexPipe _application;
 
         public bool IsConnected { get; private set; }
         public override string ConnectionId { get; set; }
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ namespace MQTTnet.AspNetCore.Client.Tcp
         public override IDictionary<object, object> Items { get; set; }
         public override IDuplexPipe Transport { get; set; }
 
-        public TcpConnection(EndPoint endPoint)
+        public SocketConnection(EndPoint endPoint)
         {
             _endPoint = endPoint;
         }
 
-        public TcpConnection(Socket socket)
+        public SocketConnection(Socket socket)
         {
             _socket = socket;
             _endPoint = socket.RemoteEndPoint;
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.AspNetCore.Client.Tcp
             IsConnected = true;
         }
 
-        private async Task ExecuteAsync()
+        async Task ExecuteAsync()
         {
             Exception sendError = null;
             try
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.AspNetCore.Client.Tcp
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                Console.WriteLine($"Unexpected exception in {nameof(TcpConnection)}.{nameof(StartAsync)}: " + ex);
+                Console.WriteLine($"Unexpected exception in {nameof(SocketConnection)}.{nameof(StartAsync)}: " + ex);
             }
             finally
             {
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ namespace MQTTnet.AspNetCore.Client.Tcp
                 _application.Input.Complete(sendError);
             }
         }
-        private async Task DoReceive()
+
+        async Task DoReceive()
         {
             Exception error = null;
 
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.AspNetCore.Client.Tcp
             }
         }
 
-        private async Task ProcessReceives()
+        async Task ProcessReceives()
         {
             while (true)
             {
@@ -204,12 +205,12 @@ namespace MQTTnet.AspNetCore.Client.Tcp
             }
         }
 
-        private Exception ConnectionAborted()
+        Exception ConnectionAborted()
         {
             return new MqttCommunicationException("Connection Aborted");
         }
 
-        private async Task<Exception> DoSend()
+        async Task<Exception> DoSend()
         {
             Exception error = null;
 
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.AspNetCore.Client.Tcp
             return error;
         }
 
-        private async Task ProcessSends()
+        async Task ProcessSends()
         {
             while (true)
             {

Source/MQTTnet.AspnetCore/MQTTnet.AspNetCore.csproj

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
         <Description>MQTTnet is a high performance .NET library for MQTT based communication. It provides a MQTT client and a MQTT server (broker) and supports v3.1.0, v3.1.1 and v5.0.0 of the MQTT protocol.</Description>
         <Authors>The contributors of MQTTnet</Authors>
         <PackageId>MQTTnet.AspNetCore</PackageId>
+        <PackageReadmeFile>README.md</PackageReadmeFile>
         <SignAssembly>false</SignAssembly>
         <DelaySign>false</DelaySign>
         <PublishRepositoryUrl>true</PublishRepositoryUrl>
@@ -37,12 +38,10 @@
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-        <None Include="..\..\Images\nuget.png">
-            <Pack>True</Pack>
-            <PackagePath>\</PackagePath>
-        </None>
+        <None Include="..\..\Images\nuget.png" Pack="True" PackagePath="\" />
+        <None Include="..\..\README.md" Pack="true" PackagePath="\" />
     </ItemGroup>
-    
+
     <ItemGroup>
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="1.1.1" PrivateAssets="All" />
     </ItemGroup>
@@ -51,11 +50,11 @@
         <DefineConstants>RELEASE;NETSTANDARD2_0</DefineConstants>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
-    <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp3.1' or '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net5.0' or '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net6.0' or '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net7.0' ">
+    <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' != 'netstandard2.0' and '$(TargetFramework)' != 'netcoreapp2.1' ">
         <FrameworkReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.App" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
-    <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' != 'netcoreapp3.1' and '$(TargetFramework)' != 'net5.0' and '$(TargetFramework)' != 'net6.0' and '$(TargetFramework)' != 'net7.0' ">
+    <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0' or '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netcoreapp2.1' ">
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Connections" Version="1.1.0" />
     </ItemGroup>
 

Source/MQTTnet.AspnetCore/MqttConnectionContext.cs

@@ -33,8 +33,11 @@ namespace MQTTnet.AspNetCore
             PacketFormatterAdapter = packetFormatterAdapter ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(packetFormatterAdapter));
             _connection = connection ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(connection));
 
-            _input = connection.Transport.Input;
-            _output = connection.Transport.Output;
+            if (!(_connection is SocketConnection tcp) || tcp.IsConnected)
+            {
+                _input = connection.Transport.Input;
+                _output = connection.Transport.Output;
+            }
         }
 
         public long BytesReceived { get; private set; }
@@ -80,8 +83,6 @@ namespace MQTTnet.AspNetCore
             }
         }
 
-        public bool IsReadingPacket { get; private set; }
-
         public bool IsSecureConnection
         {
             get
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.AspNetCore
 
         public async Task ConnectAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
-            if (_connection is TcpConnection tcp && !tcp.IsConnected)
+            if (_connection is SocketConnection tcp && !tcp.IsConnected)
             {
                 await tcp.StartAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
@@ -161,11 +162,6 @@ namespace MQTTnet.AspNetCore
                                 BytesReceived += received;
                                 return packet;
                             }
-                            else
-                            {
-                                // we did receive something but the message is not yet complete
-                                IsReadingPacket = true;
-                            }
                         }
                         else if (readResult.IsCompleted)
                         {
@@ -186,12 +182,9 @@ namespace MQTTnet.AspNetCore
                 // completing the channel makes sure that there is no more data read after a protocol error
                 _input?.Complete(exception);
                 _output?.Complete(exception);
+
                 throw;
             }
-            finally
-            {
-                IsReadingPacket = false;
-            }
 
             cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
             return null;

Source/MQTTnet.AspnetCore/MqttHostedServer.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -14,20 +15,27 @@ namespace MQTTnet.AspNetCore
 {
     public sealed class MqttHostedServer : MqttServer, IHostedService
     {
-        public MqttHostedServer(MqttServerOptions options, IEnumerable<IMqttServerAdapter> adapters, IMqttNetLogger logger) 
-            : base(options, adapters, logger)
+        readonly MqttFactory _mqttFactory;
+
+        public MqttHostedServer(MqttFactory mqttFactory, MqttServerOptions options, IEnumerable<IMqttServerAdapter> adapters, IMqttNetLogger logger) : base(
+            options,
+            adapters,
+            logger)
         {
+            _mqttFactory = mqttFactory ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(mqttFactory));
         }
 
-        public Task StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        public async Task StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
-            _ =  StartAsync();
-            return Task.CompletedTask;
+            // The yield makes sure that the hosted service is considered up and running.
+            await Task.Yield();
+
+            _ = StartAsync();
         }
 
         public Task StopAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
-            return StopAsync();
+            return StopAsync(_mqttFactory.CreateMqttServerStopOptionsBuilder().Build());
         }
     }
 }

Source/MQTTnet.AspnetCore/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Extensions;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
 using MQTTnet.Adapter;
 using MQTTnet.Diagnostics;
@@ -14,86 +15,74 @@ namespace MQTTnet.AspNetCore
 {
     public static class ServiceCollectionExtensions
     {
-        public static IServiceCollection AddMqttServer(this IServiceCollection serviceCollection, Action<MqttServerOptionsBuilder> configure = null)
-        {
-            if (serviceCollection is null)
-            {
-                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(serviceCollection));
-            }
-
-            serviceCollection.AddMqttConnectionHandler();
-            serviceCollection.AddHostedMqttServer(configure);
-            
-            return serviceCollection;
-        }
-
         public static IServiceCollection AddHostedMqttServer(this IServiceCollection services, MqttServerOptions options)
         {
-            if (options == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(options));
+            if (services == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(services));
+            }
+
+            if (options == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(options));
+            }
 
             services.AddSingleton(options);
-
             services.AddHostedMqttServer();
 
             return services;
         }
 
-        public static IServiceCollection AddHostedMqttServer(this IServiceCollection services, Action<MqttServerOptionsBuilder> configure = null)
+        public static IServiceCollection AddHostedMqttServer(this IServiceCollection services, Action<MqttServerOptionsBuilder> configure)
         {
-            services.AddSingleton(s =>
+            if (services == null)
             {
-                var serverOptionsBuilder = new MqttServerOptionsBuilder();
-                configure?.Invoke(serverOptionsBuilder);
-                return serverOptionsBuilder.Build();
-            });
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(services));
+            }
 
-            services.AddHostedMqttServer();
+            if (configure == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(configure));
+            }
 
-            return services;
+            var serverOptionsBuilder = new MqttServerOptionsBuilder();
+            configure.Invoke(serverOptionsBuilder);
+            var options = serverOptionsBuilder.Build();
+
+            return AddHostedMqttServer(services, options);
+        }
+
+        public static void AddHostedMqttServer(this IServiceCollection services)
+        {
+            // The user may have these services already registered.
+            services.TryAddSingleton<IMqttNetLogger>(MqttNetNullLogger.Instance);
+            services.TryAddSingleton(new MqttFactory());
+
+            services.AddSingleton<MqttHostedServer>();
+            services.AddSingleton<IHostedService>(s => s.GetService<MqttHostedServer>());
+            services.AddSingleton<MqttServer>(s => s.GetService<MqttHostedServer>());
         }
 
         public static IServiceCollection AddHostedMqttServerWithServices(this IServiceCollection services, Action<AspNetMqttServerOptionsBuilder> configure)
         {
-            services.AddSingleton(s =>
+            if (services == null)
             {
-                var builder = new AspNetMqttServerOptionsBuilder(s);
-                configure(builder);
-                return builder.Build();
-            });
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(services));
+            }
+
+            services.AddSingleton(
+                s =>
+                {
+                    var builder = new AspNetMqttServerOptionsBuilder(s);
+                    configure(builder);
+                    return builder.Build();
+                });
 
             services.AddHostedMqttServer();
 
             return services;
         }
 
-        static IServiceCollection AddHostedMqttServer(this IServiceCollection services)
-        {
-            var logger = new MqttNetEventLogger();
-
-            services.AddSingleton<IMqttNetLogger>(logger);
-            services.AddSingleton<MqttHostedServer>();
-            services.AddSingleton<IHostedService>(s => s.GetService<MqttHostedServer>());
-            services.AddSingleton<MqttServer>(s => s.GetService<MqttHostedServer>());
-
-            return services;
-        }
-
-        public static IServiceCollection AddMqttWebSocketServerAdapter(this IServiceCollection services)
-        {
-            services.AddSingleton<MqttWebSocketServerAdapter>();
-            services.AddSingleton<IMqttServerAdapter>(s => s.GetService<MqttWebSocketServerAdapter>());
-
-            return services;
-        }
-
-        public static IServiceCollection AddMqttTcpServerAdapter(this IServiceCollection services)
-        {
-            services.AddSingleton<MqttTcpServerAdapter>();
-            services.AddSingleton<IMqttServerAdapter>(s => s.GetService<MqttTcpServerAdapter>());
-
-            return services;
-        }
-
         public static IServiceCollection AddMqttConnectionHandler(this IServiceCollection services)
         {
             services.AddSingleton<MqttConnectionHandler>();
@@ -101,5 +90,44 @@ namespace MQTTnet.AspNetCore
 
             return services;
         }
+
+        public static void AddMqttLogger(this IServiceCollection services, IMqttNetLogger logger)
+        {
+            if (services == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(services));
+            }
+
+            services.AddSingleton(logger);
+        }
+
+        public static IServiceCollection AddMqttServer(this IServiceCollection serviceCollection, Action<MqttServerOptionsBuilder> configure = null)
+        {
+            if (serviceCollection is null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(serviceCollection));
+            }
+
+            serviceCollection.AddMqttConnectionHandler();
+            serviceCollection.AddHostedMqttServer(configure);
+
+            return serviceCollection;
+        }
+
+        public static IServiceCollection AddMqttTcpServerAdapter(this IServiceCollection services)
+        {
+            services.AddSingleton<MqttTcpServerAdapter>();
+            services.AddSingleton<IMqttServerAdapter>(s => s.GetService<MqttTcpServerAdapter>());
+
+            return services;
+        }
+
+        public static IServiceCollection AddMqttWebSocketServerAdapter(this IServiceCollection services)
+        {
+            services.AddSingleton<MqttWebSocketServerAdapter>();
+            services.AddSingleton<IMqttServerAdapter>(s => s.GetService<MqttWebSocketServerAdapter>());
+
+            return services;
+        }
     }
-}
+}

Source/MQTTnet.Benchmarks/TcpPipesBenchmark.cs

@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Benchmarks
 
             var task = Task.Run(() => server.AcceptSocket());
 
-            var clientConnection = new TcpConnection(new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Loopback, 1883));
+            var clientConnection = new SocketConnection(new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Loopback, 1883));
 
             clientConnection.StartAsync().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
             _client = clientConnection.Transport;
 
-            var serverConnection = new TcpConnection(task.GetAwaiter().GetResult());
+            var serverConnection = new SocketConnection(task.GetAwaiter().GetResult());
             serverConnection.StartAsync().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
             _server = serverConnection.Transport;
         }

Source/MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient/IManagedMqttClient.cs

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient
         
         event Func<ManagedProcessFailedEventArgs, Task> SynchronizingSubscriptionsFailedAsync;
         
+        event Func<SubscriptionsChangedEventArgs, Task> SubscriptionsChangedAsync;
+        
         IMqttClient InternalClient { get; }
         
         bool IsConnected { get; }

Source/MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient/InterceptingPublishMessageEventArgs.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+
+namespace MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient
+{
+    public sealed class InterceptingPublishMessageEventArgs : EventArgs
+    {
+        public InterceptingPublishMessageEventArgs(ManagedMqttApplicationMessage applicationMessage)
+        {
+            ApplicationMessage = applicationMessage ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(applicationMessage));
+        }
+
+        public ManagedMqttApplicationMessage ApplicationMessage { get; }
+
+        public bool AcceptPublish { get; set; } = true;
+    }
+}

Source/MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient/MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient.csproj

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
         <Description>This is an extension library which provides a managed MQTT client with additional features using MQTTnet.</Description>
         <Authors>The contributors of MQTTnet</Authors>
         <PackageId>MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient</PackageId>
+        <PackageReadmeFile>README.md</PackageReadmeFile>
         <SignAssembly>false</SignAssembly>
         <DelaySign>false</DelaySign>
         <PublishRepositoryUrl>true</PublishRepositoryUrl>
@@ -50,10 +51,8 @@
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-        <None Include="..\..\Images\nuget.png">
-            <Pack>True</Pack>
-            <PackagePath>\</PackagePath>
-        </None>
+        <None Include="..\..\Images\nuget.png" Pack="True" PackagePath="\" />
+        <None Include="..\..\README.md" Pack="true" PackagePath="\" />
     </ItemGroup>
     
     <ItemGroup>

Source/MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient/ManagedMqttClient.cs

@@ -19,12 +19,14 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient
 {
     public sealed class ManagedMqttClient : Disposable, IManagedMqttClient
     {
+        readonly AsyncEvent<InterceptingPublishMessageEventArgs> _interceptingPublishMessageEvent = new AsyncEvent<InterceptingPublishMessageEventArgs>();
         readonly AsyncEvent<ApplicationMessageProcessedEventArgs> _applicationMessageProcessedEvent = new AsyncEvent<ApplicationMessageProcessedEventArgs>();
         readonly AsyncEvent<ApplicationMessageSkippedEventArgs> _applicationMessageSkippedEvent = new AsyncEvent<ApplicationMessageSkippedEventArgs>();
         readonly AsyncEvent<ConnectingFailedEventArgs> _connectingFailedEvent = new AsyncEvent<ConnectingFailedEventArgs>();
         readonly AsyncEvent<EventArgs> _connectionStateChangedEvent = new AsyncEvent<EventArgs>();
         readonly AsyncEvent<ManagedProcessFailedEventArgs> _synchronizingSubscriptionsFailedEvent = new AsyncEvent<ManagedProcessFailedEventArgs>();
-        
+        readonly AsyncEvent<SubscriptionsChangedEventArgs> _subscriptionsChangedEvent = new AsyncEvent<SubscriptionsChangedEventArgs>();
+
         readonly MqttNetSourceLogger _logger;
         readonly BlockingQueue<ManagedMqttApplicationMessage> _messageQueue = new BlockingQueue<ManagedMqttApplicationMessage>();
 
@@ -88,6 +90,14 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient
             remove => _applicationMessageProcessedEvent.RemoveHandler(value);
         }
 
+
+        public event Func<InterceptingPublishMessageEventArgs, Task> InterceptPublishMessageAsync
+        {
+            add => _interceptingPublishMessageEvent.AddHandler(value);
+            remove => _interceptingPublishMessageEvent.RemoveHandler(value);
+        }
+
+
         public event Func<MqttApplicationMessageReceivedEventArgs, Task> ApplicationMessageReceivedAsync
         {
             add => InternalClient.ApplicationMessageReceivedAsync += value;
@@ -124,6 +134,12 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient
             remove => _synchronizingSubscriptionsFailedEvent.RemoveHandler(value);
         }
 
+        public event Func<SubscriptionsChangedEventArgs, Task> SubscriptionsChangedAsync
+        {
+            add => _subscriptionsChangedEvent.AddHandler(value);
+            remove => _subscriptionsChangedEvent.RemoveHandler(value);
+        }
+
         public IMqttClient InternalClient { get; }
 
         public bool IsConnected => InternalClient.IsConnected;
@@ -363,6 +379,14 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient
             }
         }
 
+        async Task HandleSubscriptionsResultAsync(SendSubscribeUnsubscribeResult subscribeUnsubscribeResult)
+        {
+            if (_subscriptionsChangedEvent.HasHandlers)
+            {
+                await _subscriptionsChangedEvent.InvokeAsync(new SubscriptionsChangedEventArgs(subscribeUnsubscribeResult.SubscribeResults, subscribeUnsubscribeResult.UnsubscribeResults)).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
+        }
+
         async Task MaintainConnectionAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             try
@@ -464,19 +488,22 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient
                 if (_reconnectSubscriptions.Any())
                 {
                     topicFilters = new List<MqttTopicFilter>();
-
+                    SendSubscribeUnsubscribeResult subscribeUnsubscribeResult;
+                    
                     foreach (var sub in _reconnectSubscriptions)
                     {
                         topicFilters.Add(sub.Value);
 
                         if (topicFilters.Count == Options.MaxTopicFiltersInSubscribeUnsubscribePackets)
                         {
-                            await SendSubscribeUnsubscribe(topicFilters, null).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                            subscribeUnsubscribeResult = await SendSubscribeUnsubscribe(topicFilters, null).ConfigureAwait(false);
                             topicFilters.Clear();
+                            await HandleSubscriptionsResultAsync(subscribeUnsubscribeResult).ConfigureAwait(false);
                         }
                     }
 
-                    await SendSubscribeUnsubscribe(topicFilters, null).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    subscribeUnsubscribeResult = await SendSubscribeUnsubscribe(topicFilters, null).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    await HandleSubscriptionsResultAsync(subscribeUnsubscribeResult).ConfigureAwait(false);
                 }
             }
             catch (Exception exception)
@@ -492,6 +519,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient
             while (await _subscriptionsQueuedSignal.WaitAsync(GetRemainingTime(endTime), cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false))
             {
                 List<MqttTopicFilter> subscriptions;
+                SendSubscribeUnsubscribeResult subscribeUnsubscribeResult;
                 HashSet<string> unsubscriptions;
 
                 lock (_subscriptions)
@@ -527,12 +555,14 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient
 
                     if (addedTopicFilters.Count == Options.MaxTopicFiltersInSubscribeUnsubscribePackets)
                     {
-                        await SendSubscribeUnsubscribe(addedTopicFilters, null).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                        subscribeUnsubscribeResult = await SendSubscribeUnsubscribe(addedTopicFilters, null).ConfigureAwait(false);
                         addedTopicFilters.Clear();
+                        await HandleSubscriptionsResultAsync(subscribeUnsubscribeResult).ConfigureAwait(false);
                     }
                 }
-
-                await SendSubscribeUnsubscribe(addedTopicFilters, null).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                
+                subscribeUnsubscribeResult = await SendSubscribeUnsubscribe(addedTopicFilters, null).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                await HandleSubscriptionsResultAsync(subscribeUnsubscribeResult).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
                 var removedTopicFilters = new List<string>();
                 foreach (var unSub in unsubscriptions)
@@ -541,12 +571,14 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient
 
                     if (removedTopicFilters.Count == Options.MaxTopicFiltersInSubscribeUnsubscribePackets)
                     {
-                        await SendSubscribeUnsubscribe(null, removedTopicFilters).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                        subscribeUnsubscribeResult = await SendSubscribeUnsubscribe(null, removedTopicFilters).ConfigureAwait(false);
                         removedTopicFilters.Clear();
+                        await HandleSubscriptionsResultAsync(subscribeUnsubscribeResult).ConfigureAwait(false);
                     }
                 }
 
-                await SendSubscribeUnsubscribe(null, removedTopicFilters).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                subscribeUnsubscribeResult = await SendSubscribeUnsubscribe(null, removedTopicFilters).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                await HandleSubscriptionsResultAsync(subscribeUnsubscribeResult).ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
         }
 
@@ -579,8 +611,10 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient
             }
         }
 
-        async Task SendSubscribeUnsubscribe(List<MqttTopicFilter> addedSubscriptions, List<string> removedSubscriptions)
+        async Task<SendSubscribeUnsubscribeResult> SendSubscribeUnsubscribe(List<MqttTopicFilter> addedSubscriptions, List<string> removedSubscriptions)
         {
+            var subscribeResults = new List<MqttClientSubscribeResult>();
+            var unsubscribeResults = new List<MqttClientUnsubscribeResult>();
             try
             {
                 if (removedSubscriptions != null && removedSubscriptions.Any())
@@ -592,7 +626,8 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient
                         unsubscribeOptionsBuilder.WithTopicFilter(removedSubscription);
                     }
 
-                    await InternalClient.UnsubscribeAsync(unsubscribeOptionsBuilder.Build()).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    var unsubscribeResult = await InternalClient.UnsubscribeAsync(unsubscribeOptionsBuilder.Build()).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    unsubscribeResults.Add(unsubscribeResult);
 
                     //clear because these worked, maybe the subscribe below will fail, only report those
                     removedSubscriptions.Clear();
@@ -607,13 +642,16 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient
                         subscribeOptionsBuilder.WithTopicFilter(addedSubscription);
                     }
 
-                    await InternalClient.SubscribeAsync(subscribeOptionsBuilder.Build()).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    var subscribeResult = await InternalClient.SubscribeAsync(subscribeOptionsBuilder.Build()).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    subscribeResults.Add(subscribeResult);
                 }
             }
             catch (Exception exception)
             {
                 await HandleSubscriptionExceptionAsync(exception, addedSubscriptions, removedSubscriptions).ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
+
+            return new SendSubscribeUnsubscribeResult(subscribeResults, unsubscribeResults);
         }
 
         void StartPublishing()
@@ -700,9 +738,20 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient
         async Task TryPublishQueuedMessageAsync(ManagedMqttApplicationMessage message)
         {
             Exception transmitException = null;
+            bool acceptPublish = true;
             try
             {
-                await InternalClient.PublishAsync(message.ApplicationMessage).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                if (_interceptingPublishMessageEvent.HasHandlers)
+                {
+                    var interceptEventArgs = new InterceptingPublishMessageEventArgs(message);
+                    await _interceptingPublishMessageEvent.InvokeAsync(interceptEventArgs).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    acceptPublish = interceptEventArgs.AcceptPublish;
+                }
+
+                if (acceptPublish)
+                {
+                    await InternalClient.PublishAsync(message.ApplicationMessage).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                }
 
                 using (await _messageQueueLock.EnterAsync().ConfigureAwait(false)) //lock to avoid conflict with this.PublishAsync
                 {

Source/MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient/SendSubscribeUnsubscribeResult.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using MQTTnet.Client;
+
+namespace MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient
+{
+    public sealed class SendSubscribeUnsubscribeResult
+    {
+        public SendSubscribeUnsubscribeResult(List<MqttClientSubscribeResult> subscribeResults, List<MqttClientUnsubscribeResult> unsubscribeResults)
+        {
+            SubscribeResults = subscribeResults ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(subscribeResults));
+            UnsubscribeResults = unsubscribeResults ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(unsubscribeResults));
+        }
+        
+        public List<MqttClientSubscribeResult> SubscribeResults { get; private set; }
+        
+        public List<MqttClientUnsubscribeResult> UnsubscribeResults { get; private set; }
+    }
+}

Source/MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient/SubscriptionsChangedEventArgs.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using MQTTnet.Client;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient
+{
+    public sealed class SubscriptionsChangedEventArgs : EventArgs
+    {
+        public SubscriptionsChangedEventArgs(List<MqttClientSubscribeResult> subscribeResult, List<MqttClientUnsubscribeResult> unsubscribeResult)
+        {
+            SubscribeResult = subscribeResult ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(subscribeResult));
+            UnsubscribeResult = unsubscribeResult ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(unsubscribeResult));
+        }
+
+        public List<MqttClientSubscribeResult> SubscribeResult { get; }
+
+        public List<MqttClientUnsubscribeResult> UnsubscribeResult { get; }
+    }
+}

Source/MQTTnet.Extensions.Rpc/IMqttRpcClient.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using MQTTnet.Protocol;
@@ -7,8 +8,8 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Extensions.Rpc
 {
     public interface IMqttRpcClient : IDisposable
     {
-        Task<byte[]> ExecuteAsync(TimeSpan timeout, string methodName, byte[] payload, MqttQualityOfServiceLevel qualityOfServiceLevel);
+        Task<byte[]> ExecuteAsync(TimeSpan timeout, string methodName, byte[] payload, MqttQualityOfServiceLevel qualityOfServiceLevel, IDictionary<string,object> parameters = null);
         
-        Task<byte[]> ExecuteAsync(string methodName, byte[] payload, MqttQualityOfServiceLevel qualityOfServiceLevel, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
+        Task<byte[]> ExecuteAsync(string methodName, byte[] payload, MqttQualityOfServiceLevel qualityOfServiceLevel, IDictionary<string, object> parameters = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
     }
 }

Source/MQTTnet.Extensions.Rpc/MQTTnet.Extensions.Rpc.csproj

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
         <Description>This is an extension library which allows executing synchronous device calls including a response using MQTTnet.</Description>
         <Authors>The contributors of MQTTnet</Authors>
         <PackageId>MQTTnet.Extensions.Rpc</PackageId>
+        <PackageReadmeFile>README.md</PackageReadmeFile>
         <SignAssembly>false</SignAssembly>
         <DelaySign>false</DelaySign>
         <PublishRepositoryUrl>true</PublishRepositoryUrl>
@@ -51,10 +52,8 @@
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-        <None Include="..\..\Images\nuget.png">
-            <Pack>True</Pack>
-            <PackagePath>\</PackagePath>
-        </None>
+        <None Include="..\..\Images\nuget.png" Pack="True" PackagePath="\" />
+        <None Include="..\..\README.md" Pack="true" PackagePath="\" />
     </ItemGroup>
     
     <ItemGroup>

Source/MQTTnet.Extensions.Rpc/MqttRpcClient.cs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Concurrent;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -42,13 +43,13 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Extensions.Rpc
             _waitingCalls.Clear();
         }
 
-        public async Task<byte[]> ExecuteAsync(TimeSpan timeout, string methodName, byte[] payload, MqttQualityOfServiceLevel qualityOfServiceLevel)
+        public async Task<byte[]> ExecuteAsync(TimeSpan timeout, string methodName, byte[] payload, MqttQualityOfServiceLevel qualityOfServiceLevel, IDictionary<string, object> parameters = null)
         {
             using (var timeoutToken = new CancellationTokenSource(timeout))
             {
                 try
                 {
-                    return await ExecuteAsync(methodName, payload, qualityOfServiceLevel, timeoutToken.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    return await ExecuteAsync(methodName, payload, qualityOfServiceLevel, parameters, timeoutToken.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
                 }
                 catch (OperationCanceledException exception)
                 {
@@ -62,19 +63,14 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Extensions.Rpc
             }
         }
 
-        public async Task<byte[]> ExecuteAsync(string methodName, byte[] payload, MqttQualityOfServiceLevel qualityOfServiceLevel, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+        public async Task<byte[]> ExecuteAsync(string methodName, byte[] payload, MqttQualityOfServiceLevel qualityOfServiceLevel, IDictionary<string, object> parameters = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
             if (methodName == null)
             {
                 throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(methodName));
             }
 
-            if (!_mqttClient.IsConnected)
-            {
-                throw new MqttClientDisconnectedException(null);
-            }
-
-            var context = new TopicGenerationContext(_mqttClient, _options, methodName, qualityOfServiceLevel);
+            var context = new TopicGenerationContext(_mqttClient, _options, methodName, parameters, qualityOfServiceLevel);
             var topicNames = _options.TopicGenerationStrategy.CreateRpcTopics(context);
 
             var requestTopic = topicNames.RequestTopic;

Source/MQTTnet.Extensions.Rpc/MqttRpcClientExtensions.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using MQTTnet.Protocol;
@@ -11,13 +12,13 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Extensions.Rpc
 {
     public static class MqttRpcClientExtensions
     {
-        public static Task<byte[]> ExecuteAsync(this IMqttRpcClient client, TimeSpan timeout, string methodName, string payload, MqttQualityOfServiceLevel qualityOfServiceLevel)
+        public static Task<byte[]> ExecuteAsync(this IMqttRpcClient client, TimeSpan timeout, string methodName, string payload, MqttQualityOfServiceLevel qualityOfServiceLevel, IDictionary<string,object> parameters = null)
         {
             if (client == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(client));
 
             var buffer = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(payload ?? string.Empty);
 
-            return client.ExecuteAsync(timeout, methodName, buffer, qualityOfServiceLevel);
+            return client.ExecuteAsync(timeout, methodName, buffer, qualityOfServiceLevel, parameters);
         }
     }
 }

Source/MQTTnet.Extensions.Rpc/Options/TopicGeneration/TopicGenerationContext.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using MQTTnet.Client;
 using MQTTnet.Protocol;
 
@@ -10,9 +11,11 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Extensions.Rpc
 {
     public sealed class TopicGenerationContext
     {
-        public TopicGenerationContext(IMqttClient mqttClient, MqttRpcClientOptions options, string methodName, MqttQualityOfServiceLevel qualityOfServiceLevel)
+        public TopicGenerationContext(IMqttClient mqttClient, MqttRpcClientOptions options, string methodName,
+            IDictionary<string, object> parameters, MqttQualityOfServiceLevel qualityOfServiceLevel)
         {
             MethodName = methodName ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(methodName));
+            Parameters = parameters;
             QualityOfServiceLevel = qualityOfServiceLevel;
             MqttClient = mqttClient ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(mqttClient));
             Options = options ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(options));
@@ -20,6 +23,8 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Extensions.Rpc
 
         public string MethodName { get; }
 
+        public IDictionary<string, object> Parameters { get; }
+
         public IMqttClient MqttClient { get; }
 
         public MqttRpcClientOptions Options { get; }

Source/MQTTnet.Extensions.WebSocket4Net/MQTTnet.Extensions.WebSocket4Net.csproj

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
         <Description>This is an extension library which allows using _WebSocket4Net_ as transport for MQTTnet clients.</Description>
         <Authors>The contributors of MQTTnet</Authors>
         <PackageId>MQTTnet.Extensions.WebSocket4Net</PackageId>
+        <PackageReadmeFile>README.md</PackageReadmeFile>
         <SignAssembly>false</SignAssembly>
         <DelaySign>false</DelaySign>
         <PublishRepositoryUrl>true</PublishRepositoryUrl>
@@ -51,10 +52,8 @@
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-        <None Include="..\..\Images\nuget.png">
-            <Pack>True</Pack>
-            <PackagePath>\</PackagePath>
-        </None>
+        <None Include="..\..\Images\nuget.png" Pack="True" PackagePath="\" />
+        <None Include="..\..\README.md" Pack="true" PackagePath="\" />
     </ItemGroup>
     
     <ItemGroup>

Source/MQTTnet.Extensions.WebSocket4Net/WebSocket4NetMqttChannel.cs

@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Extensions.WebSocket4Net
             var uri = _webSocketOptions.Uri;
             if (!uri.StartsWith("ws://", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) && !uri.StartsWith("wss://", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
-                if (_webSocketOptions.TlsOptions?.UseTls == false)
+                if (_webSocketOptions.TlsOptions?.UseTls == true)
                 {
-                    uri = "ws://" + uri;
+                    uri = "wss://" + uri;
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    uri = "wss://" + uri;
+                    uri = "ws://" + uri;
                 }
             }
             
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Extensions.WebSocket4Net
             List<KeyValuePair<string, string>> customHeaders = null;
             if (_webSocketOptions.RequestHeaders != null)
             {
-                customHeaders = _webSocketOptions.RequestHeaders.Select(i => new KeyValuePair<string, string>(i.Key, i.Value)).ToList();
+                customHeaders = _webSocketOptions.RequestHeaders.ToList();
             }
 
             EndPoint proxy = null;
@@ -92,18 +92,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Extensions.WebSocket4Net
             var webSocketVersion = WebSocketVersion.None;
             var receiveBufferSize = 0;
 
-            var certificates = new X509CertificateCollection();
-            if (_webSocketOptions.TlsOptions?.Certificates != null)
-            {
-                foreach (var certificate in _webSocketOptions.TlsOptions.Certificates)
-                {
-#if WINDOWS_UWP
-                    certificates.Add(new X509Certificate(certificate));
-#else
-                    certificates.Add(certificate);
-#endif
-                }
-            }
+            var certificates = _webSocketOptions.TlsOptions?.ClientCertificatesProvider?.GetCertificates();
 
             _webSocket = new WebSocket(uri, subProtocol, cookies, customHeaders, userAgent, origin, webSocketVersion, proxy, sslProtocols, receiveBufferSize)
             {

Source/MQTTnet.TestApp/ClientTest.cs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 using MQTTnet.Client;
 using System;
+using System.Net;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using MQTTnet.Diagnostics;
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.TestApp
                 {
                     ChannelOptions = new MqttClientTcpOptions
                     {
-                        Server = "127.0.0.1"
+                        RemoteEndpoint = new DnsEndPoint("127.0.0.1", 0)
                     }
                 };
 

Source/MQTTnet.TestApp/MQTTnet.TestApp.csproj

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
         <EnforceCodeStyleInBuild>false</EnforceCodeStyleInBuild>
         <DisableImplicitAspNetCoreAnalyzers>true</DisableImplicitAspNetCoreAnalyzers>
         <NoWarn>1591;NETSDK1138</NoWarn>
+        <LangVersion>7.3</LangVersion>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>

Source/MQTTnet.TestApp/ManagedClientTest.cs

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.IO;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Net;
 using MQTTnet.Client;
 using MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient;
 using MQTTnet.Internal;
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.TestApp
                     Credentials = new RandomPassword(),
                     ChannelOptions = new MqttClientTcpOptions
                     {
-                        Server = "broker.hivemq.com"
+                        RemoteEndpoint = new DnsEndPoint("broker.hivemq.com", 0)
                     }
                 },
 

Source/MQTTnet.TestApp/PerformanceTest.cs

@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 using System;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Net;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using MQTTnet.Client;
 using MQTTnet.Protocol;
 using MQTTnet.Server;
-using MqttClient = MQTTnet.Client.MqttClient;
 
 namespace MQTTnet.TestApp
 {
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.TestApp
                 {
                     ChannelOptions = new MqttClientTcpOptions
                     {
-                        Server = "127.0.0.1"
+                        RemoteEndpoint = new DnsEndPoint("127.0.0.1", 0)
                     },
                     CleanSession = true
                 };
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.TestApp
                 {
                     ChannelOptions = new MqttClientTcpOptions
                     {
-                        Server = "127.0.0.1"
+                        RemoteEndpoint = new DnsEndPoint("127.0.0.1", 0)
                     }
                 };
 
@@ -114,7 +114,10 @@ namespace MQTTnet.TestApp
             {
                 var options = new MqttClientOptions
                 {
-                    ChannelOptions = new MqttClientTcpOptions { Server = "localhost" },
+                    ChannelOptions = new MqttClientTcpOptions
+                    {
+                        RemoteEndpoint = new DnsEndPoint("localhost", 0)
+                    },
                     ClientId = "Client1",
                     CleanSession = true
                 };
@@ -218,7 +221,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.TestApp
                 {
                     ChannelOptions = new MqttClientTcpOptions
                     {
-                        Server = "127.0.0.1"
+                        RemoteEndpoint = new DnsEndPoint("127.0.0.1", 0)
                     },
                     CleanSession = true
                 };
@@ -269,7 +272,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.TestApp
                 {
                     ChannelOptions = new MqttClientTcpOptions
                     {
-                        Server = "127.0.0.1"
+                        RemoteEndpoint = new DnsEndPoint("127.0.0.1", 0)
                     },
                     CleanSession = true
                 };
@@ -320,7 +323,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.TestApp
                 {
                     ChannelOptions = new MqttClientTcpOptions
                     {
-                        Server = "127.0.0.1"
+                        RemoteEndpoint = new DnsEndPoint("127.0.0.1", 0)
                     },
                     CleanSession = true
                 };

Source/MQTTnet.TestApp/PublicBrokerTest.cs

@@ -20,143 +20,155 @@ namespace MQTTnet.TestApp
         {
 #if NET5_0_OR_GREATER
             // TLS13 is only available in Net5.0
-            var unsafeTls13 = new MqttClientOptionsBuilderTlsParameters
+            var unsafeTls13 = new MqttClientTlsOptions
             {
                 UseTls = true,
                 SslProtocol = SslProtocols.Tls13,
                 // Don't use this in production code. This handler simply allows any invalid certificate to work.
-                CertificateValidationHandler = w => true
+                AllowUntrustedCertificates = true,
+                IgnoreCertificateChainErrors = true,
+                CertificateValidationHandler = _ => true
             };
 #endif
             // Also defining TLS12 for servers that don't seem no to support TLS13.
-            var unsafeTls12 = new MqttClientOptionsBuilderTlsParameters
+            var unsafeTls12 = new MqttClientTlsOptions
             {
                 UseTls = true,
                 SslProtocol = SslProtocols.Tls12,
                 // Don't use this in production code. This handler simply allows any invalid certificate to work.
-                CertificateValidationHandler = w => true
+                AllowUntrustedCertificates = true,
+                IgnoreCertificateChainErrors = true,
+                CertificateValidationHandler = _ => true
             };
 
             // mqtt.eclipseprojects.io
-            await ExecuteTestAsync(
+            await ExecuteTestsAsync(
                 "mqtt.eclipseprojects.io TCP",
                 new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithTcpServer("mqtt.eclipseprojects.io", 1883).WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).Build());
 
-            await ExecuteTestAsync(
+            await ExecuteTestsAsync(
                 "mqtt.eclipseprojects.io WS",
-                new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithWebSocketServer("mqtt.eclipseprojects.io:80/mqtt").WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).Build());
+                new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithWebSocketServer(o => o.WithUri("mqtt.eclipseprojects.io:80/mqtt")).WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).Build());
 
 #if NET5_0_OR_GREATER
-            await ExecuteTestAsync("mqtt.eclipseprojects.io WS TLS13",
-                new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithWebSocketServer("mqtt.eclipseprojects.io:443/mqtt")
-                    .WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).WithTls(unsafeTls13).Build());
+            await ExecuteTestsAsync("mqtt.eclipseprojects.io WS TLS13",
+                new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithWebSocketServer(o => o.WithUri("mqtt.eclipseprojects.io:443/mqtt"))
+                    .WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).WithTlsOptions(unsafeTls13).Build());
             
-            await ExecuteTestAsync("mqtt.eclipseprojects.io WS TLS13 (WebSocket4Net)",
-                new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithWebSocketServer("mqtt.eclipseprojects.io:443/mqtt")
-                    .WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).WithTls(unsafeTls13).Build(),
+            await ExecuteTestsAsync("mqtt.eclipseprojects.io WS TLS13 (WebSocket4Net)",
+                new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithWebSocketServer(o => o.WithUri("mqtt.eclipseprojects.io:443/mqtt"))
+                    .WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).WithTlsOptions(unsafeTls13).Build(),
                     true);
 #endif
 
             // test.mosquitto.org
-            await ExecuteTestAsync(
+            await ExecuteTestsAsync(
                 "test.mosquitto.org TCP",
                 new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithTcpServer("test.mosquitto.org", 1883).WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).Build());
 
-            await ExecuteTestAsync(
+            await ExecuteTestsAsync(
                 "test.mosquitto.org TCP - Authenticated",
                 new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithTcpServer("test.mosquitto.org", 1884).WithCredentials("rw", "readwrite").WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).Build());
 
-            await ExecuteTestAsync(
+            await ExecuteTestsAsync(
                 "test.mosquitto.org TCP TLS12",
-                new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithTcpServer("test.mosquitto.org", 8883).WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).WithTls(unsafeTls12).Build());
+                new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithTcpServer("test.mosquitto.org", 8883).WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).WithTlsOptions(unsafeTls12).Build());
 
 #if NET5_0_OR_GREATER
-            await ExecuteTestAsync("test.mosquitto.org TCP TLS13",
+            await ExecuteTestsAsync("test.mosquitto.org TCP TLS13",
                 new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithTcpServer("test.mosquitto.org", 8883)
-                    .WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).WithTls(unsafeTls13).Build());
+                    .WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).WithTlsOptions(unsafeTls13).Build());
 #endif
 
-            await ExecuteTestAsync(
+            await ExecuteTestsAsync(
                 "test.mosquitto.org TCP TLS12 - Authenticated",
                 new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithTcpServer("test.mosquitto.org", 8885)
                     .WithCredentials("rw", "readwrite")
                     .WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311)
-                    .WithTls(unsafeTls12)
+                    .WithTlsOptions(unsafeTls12)
                     .Build());
 
-            await ExecuteTestAsync(
+            await ExecuteTestsAsync(
                 "test.mosquitto.org WS",
-                new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithWebSocketServer("test.mosquitto.org:8080/mqtt").WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).Build());
+                new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithWebSocketServer(o => o.WithUri("test.mosquitto.org:8080/mqtt")).WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).Build());
 
-            await ExecuteTestAsync(
+            await ExecuteTestsAsync(
                 "test.mosquitto.org WS (WebSocket4Net)",
-                new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithWebSocketServer("test.mosquitto.org:8080/mqtt").WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).Build(),
+                new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithWebSocketServer(o => o.WithUri("test.mosquitto.org:8080/mqtt")).WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).Build(),
                 true);
 
-            await ExecuteTestAsync(
+            await ExecuteTestsAsync(
                 "test.mosquitto.org WS TLS12",
-                new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithWebSocketServer("test.mosquitto.org:8081/mqtt").WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).WithTls(unsafeTls12).Build());
+                new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithWebSocketServer(o => o.WithUri("test.mosquitto.org:8081/mqtt")).WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).WithTlsOptions(unsafeTls12).Build());
 
-            // await ExecuteTestAsync(
-            //     "test.mosquitto.org WS TLS12 (WebSocket4Net)",
-            //     new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithWebSocketServer("test.mosquitto.org:8081/mqtt").WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).WithTls(unsafeTls12).Build(),
-            //     true);
+            await ExecuteTestsAsync(
+                "test.mosquitto.org WS TLS12 (WebSocket4Net)",
+                new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithWebSocketServer(o => o.WithUri("test.mosquitto.org:8081/mqtt")).WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).WithTlsOptions(unsafeTls12).Build(),
+                true);
 
             // broker.emqx.io
-            await ExecuteTestAsync(
+            await ExecuteTestsAsync(
                 "broker.emqx.io TCP",
                 new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithTcpServer("broker.emqx.io", 1883).WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).Build());
 
-            await ExecuteTestAsync(
+            await ExecuteTestsAsync(
                 "broker.emqx.io TCP TLS12",
-                new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithTcpServer("broker.emqx.io", 8883).WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).WithTls(unsafeTls12).Build());
+                new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithTcpServer("broker.emqx.io", 8883).WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).WithTlsOptions(unsafeTls12).Build());
 
 #if NET5_0_OR_GREATER
-            await ExecuteTestAsync("broker.emqx.io TCP TLS13",
+            await ExecuteTestsAsync("broker.emqx.io TCP TLS13",
                 new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithTcpServer("broker.emqx.io", 8883)
-                    .WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).WithTls(unsafeTls13).Build());
+                    .WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).WithTlsOptions(unsafeTls13).Build());
 #endif
 
-            await ExecuteTestAsync(
+            await ExecuteTestsAsync(
                 "broker.emqx.io WS",
-                new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithWebSocketServer("broker.emqx.io:8083/mqtt").WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).Build());
+                new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithWebSocketServer(o => o.WithUri("broker.emqx.io:8083/mqtt")).WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).Build());
 
-            await ExecuteTestAsync(
+            await ExecuteTestsAsync(
                 "broker.emqx.io WS (WebSocket4Net)",
-                new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithWebSocketServer("broker.emqx.io:8084/mqtt").WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).Build(),
+                new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithWebSocketServer(o => o.WithUri("broker.emqx.io:8084/mqtt")).WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).Build(),
                 true);
 
-            await ExecuteTestAsync(
+            await ExecuteTestsAsync(
                 "broker.emqx.io WS TLS12",
-                new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithWebSocketServer("broker.emqx.io:8084/mqtt").WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).WithTls(unsafeTls12).Build());
+                new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithWebSocketServer(o => o.WithUri("broker.emqx.io:8084/mqtt")).WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).WithTlsOptions(unsafeTls12).Build());
 
-            await ExecuteTestAsync(
+            await ExecuteTestsAsync(
                 "broker.emqx.io WS TLS12 (WebSocket4Net)",
-                new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithWebSocketServer("broker.emqx.io:8084/mqtt").WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).WithTls(unsafeTls12).Build(),
+                new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithWebSocketServer(o => o.WithUri("broker.emqx.io:8084/mqtt")).WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).WithTlsOptions(unsafeTls12).Build(),
                 true);
 
             // broker.hivemq.com
-            await ExecuteTestAsync(
+            await ExecuteTestsAsync(
                 "broker.hivemq.com TCP",
                 new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithTcpServer("broker.hivemq.com", 1883).WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).Build());
 
-            await ExecuteTestAsync(
+            await ExecuteTestsAsync(
                 "broker.hivemq.com WS",
-                new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithWebSocketServer("broker.hivemq.com:8000/mqtt").WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).Build());
+                new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithWebSocketServer(o => o.WithUri("broker.hivemq.com:8000/mqtt")).WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).Build());
 
-            await ExecuteTestAsync(
+            await ExecuteTestsAsync(
                 "broker.hivemq.com WS (WebSocket4Net)",
-                new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithWebSocketServer("broker.hivemq.com:8000/mqtt").WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).Build(),
+                new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithWebSocketServer(o => o.WithUri("broker.hivemq.com:8000/mqtt")).WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V311).Build(),
                 true);
 
             // mqtt.swifitch.cz: Does not seem to operate any more
-
             // cloudmqtt.com: Cannot test because it does not offer a free plan any more.
 
             Write("Finished.", ConsoleColor.White);
             Console.ReadLine();
         }
 
+        static async Task ExecuteTestsAsync(string name, MqttClientOptions options, bool useWebSocket4Net = false)
+        {
+            options.ProtocolVersion = MqttProtocolVersion.V311;
+            await ExecuteTestAsync(name + " V3.1.1", options, useWebSocket4Net);
+
+            options.ProtocolVersion = MqttProtocolVersion.V500;
+            await ExecuteTestAsync(name + " V5.0.0", options, useWebSocket4Net);
+        }
+        
         static async Task ExecuteTestAsync(string name, MqttClientOptions options, bool useWebSocket4Net = false)
         {
             try
@@ -197,9 +209,10 @@ namespace MQTTnet.TestApp
 
                 Write("[OK]\n", ConsoleColor.Green);
             }
-            catch (Exception e)
+            catch (Exception exception)
             {
-                Write("[FAILED] " + e.Message + "\n", ConsoleColor.Red);
+                Write("[FAILED]" + Environment.NewLine, ConsoleColor.Red);
+                Write(exception + Environment.NewLine, ConsoleColor.Red);
             }
         }
 

Source/MQTTnet.Tests/Clients/LowLevelMqttClient/LowLevelMqttClient_Tests.cs

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ using MQTTnet.Exceptions;
 using MQTTnet.LowLevelClient;
 using MQTTnet.Packets;
 using MQTTnet.Protocol;
+using MQTTnet.Server;
 
 namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Clients.LowLevelMqttClient
 {

Source/MQTTnet.Tests/Clients/ManagedMqttClient/ManagedMqttClient_Tests.cs

@@ -22,99 +22,6 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Clients.ManagedMqttClient
     [TestClass]
     public sealed class ManagedMqttClient_Tests : BaseTestClass
     {
-        [TestMethod]
-        public async Task Expose_Custom_Connection_Error()
-        {
-            using (var testEnvironment = CreateTestEnvironment())
-            {
-                var server = await testEnvironment.StartServer();
-                
-                server.ValidatingConnectionAsync += args =>
-                {
-                    args.ReasonCode = MqttConnectReasonCode.BadUserNameOrPassword;
-                    return CompletedTask.Instance;
-                };
-
-                var managedClient = testEnvironment.Factory.CreateManagedMqttClient();
-
-                MqttClientDisconnectedEventArgs disconnectedArgs = null;
-                managedClient.DisconnectedAsync += args =>
-                {
-                    disconnectedArgs = args;
-                    return CompletedTask.Instance;
-                };
-                
-                var clientOptions = testEnvironment.Factory.CreateManagedMqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithClientOptions(testEnvironment.CreateDefaultClientOptions()).Build();
-                await managedClient.StartAsync(clientOptions);
-
-                await LongTestDelay();
-
-                Assert.IsNotNull(disconnectedArgs);
-                Assert.AreEqual(MqttClientConnectResultCode.BadUserNameOrPassword, disconnectedArgs.ConnectResult.ResultCode);
-            }
-        }
-        
-        [TestMethod]
-        public async Task Receive_While_Not_Cleanly_Disconnected()
-        {
-            using (var testEnvironment = CreateTestEnvironment(MqttProtocolVersion.V500))
-            {
-                await testEnvironment.StartServer(o => o.WithPersistentSessions());
-
-                var senderClient = await testEnvironment.ConnectClient();
-
-                // Prepare managed client.
-                var managedClient = testEnvironment.Factory.CreateManagedMqttClient();
-                await managedClient.SubscribeAsync("#");
-                var receivedMessages = testEnvironment.CreateApplicationMessageHandler(managedClient);
-                
-                var managedClientOptions = new ManagedMqttClientOptions
-                {
-                    ClientOptions = testEnvironment.Factory.CreateClientOptionsBuilder()
-                        .WithTcpServer("127.0.0.1", testEnvironment.ServerPort)
-                        .WithClientId(nameof(Receive_While_Not_Cleanly_Disconnected) + "_managed")
-                        .WithCleanSession(false)
-                        .Build()
-                };
-
-                await managedClient.StartAsync(managedClientOptions);
-                await LongTestDelay();
-                await LongTestDelay();
-                
-                // Send test data.
-                await senderClient.PublishStringAsync("topic1");
-                await LongTestDelay();
-                await LongTestDelay();
-                
-                receivedMessages.AssertReceivedCountEquals(1);
-
-                // Stop the managed client but keep session at server (not clean disconnect required).
-                await managedClient.StopAsync(false);
-                await LongTestDelay();
-                
-                // Send new messages in the meantime.
-                await senderClient.PublishStringAsync("topic2", qualityOfServiceLevel: MqttQualityOfServiceLevel.ExactlyOnce);
-                await LongTestDelay();
-                
-                // Start the managed client, it should receive the new message.
-                await managedClient.StartAsync(managedClientOptions);
-                await LongTestDelay();
-                
-                receivedMessages.AssertReceivedCountEquals(2);
-                
-                // Stop and start again, no new message should be received.
-                for (var i = 0; i < 3; i++)
-                {
-                    await managedClient.StopAsync(false);
-                    await LongTestDelay();
-                    await managedClient.StartAsync(managedClientOptions);
-                    await LongTestDelay();
-                }
-
-                receivedMessages.AssertReceivedCountEquals(2);
-            }
-        }
-
         [TestMethod]
         public async Task Connect_To_Invalid_Server()
         {
@@ -181,6 +88,38 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Clients.ManagedMqttClient
             }
         }
 
+        [TestMethod]
+        public async Task Expose_Custom_Connection_Error()
+        {
+            using (var testEnvironment = CreateTestEnvironment())
+            {
+                var server = await testEnvironment.StartServer();
+
+                server.ValidatingConnectionAsync += args =>
+                {
+                    args.ReasonCode = MqttConnectReasonCode.BadUserNameOrPassword;
+                    return CompletedTask.Instance;
+                };
+
+                var managedClient = testEnvironment.Factory.CreateManagedMqttClient();
+
+                MqttClientDisconnectedEventArgs disconnectedArgs = null;
+                managedClient.DisconnectedAsync += args =>
+                {
+                    disconnectedArgs = args;
+                    return CompletedTask.Instance;
+                };
+
+                var clientOptions = testEnvironment.Factory.CreateManagedMqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithClientOptions(testEnvironment.CreateDefaultClientOptions()).Build();
+                await managedClient.StartAsync(clientOptions);
+
+                await LongTestDelay();
+
+                Assert.IsNotNull(disconnectedArgs);
+                Assert.AreEqual(MqttClientConnectResultCode.BadUserNameOrPassword, disconnectedArgs.ConnectResult.ResultCode);
+            }
+        }
+
         [TestMethod]
         public async Task ManagedClients_Will_Message_Send()
         {
@@ -224,6 +163,67 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Clients.ManagedMqttClient
             }
         }
 
+        [TestMethod]
+        public async Task Receive_While_Not_Cleanly_Disconnected()
+        {
+            using (var testEnvironment = CreateTestEnvironment(MqttProtocolVersion.V500))
+            {
+                await testEnvironment.StartServer(o => o.WithPersistentSessions());
+
+                var senderClient = await testEnvironment.ConnectClient();
+
+                // Prepare managed client.
+                var managedClient = testEnvironment.Factory.CreateManagedMqttClient();
+                await managedClient.SubscribeAsync("#");
+                var receivedMessages = testEnvironment.CreateApplicationMessageHandler(managedClient);
+
+                var managedClientOptions = new ManagedMqttClientOptions
+                {
+                    ClientOptions = testEnvironment.Factory.CreateClientOptionsBuilder()
+                        .WithTcpServer("127.0.0.1", testEnvironment.ServerPort)
+                        .WithClientId(nameof(Receive_While_Not_Cleanly_Disconnected) + "_managed")
+                        .WithCleanSession(false)
+                        .Build()
+                };
+
+                await managedClient.StartAsync(managedClientOptions);
+                await LongTestDelay();
+                await LongTestDelay();
+
+                // Send test data.
+                await senderClient.PublishStringAsync("topic1");
+                await LongTestDelay();
+                await LongTestDelay();
+
+                receivedMessages.AssertReceivedCountEquals(1);
+
+                // Stop the managed client but keep session at server (not clean disconnect required).
+                await managedClient.StopAsync(false);
+                await LongTestDelay();
+
+                // Send new messages in the meantime.
+                await senderClient.PublishStringAsync("topic2", qualityOfServiceLevel: MqttQualityOfServiceLevel.ExactlyOnce);
+                await LongTestDelay();
+
+                // Start the managed client, it should receive the new message.
+                await managedClient.StartAsync(managedClientOptions);
+                await LongTestDelay();
+
+                receivedMessages.AssertReceivedCountEquals(2);
+
+                // Stop and start again, no new message should be received.
+                for (var i = 0; i < 3; i++)
+                {
+                    await managedClient.StopAsync(false);
+                    await LongTestDelay();
+                    await managedClient.StartAsync(managedClientOptions);
+                    await LongTestDelay();
+                }
+
+                receivedMessages.AssertReceivedCountEquals(2);
+            }
+        }
+
         [TestMethod]
         public async Task Start_Stop()
         {
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Clients.ManagedMqttClient
                 var clientOptions = new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithTcpServer("127.0.0.1", testEnvironment.ServerPort);
 
                 var receivedManagedMessages = new List<MqttApplicationMessage>();
-                
+
                 var managedClient = testEnvironment.Factory.CreateManagedMqttClient(testEnvironment.CreateClient());
                 managedClient.ApplicationMessageReceivedAsync += e =>
                 {
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Clients.ManagedMqttClient
                 // Make sure that it gets received after subscribing again.
                 await managedClient.SubscribeAsync("topic");
                 await LongTestDelay();
-                
+
                 Assert.AreEqual(2, receivedManagedMessages.Count);
             }
         }
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Clients.ManagedMqttClient
                 var receivingClient = await CreateManagedClientAsync(testEnvironment, null, connectionCheckInterval);
                 var sendingClient = await testEnvironment.ConnectClient();
 
-                await sendingClient.PublishAsync(new MqttApplicationMessage { Topic = "topic", Payload = new byte[] { 1 }, Retain = true });
+                await sendingClient.PublishAsync(new MqttApplicationMessage { Topic = "topic", PayloadSegment = new ArraySegment<byte>(new byte[] { 1 }), Retain = true });
 
                 var subscribeTime = DateTime.UtcNow;
 
@@ -437,6 +437,109 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Clients.ManagedMqttClient
             }
         }
 
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public async Task ManagedClients_CanInterceptPublishedMessage_PreventingPublish()
+        {
+            using (var testEnvironment = CreateTestEnvironment())
+            {
+                await testEnvironment.StartServer();
+
+                var receivedMessagesCount = 0;
+                var interceptedMessagesCount = 0;
+
+                var clientOptions = new MqttClientOptionsBuilder()
+                    .WithTcpServer("127.0.0.1", testEnvironment.ServerPort)
+                    .Build();
+
+                var sendingClient = testEnvironment.CreateClient();
+                var sendingManagedClient = new MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient.ManagedMqttClient(sendingClient, testEnvironment.ClientLogger);
+
+                await sendingManagedClient.StartAsync(new ManagedMqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithClientOptions(clientOptions).Build());
+
+                // Wait until the managed client is fully set up and running.
+                await Task.Delay(1000);
+
+                var receivingClient = await testEnvironment.ConnectClient();
+
+                receivingClient.ApplicationMessageReceivedAsync += e =>
+                {
+                    Interlocked.Increment(ref receivedMessagesCount);
+                    return CompletedTask.Instance;
+                };
+                sendingManagedClient.InterceptPublishMessageAsync += e =>
+                {
+                    Interlocked.Increment(ref interceptedMessagesCount);
+                    e.AcceptPublish = false;
+                    return CompletedTask.Instance;
+                };
+
+                await receivingClient.SubscribeAsync("My/last/will");
+
+                // Wait for arrival of the will message at the receiver.
+                await Task.Delay(5000);
+
+                await sendingManagedClient.EnqueueAsync("My/last/will", "hello world");
+
+                // Wait for arrival of the will message at the receiver.
+                await Task.Delay(5000);
+
+                Assert.AreEqual(0, receivedMessagesCount);
+                Assert.AreEqual(1, interceptedMessagesCount);
+            }
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public async Task ManagedClients_CanInterceptPublishedMessage_AllowingPublish()
+        {
+            using (var testEnvironment = CreateTestEnvironment())
+            {
+                await testEnvironment.StartServer();
+
+                var receivedMessagesCount = 0;
+                var interceptedMessagesCount = 0;
+
+                var clientOptions = new MqttClientOptionsBuilder()
+                    .WithTcpServer("127.0.0.1", testEnvironment.ServerPort)
+                    .Build();
+
+                var sendingClient = testEnvironment.CreateClient();
+                var sendingManagedClient = new MQTTnet.Extensions.ManagedClient.ManagedMqttClient(sendingClient, testEnvironment.ClientLogger);
+
+                await sendingManagedClient.StartAsync(new ManagedMqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithClientOptions(clientOptions).Build());
+
+                // Wait until the managed client is fully set up and running.
+                await Task.Delay(1000);
+
+                var receivingClient = await testEnvironment.ConnectClient();
+
+                receivingClient.ApplicationMessageReceivedAsync += e =>
+                {
+                    Interlocked.Increment(ref receivedMessagesCount);
+                    return CompletedTask.Instance;
+                };
+                sendingManagedClient.InterceptPublishMessageAsync += e =>
+                {
+                    Interlocked.Increment(ref interceptedMessagesCount);
+                    e.AcceptPublish = true;
+                    return CompletedTask.Instance;
+                };
+
+                await receivingClient.SubscribeAsync("My/last/will");
+
+                // Wait for arrival of the will message at the receiver.
+                await Task.Delay(5000);
+
+                await sendingManagedClient.EnqueueAsync("My/last/will", "hello world");
+
+                // Wait for arrival of the will message at the receiver.
+                await Task.Delay(5000);
+
+                Assert.AreEqual(1, receivedMessagesCount);
+                Assert.AreEqual(1, interceptedMessagesCount);
+            }
+        }
+
         // This case also serves as a regression test for the previous behavior which re-published
         // each and every existing subscriptions with every new subscription that was made
         // (causing performance problems and having the visible symptom of retained messages being received again)
@@ -454,7 +557,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Clients.ManagedMqttClient
                 //wait a bit for the subscription to become established
                 await Task.Delay(500);
 
-                await sendingClient.PublishAsync(new MqttApplicationMessage { Topic = "topic", Payload = new byte[] { 1 }, Retain = true });
+                await sendingClient.PublishAsync(new MqttApplicationMessage { Topic = "topic", PayloadSegment = new ArraySegment<byte>(new byte[] { 1 }), Retain = true });
 
                 var messages = await SetupReceivingOfMessages(managedClient, 1);
 

Source/MQTTnet.Tests/Clients/MqttClient/MqttClient_Connection_Tests.cs

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
 using MQTTnet.Client;
 using MQTTnet.Exceptions;
-using MQTTnet.Extensions.Rpc;
 using MQTTnet.Formatter;
 using MQTTnet.Internal;
 using MQTTnet.Packets;
@@ -21,38 +20,6 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Clients.MqttClient
     [TestClass]
     public sealed class MqttClient_Connection_Tests : BaseTestClass
     {
-        [TestMethod]
-        public async Task Connect_Disconnect_Connect()
-        {
-            using (var testEnvironment = CreateTestEnvironment())
-            {
-                await testEnvironment.StartServer();
-
-                var clientOptions = testEnvironment.CreateDefaultClientOptions();
-                var client = testEnvironment.CreateClient();
-
-                await client.ConnectAsync(clientOptions);
-                await client.DisconnectAsync();
-                await client.ConnectAsync(clientOptions);
-            }
-        }
-
-        [TestMethod]
-        [ExpectedException(typeof(InvalidOperationException))]
-        public async Task Connect_Multiple_Times_Should_Fail()
-        {
-            using (var testEnvironment = CreateTestEnvironment())
-            {
-                await testEnvironment.StartServer();
-
-                var clientOptions = testEnvironment.CreateDefaultClientOptions();
-                var client = testEnvironment.CreateClient();
-
-                await client.ConnectAsync(clientOptions);
-                await client.ConnectAsync(clientOptions);
-            }
-        }
-
         [TestMethod]
         [ExpectedException(typeof(MqttCommunicationException))]
         public async Task Connect_To_Invalid_Server_Port_Not_Opened()
@@ -98,7 +65,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Clients.MqttClient
                         return CompletedTask.Instance;
                     };
 
-                    await client.ConnectAsync(new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithTcpServer("1.2.3.4").Build());
+                    await client.ConnectAsync(new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithTcpServer("127.0.0.1").Build());
 
                     Assert.Fail("Must fail!");
                 }
@@ -200,6 +167,38 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Clients.MqttClient
             }
         }
 
+        [TestMethod]
+        public async Task No_Unobserved_Exception()
+        {
+            using (var testEnvironment = CreateTestEnvironment())
+            {
+                testEnvironment.IgnoreClientLogErrors = true;
+
+                var client = testEnvironment.CreateClient();
+                var options = new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithTcpServer("1.2.3.4").WithTimeout(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2)).Build();
+
+                try
+                {
+                    using (var timeout = new CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(0.5)))
+                    {
+                        await client.ConnectAsync(options, timeout.Token);
+                    }
+                }
+                catch (OperationCanceledException)
+                {
+                }
+
+                client.Dispose();
+
+                // These delays and GC calls are required in order to make calling the finalizer reproducible.
+                GC.Collect();
+                GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();
+                await LongTestDelay();
+                await LongTestDelay();
+                await LongTestDelay();
+            }
+        }
+
         [TestMethod]
         public async Task Return_Non_Success()
         {
@@ -231,15 +230,25 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Clients.MqttClient
         }
 
         [TestMethod]
-        [ExpectedException(typeof(MqttClientDisconnectedException))]
-        public async Task Rpc_Client_Not_Connected()
+        public async Task Throw_Proper_Exception_When_Not_Connected()
         {
-            var factory = new MqttFactory();
-            using (var client = factory.CreateMqttClient())
+            try
             {
-                var rpcClient = factory.CreateMqttRpcClient(client);
-                await rpcClient.ExecuteAsync("aaa", new byte[] { 1, 2, 3 }, MqttQualityOfServiceLevel.AtLeastOnce);
+                var mqttFactory = new MqttFactory();
+                using (var mqttClient = mqttFactory.CreateMqttClient())
+                {
+                    await mqttClient.SubscribeAsync("test", MqttQualityOfServiceLevel.AtLeastOnce);
+                }
             }
+            catch (MqttClientNotConnectedException exception)
+            {
+                if (exception.Message == "The MQTT client is not connected.")
+                {
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+
+            Assert.Fail();
         }
     }
 }

Source/MQTTnet.Tests/Clients/MqttClient/MqttClient_Publish_Tests.cs

@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
-// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
-// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
-
-using System;
-using System.Threading;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
-using MQTTnet.Client;
-using MQTTnet.Protocol;
-using MQTTnet.Server;
-
-namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Clients.MqttClient
-{
-    [TestClass]
-    public sealed class MqttClient_Publish_Tests : BaseTestClass
-    {
-        [TestMethod]
-        public async Task Acknowledge_After_Disconnect_Should_Fail()
-        {
-            using (var testEnvironment = CreateTestEnvironment())
-            {
-                var server = await testEnvironment.StartServer();
-
-                var client = await testEnvironment.ConnectClient();
-                await client.SubscribeAsync("TEST", MqttQualityOfServiceLevel.AtLeastOnce);
-
-                var flag = false;
-                
-                client.ApplicationMessageReceivedAsync += async args =>
-                {
-                    try
-                    {
-                        args.AutoAcknowledge = false;
-                        
-                        await client.DisconnectAsync();
-                        await args.AcknowledgeAsync();
-
-                        flag = true;
-                    }
-                    catch (Exception exception)
-                    {
-                        
-                    }
-                };
-
-                await server.InjectApplicationMessageAsync(
-                    new MqttApplicationMessage
-                    {
-                        Topic = "TEST"
-                    });
-
-                SpinWait.SpinUntil(() => flag, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
-                
-                Assert.IsTrue(flag);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}

Source/MQTTnet.Tests/Clients/MqttClient/MqttClient_Tests.cs

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ using MQTTnet.Formatter;
 using MQTTnet.Internal;
 using MQTTnet.Packets;
 using MQTTnet.Protocol;
+using MQTTnet.Server;
 using MQTTnet.Tests.Mockups;
 
 // ReSharper disable InconsistentNaming
@@ -69,8 +70,38 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Clients.MqttClient
                 Assert.IsTrue(success);
             }
         }
-       
 
+        [TestMethod]
+        public async Task Connect_Disconnect_Connect()
+        {
+            using (var testEnvironment = CreateTestEnvironment())
+            {
+                await testEnvironment.StartServer();
+
+                var clientOptions = testEnvironment.CreateDefaultClientOptions();
+                var client = testEnvironment.CreateClient();
+
+                await client.ConnectAsync(clientOptions);
+                await client.DisconnectAsync();
+                await client.ConnectAsync(clientOptions);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        [TestMethod]
+        [ExpectedException(typeof(InvalidOperationException))]
+        public async Task Connect_Multiple_Times_Should_Fail()
+        {
+            using (var testEnvironment = CreateTestEnvironment())
+            {
+                await testEnvironment.StartServer();
+
+                var clientOptions = testEnvironment.CreateDefaultClientOptions();
+                var client = testEnvironment.CreateClient();
+
+                await client.ConnectAsync(clientOptions);
+                await client.ConnectAsync(clientOptions);
+            }
+        }
 
         [TestMethod]
         public async Task Disconnect_Event_Contains_Exception()
@@ -266,7 +297,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Clients.MqttClient
 
                 Assert.IsNotNull(receivedMessage);
                 Assert.AreEqual("A", receivedMessage.Topic);
-                Assert.AreEqual(null, receivedMessage.Payload);
+                Assert.AreEqual(null, receivedMessage.PayloadSegment.Array);
             }
         }
 
@@ -477,7 +508,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Clients.MqttClient
 
                 client2.ApplicationMessageReceivedAsync += e =>
                 {
-                    client2TopicResults.Add(Encoding.UTF8.GetString(e.ApplicationMessage.Payload));
+                    client2TopicResults.Add(Encoding.UTF8.GetString(e.ApplicationMessage.PayloadSegment.ToArray()));
                     return CompletedTask.Instance;
                 };
 

Source/MQTTnet.Tests/Clients/MqttClientOptionsBuilder_Tests.cs

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ using MQTTnet.Client;
 namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Clients
 {
     [TestClass]
-    public sealed class MqttClientOptionsBuilder_Tests
+    public class MqttClientOptionsBuilder_Tests
     {
         [TestMethod]
         public void WithConnectionUri_Credential_Test()

Source/MQTTnet.Tests/Extensions/Rpc_Tests.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
@@ -45,6 +46,34 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Extensions
             }
         }
 
+        [TestMethod]
+        public async Task Execute_Success_Parameters_Propagated_Correctly()
+        {
+            var paramValue = "123";
+            var parameters = new Dictionary<string, object>
+            {
+                { TestParametersTopicGenerationStrategy.ExpectedParamName, "123" }
+            };
+
+            using (var testEnvironment = CreateTestEnvironment())
+            {
+                await testEnvironment.StartServer();
+
+                var responseSender = await testEnvironment.ConnectClient(new MqttClientOptionsBuilder());
+                await responseSender.SubscribeAsync($"MQTTnet.RPC/+/ping/{paramValue}");
+
+                responseSender.ApplicationMessageReceivedAsync += e => responseSender.PublishStringAsync(e.ApplicationMessage.Topic + "/response", "pong");
+
+                using (var rpcClient = await testEnvironment.ConnectRpcClient(new MqttRpcClientOptionsBuilder()
+                           .WithTopicGenerationStrategy(new TestParametersTopicGenerationStrategy()).Build()))
+                {
+                    var response = await rpcClient.ExecuteAsync(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5), "ping", "", MqttQualityOfServiceLevel.AtMostOnce, parameters);
+
+                    Assert.AreEqual("pong", Encoding.UTF8.GetString(response));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         [TestMethod]
         public Task Execute_Success_With_QoS_0()
         {
@@ -135,7 +164,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Extensions
 
                 using (var rpcClient = new MqttRpcClient(requestSender, new MqttRpcClientOptionsBuilder().Build()))
                 {
-                    var response = await rpcClient.ExecuteAsync(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2), "ping", "", MqttQualityOfServiceLevel.AtMostOnce);
+                    await rpcClient.ExecuteAsync(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2), "ping", "", MqttQualityOfServiceLevel.AtMostOnce);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -222,5 +251,32 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Extensions
                 };
             }
         }
+
+        class TestParametersTopicGenerationStrategy : IMqttRpcClientTopicGenerationStrategy
+        {
+            internal const string ExpectedParamName = "test_param_name";
+
+            public MqttRpcTopicPair CreateRpcTopics(TopicGenerationContext context)
+            {
+                if (context.Parameters == null)
+                {
+                    throw new InvalidOperationException("Parameters dictionary expected to be not null");
+                }
+
+                if (!context.Parameters.TryGetValue(ExpectedParamName, out var paramValue))
+                {
+                    throw new InvalidOperationException($"Parameter with name {ExpectedParamName} not present");
+                }
+
+                var requestTopic = $"MQTTnet.RPC/{Guid.NewGuid():N}/{context.MethodName}/{paramValue}";
+                var responseTopic = requestTopic + "/response";
+
+                return new MqttRpcTopicPair
+                {
+                    RequestTopic = requestTopic,
+                    ResponseTopic = responseTopic
+                };
+            }
+        }
     }
 }

Source/MQTTnet.Tests/Extensions/WebSocket4Net_Tests.cs

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Extensions
 
             using (var client = factory.CreateMqttClient())
             {
-                var options = new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithWebSocketServer("ws://a.b/mqtt").WithTimeout(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2)).Build();
+                var options = new MqttClientOptionsBuilder().WithWebSocketServer(o => o.WithUri("ws://a.b/mqtt")).WithTimeout(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2)).Build();
                 await client.ConnectAsync(options).ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
         }

Source/MQTTnet.Tests/MQTTnet.Tests.csproj

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-        <TargetFrameworks>net452;net461;net48;netcoreapp3.1;net6.0;net7.0</TargetFrameworks>
+        <TargetFrameworks>netcoreapp3.1;net7.0</TargetFrameworks>
+        <TargetFrameworks Condition=" '$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT' ">$(TargetFrameworks);net452;net48</TargetFrameworks>
         <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
         <LangVersion>7.3</LangVersion>
         <EnableNETAnalyzers>false</EnableNETAnalyzers>

Source/MQTTnet.Tests/MQTTv5/Client_Tests.cs

@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.MQTTv5
                 Assert.AreEqual(applicationMessage.ResponseTopic, receivedMessage.ResponseTopic);
                 Assert.AreEqual(applicationMessage.MessageExpiryInterval, receivedMessage.MessageExpiryInterval);
                 CollectionAssert.AreEqual(applicationMessage.CorrelationData, receivedMessage.CorrelationData);
-                CollectionAssert.AreEqual(applicationMessage.Payload, receivedMessage.Payload);
+                CollectionAssert.AreEqual(applicationMessage.PayloadSegment.ToArray(), receivedMessage.PayloadSegment.ToArray());
                 CollectionAssert.AreEqual(applicationMessage.UserProperties, receivedMessage.UserProperties);
             }
         }

Source/MQTTnet.Tests/MQTTv5/Server_Tests.cs

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using MQTTnet.Internal;
 using MQTTnet.Protocol;
+using MQTTnet.Server;
 
 namespace MQTTnet.Tests.MQTTv5
 {

Source/MQTTnet.Tests/Mockups/TestEnvironment.cs

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
 using System;
-using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Linq;
@@ -25,9 +24,9 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Mockups
     public sealed class TestEnvironment : IDisposable
     {
         readonly List<string> _clientErrors = new List<string>();
-        readonly ConcurrentBag<IMqttClient> _clients = new ConcurrentBag<IMqttClient>();
+        readonly List<IMqttClient> _clients = new List<IMqttClient>();
         readonly List<Exception> _exceptions = new List<Exception>();
-        readonly ConcurrentBag<ILowLevelMqttClient> _lowLevelClients = new ConcurrentBag<ILowLevelMqttClient>();
+        readonly List<ILowLevelMqttClient> _lowLevelClients = new List<ILowLevelMqttClient>();
         readonly MqttProtocolVersion _protocolVersion;
         readonly List<string> _serverErrors = new List<string>();
 
@@ -40,6 +39,8 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Mockups
             _protocolVersion = protocolVersion;
             TestContext = testContext;
 
+            TaskScheduler.UnobservedTaskException += TrackUnobservedTaskException;
+
             ServerLogger.LogMessagePublished += (s, e) =>
             {
                 if (Debugger.IsAttached)
@@ -216,8 +217,9 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Mockups
         public IMqttClient CreateClient()
         {
             var logger = EnableLogger ? (IMqttNetLogger)ClientLogger : MqttNetNullLogger.Instance;
-            
+
             var client = Factory.CreateMqttClient(logger);
+
             client.ConnectingAsync += e =>
             {
                 if (TestContext != null)
@@ -232,9 +234,12 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Mockups
 
                 return CompletedTask.Instance;
             };
-            
-            _clients.Add(client);
-            
+
+            lock (_clients)
+            {
+                _clients.Add(client);
+            }
+
             return client;
         }
 
@@ -245,13 +250,20 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Mockups
 
         public MqttClientOptionsBuilder CreateDefaultClientOptionsBuilder()
         {
-            return Factory.CreateClientOptionsBuilder().WithProtocolVersion(_protocolVersion).WithTcpServer("127.0.0.1", ServerPort).WithClientId(TestContext.TestName + "_" + Guid.NewGuid());
+            return Factory.CreateClientOptionsBuilder()
+                .WithProtocolVersion(_protocolVersion)
+                .WithTcpServer("127.0.0.1", ServerPort)
+                .WithClientId(TestContext.TestName + "_" + Guid.NewGuid());
         }
 
         public ILowLevelMqttClient CreateLowLevelClient()
         {
             var client = Factory.CreateLowLevelMqttClient(ClientLogger);
-            _lowLevelClients.Add(client);
+
+            lock (_lowLevelClients)
+            {
+                _lowLevelClients.Add(client);
+            }
 
             return client;
         }
@@ -287,45 +299,68 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Mockups
 
         public void Dispose()
         {
-            foreach (var mqttClient in _clients)
+            try
             {
+                lock (_clients)
+                {
+                    foreach (var mqttClient in _clients)
+                    {
+                        try
+                        {
+                            //mqttClient.DisconnectAsync().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+                        }
+                        catch
+                        {
+                            // This can happen when the test already disconnected the client.
+                        }
+                        finally
+                        {
+                            mqttClient?.Dispose();
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    _clients.Clear();
+                }
+
+                lock (_lowLevelClients)
+                {
+                    foreach (var lowLevelMqttClient in _lowLevelClients)
+                    {
+                        lowLevelMqttClient.Dispose();
+                    }
+
+                    _lowLevelClients.Clear();
+                }
+
                 try
                 {
-                    //mqttClient.DisconnectAsync().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+                    Server?.StopAsync().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
                 }
                 catch
                 {
-                    // This can happen when the test already disconnected the client.
+                    // This can happen when the test already stopped the server.
                 }
                 finally
                 {
-                    mqttClient?.Dispose();
+                    Server?.Dispose();
                 }
-            }
 
-            foreach (var lowLevelMqttClient in _lowLevelClients)
-            {
-                lowLevelMqttClient.Dispose();
-            }
+                Server = null;
 
-            try
-            {
-                Server?.StopAsync().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
-            }
-            catch
-            {
-                // This can happen when the test already stopped the server.
+                ThrowIfLogErrors();
+
+                GC.Collect();
+                GC.WaitForFullGCComplete();
+                GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();
+                
+                if (_exceptions.Any())
+                {
+                    throw new Exception($"{_exceptions.Count} exceptions tracked.\r\n" + string.Join(Environment.NewLine, _exceptions));
+                }
             }
             finally
             {
-                Server?.Dispose();
-            }
-
-            ThrowIfLogErrors();
-
-            if (_exceptions.Any())
-            {
-                throw new Exception($"{_exceptions.Count} exceptions tracked.\r\n" + string.Join(Environment.NewLine, _exceptions));
+                TaskScheduler.UnobservedTaskException -= TrackUnobservedTaskException;
             }
         }
 
@@ -342,7 +377,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Mockups
 
             var options = optionsBuilder.Build();
             var server = CreateServer(options);
-            await server.StartAsync();
+            await server.StartAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
 
             // The OS has chosen the port to we have to properly expose it to the tests.
             ServerPort = options.DefaultEndpointOptions.Port;
@@ -370,13 +405,16 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Mockups
 
         public void ThrowIfLogErrors()
         {
-            lock (_serverErrors)
+            if (!IgnoreServerLogErrors)
             {
-                if (!IgnoreServerLogErrors && _serverErrors.Count > 0)
+                lock (_serverErrors)
                 {
-                    var message = $"Server had {_serverErrors.Count} errors (${string.Join(Environment.NewLine, _serverErrors)}).";
-                    Console.WriteLine(message);
-                    throw new Exception(message);
+                    if (_serverErrors.Count > 0)
+                    {
+                        var message = $"Server had {_serverErrors.Count} errors (${string.Join(Environment.NewLine, _serverErrors)}).";
+                        Console.WriteLine(message);
+                        throw new Exception(message);
+                    }
                 }
             }
 
@@ -396,10 +434,20 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Mockups
 
         public void TrackException(Exception exception)
         {
+            if (exception == null)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
             lock (_exceptions)
             {
                 _exceptions.Add(exception);
             }
         }
+
+        void TrackUnobservedTaskException(object sender, UnobservedTaskExceptionEventArgs e)
+        {
+            TrackException(e.Exception);
+        }
     }
 }

Source/MQTTnet.Tests/MqttApplicationMessageBuilder_Tests.cs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
 using MQTTnet.Protocol;
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ using MQTTnet.Protocol;
 namespace MQTTnet.Tests
 {
     [TestClass]
-    public class MqttApplicationMessageBuilder_Tests
+    public sealed class MqttApplicationMessageBuilder_Tests
     {
         [TestMethod]
         public void CreateApplicationMessage_TopicOnly()
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests
             Assert.AreEqual("xyz", message.Topic);
             Assert.IsFalse(message.Retain);
             Assert.AreEqual(MqttQualityOfServiceLevel.AtMostOnce, message.QualityOfServiceLevel);
-            Assert.AreEqual(Encoding.UTF8.GetString(message.Payload), "00:06:00");
+            Assert.AreEqual(Encoding.UTF8.GetString(message.PayloadSegment.ToArray()), "00:06:00");
         }
 
         [TestMethod]
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests
             Assert.AreEqual("123", message.Topic);
             Assert.IsFalse(message.Retain);
             Assert.AreEqual(MqttQualityOfServiceLevel.AtMostOnce, message.QualityOfServiceLevel);
-            Assert.AreEqual(Encoding.UTF8.GetString(message.Payload), "Hello");
+            Assert.AreEqual(Encoding.UTF8.GetString(message.PayloadSegment.ToArray()), "Hello");
         }
 
         [TestMethod]

Source/MQTTnet.Tests/MqttApplicationMessageTest.cs

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#pragma warning disable CS0618 // Type or member is obsolete
+
 using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
@@ -8,7 +10,7 @@ using System.Threading.Tasks;
 namespace MQTTnet.Tests
 {
     [TestClass]
-    public class MqttApplicationMessageTest
+    public sealed class MqttApplicationMessageTest
     {
         [TestMethod]
         public void PayloadSegment()
@@ -17,32 +19,27 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests
             Assert.AreEqual(0, message.Payload.Length);
             Assert.AreEqual(0, message.PayloadSegment.Count);
 
-            Assert.IsTrue(object.ReferenceEquals(message.Payload, message.Payload));
-            Assert.IsTrue(object.ReferenceEquals(message.Payload, message.PayloadSegment.Array));
+            Assert.IsTrue(ReferenceEquals(message.Payload, message.PayloadSegment.Array));
 
             message.Payload = new byte[] { 1, 2 };
             Assert.AreEqual(2, message.Payload.Length);
             Assert.AreEqual(2, message.PayloadSegment.Count);
-            Assert.IsTrue(object.ReferenceEquals(message.Payload, message.Payload));
-            Assert.IsTrue(object.ReferenceEquals(message.Payload, message.PayloadSegment.Array));
+            Assert.IsTrue(ReferenceEquals(message.Payload, message.PayloadSegment.Array));
 
             message.Payload = new byte[] { 1, 2, 3 };
             Assert.AreEqual(3, message.Payload.Length);
             Assert.AreEqual(3, message.PayloadSegment.Count);
-            Assert.IsTrue(object.ReferenceEquals(message.Payload, message.Payload));
-            Assert.IsTrue(object.ReferenceEquals(message.Payload, message.PayloadSegment.Array));
+            Assert.IsTrue(ReferenceEquals(message.Payload, message.PayloadSegment.Array));
 
             message.PayloadSegment = new ArraySegment<byte>(new byte[] { 1, 2, 3 });
             Assert.AreEqual(3, message.Payload.Length);
             Assert.AreEqual(3, message.PayloadSegment.Count);
-            Assert.IsTrue(object.ReferenceEquals(message.Payload, message.Payload));
-            Assert.IsTrue(object.ReferenceEquals(message.Payload, message.PayloadSegment.Array));
+            Assert.IsTrue(ReferenceEquals(message.Payload, message.PayloadSegment.Array));
 
             message.PayloadSegment = new ArraySegment<byte>(new byte[] { 1, 2, 3 }, 1, 1);
             Assert.AreEqual(1, message.Payload.Length);
             Assert.AreEqual(1, message.PayloadSegment.Count);
-            Assert.IsTrue(object.ReferenceEquals(message.Payload, message.Payload));
-            Assert.IsFalse(object.ReferenceEquals(message.Payload, message.PayloadSegment.Array));
+            Assert.IsFalse(ReferenceEquals(message.Payload, message.PayloadSegment.Array));
         }
     }
 }

Source/MQTTnet.Tests/Server/General.cs

@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Server
                 var server = await testEnvironment.StartServer();
                 server.InterceptingPublishAsync += e =>
                 {
-                    e.ApplicationMessage.Payload = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("extended");
+                    e.ApplicationMessage.PayloadSegment = new ArraySegment<byte>(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("extended"));
                     return CompletedTask.Instance;
                 };
 
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Server
                 var isIntercepted = false;
                 c2.ApplicationMessageReceivedAsync += e =>
                 {
-                    isIntercepted = string.Compare("extended", Encoding.UTF8.GetString(e.ApplicationMessage.Payload), StringComparison.Ordinal) == 0;
+                    isIntercepted = string.Compare("extended", Encoding.UTF8.GetString(e.ApplicationMessage.PayloadSegment.ToArray()), StringComparison.Ordinal) == 0;
                     return CompletedTask.Instance;
                 };
 
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Server
                             new MqttApplicationMessage
                             {
                                 Topic = "/test/1",
-                                Payload = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("true"),
+                                PayloadSegment = new ArraySegment<byte>(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("true")),
                                 QualityOfServiceLevel = MqttQualityOfServiceLevel.ExactlyOnce
                             })
                         {
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Server
                 var client1 = await testEnvironment.ConnectClient();
                 client1.ApplicationMessageReceivedAsync += e =>
                 {
-                    receivedBody = e.ApplicationMessage.Payload;
+                    receivedBody = e.ApplicationMessage.PayloadSegment.ToArray();
                     return CompletedTask.Instance;
                 };
 

Source/MQTTnet.Tests/Server/HotSwapCerts_Tests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,426 @@
+#if !(NET452 || NET461 || NET48)
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Concurrent;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Net;
+using System.Net.Security;
+using System.Security.Authentication;
+using System.Security.Cryptography;
+using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
+using MQTTnet.Certificates;
+using MQTTnet.Client;
+using MQTTnet.Formatter;
+using MQTTnet.Protocol;
+using MQTTnet.Server;
+
+namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Server
+{
+    // missing certificate builder api means tests won't work for older frameworks
+
+    [TestClass]
+    public sealed class HotSwapCerts_Tests
+    {
+        static readonly TimeSpan DefaultTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10);
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public async Task ClientCertChangeWithoutServerUpdateFailsReconnect()
+        {
+            using (var server = new ServerTestHarness())
+            using (var client01 = new ClientTestHarness())
+            {
+                server.InstallNewClientCert(client01.GetCurrentClientCert());
+                client01.InstallNewServerCert(server.GetCurrentServerCert());
+
+                await server.StartServer();
+
+                await client01.Connect();
+
+                client01.WaitForConnectOrFail(DefaultTimeout);
+
+                client01.HotSwapClientCert();
+                server.ForceDisconnectAsync(client01).Wait(DefaultTimeout);
+                client01.WaitForDisconnectOrFail(DefaultTimeout);
+
+                client01.WaitForConnectToFail(DefaultTimeout);
+            }
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public async Task ClientCertChangeWithServerUpdateAcceptsReconnect()
+        {
+            using (var server = new ServerTestHarness())
+            using (var client01 = new ClientTestHarness())
+            {
+                server.InstallNewClientCert(client01.GetCurrentClientCert());
+                client01.InstallNewServerCert(server.GetCurrentServerCert());
+
+                await server.StartServer();
+
+                await client01.Connect();
+
+                client01.WaitForConnectOrFail(DefaultTimeout);
+
+                client01.HotSwapClientCert();
+                server.ForceDisconnectAsync(client01).Wait(DefaultTimeout);
+                client01.WaitForDisconnectOrFail(DefaultTimeout);
+
+                server.InstallNewClientCert(client01.GetCurrentClientCert());
+
+                client01.WaitForConnectOrFail(DefaultTimeout);
+            }
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public async Task ServerCertChangeWithClientCertUpdateAllowsReconnect()
+        {
+            using (var server = new ServerTestHarness())
+            using (var client01 = new ClientTestHarness())
+            {
+                server.InstallNewClientCert(client01.GetCurrentClientCert());
+                client01.InstallNewServerCert(server.GetCurrentServerCert());
+
+                await server.StartServer();
+                await client01.Connect();
+
+                client01.WaitForConnectOrFail(DefaultTimeout);
+                server.HotSwapServerCert();
+
+                server.ForceDisconnectAsync(client01).Wait(DefaultTimeout);
+                client01.WaitForDisconnectOrFail(DefaultTimeout);
+                client01.InstallNewServerCert(server.GetCurrentServerCert());
+
+                client01.WaitForConnectOrFail(DefaultTimeout);
+            }
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public async Task ServerCertChangeWithoutClientCertUpdateFailsReconnect()
+        {
+            using (var server = new ServerTestHarness())
+            using (var client01 = new ClientTestHarness())
+            {
+                server.InstallNewClientCert(client01.GetCurrentClientCert());
+                client01.InstallNewServerCert(server.GetCurrentServerCert());
+
+                await server.StartServer();
+                await client01.Connect();
+
+                client01.WaitForConnectOrFail(DefaultTimeout);
+                server.HotSwapServerCert();
+
+                server.ForceDisconnectAsync(client01).Wait(DefaultTimeout);
+                client01.WaitForDisconnectOrFail(DefaultTimeout);
+
+                client01.WaitForConnectToFail(DefaultTimeout);
+            }
+        }
+
+        static X509Certificate2 CreateSelfSignedCertificate(string oid)
+        {
+            var sanBuilder = new SubjectAlternativeNameBuilder();
+            sanBuilder.AddIpAddress(IPAddress.Loopback);
+            sanBuilder.AddIpAddress(IPAddress.IPv6Loopback);
+            sanBuilder.AddDnsName("localhost");
+
+            using (var rsa = RSA.Create())
+            {
+                var certRequest = new CertificateRequest("CN=localhost", rsa, HashAlgorithmName.SHA512, RSASignaturePadding.Pkcs1);
+
+                certRequest.CertificateExtensions.Add(
+                    new X509KeyUsageExtension(X509KeyUsageFlags.DataEncipherment | X509KeyUsageFlags.KeyEncipherment | X509KeyUsageFlags.DigitalSignature, false));
+
+                certRequest.CertificateExtensions.Add(new X509EnhancedKeyUsageExtension(new OidCollection { new Oid(oid) }, false));
+
+                certRequest.CertificateExtensions.Add(sanBuilder.Build());
+
+                using (var certificate = certRequest.CreateSelfSigned(DateTimeOffset.Now.AddMinutes(-10), DateTimeOffset.Now.AddMinutes(10)))
+                {
+                    var pfxCertificate = new X509Certificate2(
+                        certificate.Export(X509ContentType.Pfx),
+                        (string)null,
+                        X509KeyStorageFlags.MachineKeySet | X509KeyStorageFlags.Exportable);
+
+                    return pfxCertificate;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        sealed class ClientTestHarness : IDisposable
+        {
+            readonly HotSwappableClientCertProvider _hotSwapClient = new HotSwappableClientCertProvider();
+
+            IMqttClient _client;
+
+            public string ClientId => _client.Options.ClientId;
+
+            public Task Connect()
+            {
+                return Run_Client_Connection();
+            }
+
+            public void Dispose()
+            {
+                _client.Dispose();
+                _hotSwapClient.Dispose();
+            }
+
+            public X509Certificate2 GetCurrentClientCert()
+            {
+                var result = _hotSwapClient.GetCertificates()[0];
+                return new X509Certificate2(result);
+            }
+
+            public void HotSwapClientCert()
+            {
+                _hotSwapClient.HotSwapCert();
+            }
+
+            public void InstallNewServerCert(X509Certificate2 serverCert)
+            {
+                _hotSwapClient.InstallNewServerCert(serverCert);
+            }
+
+            public void WaitForConnectOrFail(TimeSpan timeout)
+            {
+                Thread.Sleep(100);
+
+                if (!_client.IsConnected)
+                {
+                    _client.ReconnectAsync().Wait(timeout);
+                }
+
+                WaitForConnect(timeout);
+
+                Assert.IsNotNull(_client, "Client was never initialized");
+                Assert.IsTrue(_client.IsConnected, $"Client connection failed after {timeout}");
+            }
+
+            public void WaitForConnectToFail(TimeSpan timeout)
+            {
+                Assert.IsFalse(_client.IsConnected, "Client should be disconnected before waiting for connect.");
+
+                WaitForConnect(timeout);
+
+                Assert.IsNotNull(_client, "Client was never initialized");
+                Assert.IsFalse(_client.IsConnected, "Client connection success but test wanted fail");
+            }
+
+            void WaitForDisconnect(TimeSpan timeout)
+            {
+                var timer = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+                while ((_client == null || _client.IsConnected) && timer.Elapsed < timeout)
+                {
+                    Thread.Sleep(100);
+                }
+            }
+
+            public void WaitForDisconnectOrFail(TimeSpan timeout)
+            {
+                WaitForDisconnect(timeout);
+
+                Assert.IsNotNull(_client, "Client was never initialized");
+                Assert.IsFalse(_client.IsConnected, $"Client connection should have disconnected after {timeout}");
+            }
+
+            async Task Run_Client_Connection()
+            {
+                var optionsBuilder = new MqttClientOptionsBuilder()
+                    .WithTlsOptions(
+                        o => o.WithClientCertificatesProvider(_hotSwapClient)
+                            .WithCertificateValidationHandler(_hotSwapClient.OnCertificateValidation)
+                            .WithSslProtocols(SslProtocols.Tls12))
+                    .WithTcpServer("localhost")
+                    .WithCleanSession()
+                    .WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion.V500);
+
+                var mqttClientOptions = optionsBuilder.Build();
+
+                var factory = new MqttFactory();
+                var mqttClient = factory.CreateMqttClient();
+                _client = mqttClient;
+
+                await mqttClient.ConnectAsync(mqttClientOptions);
+            }
+
+            void WaitForConnect(TimeSpan timeout)
+            {
+                var timer = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+                while ((_client == null || !_client.IsConnected) && timer.Elapsed < timeout)
+                {
+                    Thread.Sleep(100);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        sealed class ServerTestHarness : IDisposable
+        {
+            readonly HotSwappableServerCertProvider _hotSwapServer = new HotSwappableServerCertProvider();
+
+            MqttServer _server;
+
+            public void Dispose()
+            {
+                if (_server != null)
+                {
+                    _server.StopAsync().Wait();
+                    _server.Dispose();
+                }
+
+                _hotSwapServer?.Dispose();
+            }
+
+            public Task ForceDisconnectAsync(ClientTestHarness client)
+            {
+                return _server.DisconnectClientAsync(client.ClientId, MqttDisconnectReasonCode.UnspecifiedError);
+            }
+
+            public X509Certificate2 GetCurrentServerCert()
+            {
+                return _hotSwapServer.GetCertificate();
+            }
+
+            public void HotSwapServerCert()
+            {
+                _hotSwapServer.HotSwapCert();
+            }
+
+            public void InstallNewClientCert(X509Certificate2 serverCert)
+            {
+                _hotSwapServer.InstallNewClientCert(serverCert);
+            }
+
+            public Task StartServer()
+            {
+                var mqttFactory = new MqttFactory();
+
+                var mqttServerOptions = new MqttServerOptionsBuilder().WithEncryptionCertificate(_hotSwapServer)
+                    .WithRemoteCertificateValidationCallback(_hotSwapServer.RemoteCertificateValidationCallback)
+                    .WithEncryptedEndpoint()
+                    .Build();
+
+                mqttServerOptions.TlsEndpointOptions.ClientCertificateRequired = true;
+
+                _server = mqttFactory.CreateMqttServer(mqttServerOptions);
+                return _server.StartAsync();
+            }
+        }
+
+        class HotSwappableClientCertProvider : IMqttClientCertificatesProvider, IDisposable
+        {
+            X509Certificate2Collection _certificates;
+            ConcurrentBag<X509Certificate2> _serverCerts = new ConcurrentBag<X509Certificate2>();
+
+            public HotSwappableClientCertProvider()
+            {
+                _certificates = new X509Certificate2Collection(CreateSelfSignedCertificate("1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.2"));
+            }
+            
+            public void Dispose()
+            {
+                if (_certificates != null)
+                {
+                    foreach (var certs in _certificates)
+                    {
+#if !NET452
+                        certs.Dispose();
+#endif
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            public X509CertificateCollection GetCertificates()
+            {
+                return new X509Certificate2Collection(_certificates);
+            }
+
+            public void HotSwapCert()
+            {
+                _certificates = new X509Certificate2Collection(CreateSelfSignedCertificate("1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.2"));
+            }
+
+            public void InstallNewServerCert(X509Certificate2 serverCert)
+            {
+                _serverCerts.Add(serverCert);
+            }
+
+            public bool OnCertificateValidation(MqttClientCertificateValidationEventArgs certContext)
+            {
+                var serverCerts = _serverCerts.ToArray();
+
+                var providedCert = certContext.Certificate.GetRawCertData();
+                for (int i = 0, n = serverCerts.Length; i < n; i++)
+                {
+                    var currentcert = serverCerts[i];
+
+                    if (currentcert.RawData.SequenceEqual(providedCert))
+                    {
+                        return true;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        sealed class HotSwappableServerCertProvider : ICertificateProvider, IDisposable
+        {
+            readonly ConcurrentBag<X509Certificate2> _clientCerts = new ConcurrentBag<X509Certificate2>();
+            X509Certificate2 _certificate;
+
+            public HotSwappableServerCertProvider()
+            {
+                _certificate = CreateSelfSignedCertificate("1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.1");
+            }
+
+            public void Dispose()
+            {
+#if !NET452
+                _certificate.Dispose();
+#endif
+            }
+
+            public X509Certificate2 GetCertificate()
+            {
+                return _certificate;
+            }
+
+            public void HotSwapCert()
+            {
+                var newCert = CreateSelfSignedCertificate("1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.1");
+                var oldCert = Interlocked.Exchange(ref _certificate, newCert);
+#if !NET452
+                oldCert.Dispose();
+#endif
+            }
+
+            public void InstallNewClientCert(X509Certificate2 certificate)
+            {
+                _clientCerts.Add(certificate);
+            }
+
+            public bool RemoteCertificateValidationCallback(object sender, X509Certificate certificate, X509Chain chain, SslPolicyErrors sslPolicyErrors)
+            {
+                var serverCerts = _clientCerts.ToArray();
+
+                var providedCert = certificate.GetRawCertData();
+                for (int i = 0, n = serverCerts.Length; i < n; i++)
+                {
+                    var currentCert = serverCerts[i];
+
+                    if (currentCert.RawData.SequenceEqual(providedCert))
+                    {
+                        return true;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#endif

Source/MQTTnet.Tests/Server/Publishing_Tests.cs

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using MQTTnet.Client;
 using MQTTnet.Formatter;
 using MQTTnet.Internal;
 using MQTTnet.Protocol;
+using MQTTnet.Server;
 
 namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Server
 {

Source/MQTTnet.Tests/Server/Session_Tests.cs

@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Server
 
                 server.InterceptingPublishAsync += e =>
                 {
-                    e.ApplicationMessage.Payload = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(e.SessionItems["default_payload"] as string ?? string.Empty);
+                    e.ApplicationMessage.PayloadSegment = new ArraySegment<byte>(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(e.SessionItems["default_payload"] as string ?? string.Empty));
                     return CompletedTask.Instance;
                 };
 

Source/MQTTnet.Tests/Server/Tls_Tests.cs

@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Server
                 new MqttApplicationMessage
                 {
                     Topic = "TestTopic1",
-                    Payload = new byte[] { 1, 2, 3, 4 }
+                    PayloadSegment = new ArraySegment<byte>(new byte[] { 1, 2, 3, 4 })
                 });
 
             await testEnvironment.Server.InjectApplicationMessage(
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Server
                     new MqttApplicationMessage
                     {
                         Topic = "TestTopic1",
-                        Payload = new byte[] { 1, 2, 3, 4 }
+                        PayloadSegment = new ArraySegment<byte>(new byte[] { 1, 2, 3, 4 })
                     }));
 
             certificateProvider.CurrentCertificate = CreateCertificate(secondOid);
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Server
                 new MqttApplicationMessage
                 {
                     Topic = "TestTopic2",
-                    Payload = new byte[] { 1, 2, 3, 4 }
+                    PayloadSegment = new ArraySegment<byte>(new byte[] { 1, 2, 3, 4 })
                 });
 
             await testEnvironment.Server.InjectApplicationMessage(
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Server
                     new MqttApplicationMessage
                     {
                         Topic = "TestTopic2",
-                        Payload = new byte[] { 1, 2, 3, 4 }
+                        PayloadSegment = new ArraySegment<byte>(new byte[] { 1, 2, 3, 4 })
                     }));
 
             // Ensure first client still works
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Server
                 new MqttApplicationMessage
                 {
                     Topic = "TestTopic1",
-                    Payload = new byte[] { 1, 2, 3, 4 }
+                    PayloadSegment = new ArraySegment<byte>(new byte[] { 1, 2, 3, 4 })
                 });
 
             await testEnvironment.Server.InjectApplicationMessage(
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Server
                     new MqttApplicationMessage
                     {
                         Topic = "TestTopic1",
-                        Payload = new byte[] { 1, 2, 3, 4 }
+                        PayloadSegment = new ArraySegment<byte>(new byte[] { 1, 2, 3, 4 })
                     }));
 
             await Task.Delay(1000);
@@ -178,12 +178,10 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Tests.Server
             var clientOptionsBuilder = testEnvironment.Factory.CreateClientOptionsBuilder();
             clientOptionsBuilder.WithClientId(Guid.NewGuid().ToString())
                 .WithTcpServer("localhost", 8883)
-                .WithTls(
-                    tls =>
+                .WithTlsOptions(
+                    o =>
                     {
-                        tls.UseTls = true;
-                        tls.SslProtocol = SslProtocols.Tls12;
-                        tls.CertificateValidationHandler = certValidator;
+                        o.WithSslProtocols(SslProtocols.Tls12).WithCertificateValidationHandler(certValidator);
                     });
 
             var clientOptions = clientOptionsBuilder.Build();

Source/MQTTnet/Adapter/IMqttChannelAdapter.cs

@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Adapter
 
         long BytesReceived { get; }
 
-        bool IsReadingPacket { get; }
-
         Task ConnectAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken);
 
         Task DisconnectAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken);

Source/MQTTnet/Adapter/IMqttServerAdapter.cs

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Adapter
         Func<IMqttChannelAdapter, Task> ClientHandler { get; set; }
 
         Task StartAsync(MqttServerOptions options, IMqttNetLogger logger);
+
         Task StopAsync();
     }
 }

Source/MQTTnet/Adapter/MqttChannelAdapter.cs

@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Adapter
         readonly IMqttChannel _channel;
         readonly byte[] _fixedHeaderBuffer = new byte[2];
         readonly MqttNetSourceLogger _logger;
-
         readonly byte[] _singleByteBuffer = new byte[1];
-
         readonly AsyncLock _syncRoot = new AsyncLock();
 
         Statistics _statistics; // mutable struct, don't make readonly!
@@ -47,6 +45,8 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Adapter
             _logger = logger.WithSource(nameof(MqttChannelAdapter));
         }
 
+        public bool AllowPacketFragmentation { get; set; } = true;
+
         public long BytesReceived => Volatile.Read(ref _statistics._bytesReceived);
 
         public long BytesSent => Volatile.Read(ref _statistics._bytesSent);
@@ -55,16 +55,12 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Adapter
 
         public string Endpoint => _channel.Endpoint;
 
-        public bool IsReadingPacket { get; private set; }
-
         public bool IsSecureConnection => _channel.IsSecureConnection;
 
         public MqttPacketFormatterAdapter PacketFormatterAdapter { get; }
 
         public MqttPacketInspector PacketInspector { get; set; }
 
-        public bool AllowPacketFragmentation { get; set; } = true;
-
         public async Task ConnectAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
@@ -78,12 +74,30 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Adapter
                  * block forever. Even a cancellation token is not supported properly.
                  */
 
-                var connectTask = _channel.ConnectAsync(cancellationToken);
-
                 var timeout = new TaskCompletionSource<object>();
                 using (cancellationToken.Register(() => timeout.TrySetResult(null)))
                 {
+                    var connectTask = Task.Run(
+                        async () =>
+                        {
+                            try
+                            {
+                                await _channel.ConnectAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                            }
+                            catch
+                            {
+                                // If the timeout is already reached the exception is no longer of interest and
+                                // must be catched. Otherwise it will arrive at the TaskScheduler.UnobservedTaskException.
+                                if (!timeout.Task.IsCompleted)
+                                {
+                                    throw;
+                                }
+                            }
+                        },
+                        CancellationToken.None);
+
                     await Task.WhenAny(connectTask, timeout.Task).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
                     if (timeout.Task.IsCompleted && !connectTask.IsCompleted)
                     {
                         throw new OperationCanceledException("MQTT connect canceled.", cancellationToken);
@@ -127,7 +141,8 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Adapter
 
             try
             {
-                PacketInspector?.BeginReceivePacket();
+                var localPacketInspector = PacketInspector;
+                localPacketInspector?.BeginReceivePacket();
 
                 ReceivedMqttPacket receivedPacket;
                 var receivedPacketTask = ReceiveAsync(cancellationToken);
@@ -145,7 +160,10 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Adapter
                     return null;
                 }
 
-                PacketInspector?.EndReceivePacket();
+                if (localPacketInspector != null)
+                {
+                    await localPacketInspector.EndReceivePacket().ConfigureAwait(false);
+                }
 
                 Interlocked.Add(ref _statistics._bytesSent, receivedPacket.TotalLength);
 
@@ -201,10 +219,15 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Adapter
                 try
                 {
                     var packetBuffer = PacketFormatterAdapter.Encode(packet);
-                    PacketInspector?.BeginSendPacket(packetBuffer);
 
-                    _logger.Verbose("TX ({0} bytes) >>> {1}", packetBuffer.Length, packet);
+                    var localPacketInspector = PacketInspector;
+                    if (localPacketInspector != null)
+                    {
+                        await localPacketInspector.BeginSendPacket(packetBuffer).ConfigureAwait(false);    
+                    }
                     
+                    _logger.Verbose("TX ({0} bytes) >>> {1}", packetBuffer.Length, packet);
+
                     if (packetBuffer.Payload.Count == 0 || !AllowPacketFragmentation)
                     {
                         await _channel.WriteAsync(packetBuffer.Join(), true, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
@@ -373,53 +396,45 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Adapter
                 return ReceivedMqttPacket.Empty;
             }
 
-            IsReadingPacket = true;
-            try
+            var fixedHeader = readFixedHeaderResult.FixedHeader;
+            if (fixedHeader.RemainingLength == 0)
             {
-                var fixedHeader = readFixedHeaderResult.FixedHeader;
-                if (fixedHeader.RemainingLength == 0)
+                return new ReceivedMqttPacket(fixedHeader.Flags, EmptyBuffer.ArraySegment, 2);
+            }
+
+            var bodyLength = fixedHeader.RemainingLength;
+            var body = new byte[bodyLength];
+
+            var bodyOffset = 0;
+            var chunkSize = Math.Min(ReadBufferSize, bodyLength);
+
+            do
+            {
+                var bytesLeft = body.Length - bodyOffset;
+                if (chunkSize > bytesLeft)
                 {
-                    return new ReceivedMqttPacket(fixedHeader.Flags, EmptyBuffer.ArraySegment, 2);
+                    chunkSize = bytesLeft;
                 }
 
-                var bodyLength = fixedHeader.RemainingLength;
-                var body = new byte[bodyLength];
+                var readBytes = await _channel.ReadAsync(body, bodyOffset, chunkSize, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
-                var bodyOffset = 0;
-                var chunkSize = Math.Min(ReadBufferSize, bodyLength);
-
-                do
+                if (cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
                 {
-                    var bytesLeft = body.Length - bodyOffset;
-                    if (chunkSize > bytesLeft)
-                    {
-                        chunkSize = bytesLeft;
-                    }
+                    return ReceivedMqttPacket.Empty;
+                }
 
-                    var readBytes = await _channel.ReadAsync(body, bodyOffset, chunkSize, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                if (readBytes == 0)
+                {
+                    return ReceivedMqttPacket.Empty;
+                }
 
-                    if (cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
-                    {
-                        return ReceivedMqttPacket.Empty;
-                    }
+                bodyOffset += readBytes;
+            } while (bodyOffset < bodyLength);
 
-                    if (readBytes == 0)
-                    {
-                        return ReceivedMqttPacket.Empty;
-                    }
+            PacketInspector?.FillReceiveBuffer(body);
 
-                    bodyOffset += readBytes;
-                } while (bodyOffset < bodyLength);
-
-                PacketInspector?.FillReceiveBuffer(body);
-
-                var bodySegment = new ArraySegment<byte>(body, 0, bodyLength);
-                return new ReceivedMqttPacket(fixedHeader.Flags, bodySegment, fixedHeader.TotalLength);
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                IsReadingPacket = false;
-            }
+            var bodySegment = new ArraySegment<byte>(body, 0, bodyLength);
+            return new ReceivedMqttPacket(fixedHeader.Flags, bodySegment, fixedHeader.TotalLength);
         }
 
         static bool WrapAndThrowException(Exception exception)

Source/MQTTnet/Adapter/MqttPacketInspector.cs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using MQTTnet.Diagnostics;
 using MQTTnet.Formatter;
 using MQTTnet.Internal;
@@ -12,16 +13,20 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Adapter
 {
     public sealed class MqttPacketInspector
     {
-        readonly MqttNetSourceLogger _logger;
         readonly AsyncEvent<InspectMqttPacketEventArgs> _asyncEvent;
-        
+        readonly MqttNetSourceLogger _logger;
+
         MemoryStream _receivedPacketBuffer;
-        
+
         public MqttPacketInspector(AsyncEvent<InspectMqttPacketEventArgs> asyncEvent, IMqttNetLogger logger)
         {
             _asyncEvent = asyncEvent ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(asyncEvent));
-            
-            if (logger == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(logger));
+
+            if (logger == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(logger));
+            }
+
             _logger = logger.WithSource(nameof(MqttPacketInspector));
         }
 
@@ -36,28 +41,15 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Adapter
             {
                 _receivedPacketBuffer = new MemoryStream();
             }
-            
+
             _receivedPacketBuffer?.SetLength(0);
         }
 
-        public void EndReceivePacket()
+        public Task BeginSendPacket(MqttPacketBuffer buffer)
         {
             if (!_asyncEvent.HasHandlers)
             {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            var buffer = _receivedPacketBuffer.ToArray();
-            _receivedPacketBuffer.SetLength(0);
-
-            InspectPacket(buffer, MqttPacketFlowDirection.Inbound);
-        }
-
-        public void BeginSendPacket(MqttPacketBuffer buffer)
-        {
-            if (!_asyncEvent.HasHandlers)
-            {
-                return;
+                return CompletedTask.Instance;
             }
 
             // Create a copy of the actual packet so that the inspector gets no access
@@ -65,7 +57,20 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Adapter
             // intended for debugging etc. so that this is OK.
             var bufferCopy = buffer.ToArray();
 
-            InspectPacket(bufferCopy, MqttPacketFlowDirection.Outbound);
+            return InspectPacket(bufferCopy, MqttPacketFlowDirection.Outbound);
+        }
+
+        public Task EndReceivePacket()
+        {
+            if (!_asyncEvent.HasHandlers)
+            {
+                return CompletedTask.Instance;
+            }
+
+            var buffer = _receivedPacketBuffer.ToArray();
+            _receivedPacketBuffer.SetLength(0);
+
+            return InspectPacket(buffer, MqttPacketFlowDirection.Inbound);
         }
 
         public void FillReceiveBuffer(byte[] buffer)
@@ -74,16 +79,16 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Adapter
             {
                 return;
             }
-            
+
             _receivedPacketBuffer?.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
         }
 
-        void InspectPacket(byte[] buffer, MqttPacketFlowDirection direction)
+        async Task InspectPacket(byte[] buffer, MqttPacketFlowDirection direction)
         {
             try
             {
                 var eventArgs = new InspectMqttPacketEventArgs(direction, buffer);
-                _asyncEvent.InvokeAsync(eventArgs).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+                await _asyncEvent.InvokeAsync(eventArgs).ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
             catch (Exception exception)
             {

Source/MQTTnet/Client/MqttClient.cs

@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
                 if (connectResult.ResultCode != MqttClientConnectResultCode.Success)
                 {
                     _logger.Warning("Connecting failed: {0}", connectResult.ResultCode);
+                    await DisconnectInternal(null, null, connectResult).ConfigureAwait(false);
                     return connectResult;
                 }
 
@@ -237,6 +238,11 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
 
         public async Task PingAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
+            cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+            
+            ThrowIfDisposed();
+            ThrowIfNotConnected();
+
             if (cancellationToken.CanBeCanceled)
             {
                 await Request<MqttPingRespPacket>(MqttPingReqPacket.Instance, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
@@ -303,6 +309,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
                 AuthenticationMethod = Options.AuthenticationMethod,
                 AuthenticationData = data.AuthenticationData,
                 ReasonString = data.ReasonString,
+                ReasonCode = data.ReasonCode,
                 UserProperties = data.UserProperties
             };
 
@@ -321,14 +328,14 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
                 MqttTopicValidator.ThrowIfInvalidSubscribe(topicFilter.Topic);
             }
 
+            ThrowIfDisposed();
+            ThrowIfNotConnected();
+            
             if (Options.ValidateFeatures)
             {
                 MqttClientSubscribeOptionsValidator.ThrowIfNotSupported(options, _adapter.PacketFormatterAdapter.ProtocolVersion);
             }
 
-            ThrowIfDisposed();
-            ThrowIfNotConnected();
-
             var subscribePacket = MqttPacketFactories.Subscribe.Create(options);
             subscribePacket.PacketIdentifier = _packetIdentifierProvider.GetNextPacketIdentifier();
 
@@ -440,7 +447,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
 
                 if (receivedPacket is MqttConnAckPacket connAckPacket)
                 {
-                    result = MqttClientResultFactory.ConnectResult.Create(connAckPacket, _adapter.PacketFormatterAdapter.ProtocolVersion);
+                    result = MqttClientResultFactory.ConnectResult.Create(connAckPacket, channelAdapter.PacketFormatterAdapter.ProtocolVersion);
                 }
                 else if (receivedPacket is MqttAuthPacket)
                 {
@@ -465,11 +472,10 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
             // did send a proper ACK packet with a non success response.
             if (options.ThrowOnNonSuccessfulConnectResponse)
             {
-                _logger.Warning(
-                    "Client will now throw an _MqttConnectingFailedException_. This is obsolete and will be removed in the future. Consider setting _ThrowOnNonSuccessfulResponseFromServer=False_ in client options.");
-
                 if (result.ResultCode != MqttClientConnectResultCode.Success)
                 {
+                    _logger.Warning(
+                        "Client will now throw an _MqttConnectingFailedException_. This is obsolete and will be removed in the future. Consider setting _ThrowOnNonSuccessfulResponseFromServer=False_ in client options.");
                     throw new MqttConnectingFailedException($"Connecting with MQTT server failed ({result.ResultCode}).", null, result);
                 }
             }
@@ -513,7 +519,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
             using (var effectiveCancellationToken = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(backgroundCancellationToken, cancellationToken))
             {
                 _logger.Verbose("Trying to connect with server '{0}'", Options.ChannelOptions);
-                await _adapter.ConnectAsync(effectiveCancellationToken.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                await channelAdapter.ConnectAsync(effectiveCancellationToken.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
                 _logger.Verbose("Connection with server established");
 
                 _publishPacketReceiverQueue?.Dispose();
@@ -703,12 +709,15 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
                         await eventArgs.AcknowledgeAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
                     }
                 }
+                catch (ObjectDisposedException)
+                {
+                }
                 catch (OperationCanceledException)
                 {
                 }
                 catch (Exception exception)
                 {
-                    _logger.Error(exception, "Error while handling application message.");
+                    _logger.Error(exception, "Error while handling application message");
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -782,7 +791,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
         {
             try
             {
-                _logger.Verbose("Start receiving packets.");
+                _logger.Verbose("Start receiving packets");
 
                 while (!cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
                 {
@@ -820,20 +829,21 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
                 }
                 else if (exception is MqttCommunicationException)
                 {
-                    _logger.Warning(exception, "Communication error while receiving packets.");
+                    _logger.Warning(exception, "Communication error while receiving packets");
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    _logger.Error(exception, "Error while receiving packets.");
+                    _logger.Error(exception, "Error while receiving packets");
                 }
 
-                _packetDispatcher.FailAll(exception);
+                // The packet dispatcher is set to null when the client is being disposed so it may already being gone!
+                _packetDispatcher?.FailAll(exception);
 
                 await DisconnectInternal(_packetReceiverTask, exception, null).ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
             finally
             {
-                _logger.Verbose("Stopped receiving packets.");
+                _logger.Verbose("Stopped receiving packets");
             }
         }
 
@@ -855,7 +865,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
                 }
                 catch (Exception exception)
                 {
-                    _logger.Warning(exception, "Error when sending request packet ({0}).", requestPacket.GetType().Name);
+                    _logger.Warning(exception, "Error when sending {0} request packet", requestPacket.GetType().Name);
                     packetAwaitable.Fail(exception);
                 }
 
@@ -867,7 +877,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
                 {
                     if (exception is MqttCommunicationTimedOutException)
                     {
-                        _logger.Warning("Timeout while waiting for response packet ({0}).", typeof(TResponsePacket).Name);
+                        _logger.Warning("Timeout while waiting for {0} response packet", typeof(TResponsePacket).Name);
                     }
 
                     throw;
@@ -881,7 +891,6 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
 
             _lastPacketSentTimestamp = DateTime.UtcNow;
 
-            //ThrowIfNotConnected();
             return _adapter.SendPacketAsync(packet, cancellationToken);
         }
 
@@ -921,7 +930,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
 
         static void ThrowNotConnected()
         {
-            throw new MqttCommunicationException("The client is not connected.");
+            throw new MqttClientNotConnectedException();
         }
 
         void TryInitiateDisconnect()
@@ -934,7 +943,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
                 }
                 catch (Exception exception)
                 {
-                    _logger.Warning(exception, "Error while initiating disconnect.");
+                    _logger.Warning(exception, "Error while initiating disconnect");
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -969,7 +978,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
                 }
                 else if (packet is MqttPingReqPacket)
                 {
-                    throw new MqttProtocolViolationException("The PINGREQ Packet is sent from a Client to the Server only.");
+                    throw new MqttProtocolViolationException("The PINGREQ Packet is sent from a client to the server only.");
                 }
                 else
                 {
@@ -991,14 +1000,15 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
                 }
                 else if (exception is MqttCommunicationException)
                 {
-                    _logger.Warning(exception, "Communication error while receiving packets.");
+                    _logger.Warning(exception, "Communication error while receiving packets");
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    _logger.Error(exception, $"Error while processing received packet ({packet.GetType().Name}).");
+                    _logger.Error(exception, "Error while processing received {0} packet", packet.GetType().Name);
                 }
 
-                _packetDispatcher.FailAll(exception);
+                // The packet dispatcher may already be gone due to disconnect etc!
+                _packetDispatcher?.FailAll(exception);
 
                 await DisconnectInternal(_packetReceiverTask, exception, null).ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
@@ -1008,7 +1018,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
         {
             try
             {
-                _logger.Verbose("Start sending keep alive packets.");
+                _logger.Verbose("Start sending keep alive packets");
 
                 var keepAlivePeriod = Options.KeepAlivePeriod;
 
@@ -1046,19 +1056,19 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
                 }
                 else if (exception is MqttCommunicationException)
                 {
-                    _logger.Warning(exception, "Communication error while sending/receiving keep alive packets.");
+                    _logger.Warning(exception, "Communication error while sending/receiving keep alive packets");
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    _logger.Error(exception, "Error exception while sending/receiving keep alive packets.");
+                    _logger.Error(exception, "Error exception while sending/receiving keep alive packets");
                 }
 
                 await DisconnectInternal(_keepAlivePacketsSenderTask, exception, null).ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
             finally
             {
-                _logger.Verbose("Stopped sending keep alive packets.");
+                _logger.Verbose("Stopped sending keep alive packets");
             }
         }
     }
-}
+}

Source/MQTTnet/Client/Options/DefaultMqttCertificatesProvider.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
+
+namespace MQTTnet.Client
+{
+    public sealed class DefaultMqttCertificatesProvider : IMqttClientCertificatesProvider
+    {
+        readonly X509Certificate2Collection _certificates;
+
+        public DefaultMqttCertificatesProvider(X509Certificate2Collection certificates)
+        {
+            _certificates = certificates;
+        }
+
+        public DefaultMqttCertificatesProvider(IEnumerable<X509Certificate> certificates)
+        {
+            if (certificates != null)
+            {
+                _certificates = new X509Certificate2Collection();
+                foreach (var certificate in certificates)
+                {
+                    _certificates.Add(certificate);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        public X509CertificateCollection GetCertificates()
+        {
+            return _certificates;
+        }
+    }
+}

Source/MQTTnet/Client/Options/IMqttClientCertificatesProvider.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+namespace MQTTnet.Client
+{
+    public interface IMqttClientCertificatesProvider
+    {
+        System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509CertificateCollection GetCertificates();
+    }
+}

Source/MQTTnet/Client/Options/MqttClientCertificateValidationEventArgs.cs

@@ -14,8 +14,14 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
 
         public X509Chain Chain { get; set; }
 
-        public SslPolicyErrors SslPolicyErrors { get; set; }
-
         public IMqttClientChannelOptions ClientOptions { get; set; }
+#if NET452 || NET461 || NET48
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Can be a host string name or an object derived from WebRequest.
+        /// </summary>
+        public object Sender { get; set; }
+#endif
+
+        public SslPolicyErrors SslPolicyErrors { get; set; }
     }
-}
+}

Source/MQTTnet/Client/Options/MqttClientOptionsBuilder.cs

@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
+#pragma warning disable CS0612 // Type or member is obsolete
+
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Net;
 using System.Text;
 using MQTTnet.Formatter;
 using MQTTnet.Packets;
@@ -15,10 +18,16 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
     public sealed class MqttClientOptionsBuilder
     {
         readonly MqttClientOptions _options = new MqttClientOptions();
-        MqttClientWebSocketProxyOptions _proxyOptions;
+
+        [Obsolete] MqttClientWebSocketProxyOptions _proxyOptions;
 
         MqttClientTcpOptions _tcpOptions;
-        MqttClientOptionsBuilderTlsParameters _tlsParameters;
+        MqttClientTlsOptions _tlsOptions;
+        EndPoint _remoteEndPoint;
+        int? _port;
+        
+        [Obsolete] MqttClientOptionsBuilderTlsParameters _tlsParameters;
+
         MqttClientWebSocketOptions _webSocketOptions;
 
         public MqttClientOptions Build()
@@ -28,11 +37,17 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
                 throw new InvalidOperationException("A channel must be set.");
             }
 
+            // The user can specify the TCP options with already configured TLS options
+            // or start with TLS settings not knowing which transport will be used (depending
+            // on the order of called methods from the builder).
+            // The builder prefers the explicitly set TLS options!
+            var tlsOptions = _tlsOptions ?? _tcpOptions?.TlsOptions;
+
             if (_tlsParameters != null)
             {
                 if (_tlsParameters?.UseTls == true)
                 {
-                    var tlsOptions = new MqttClientTlsOptions
+                    tlsOptions = new MqttClientTlsOptions
                     {
                         UseTls = true,
                         SslProtocol = _tlsParameters.SslProtocol,
@@ -40,26 +55,46 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
                         CertificateValidationHandler = _tlsParameters.CertificateValidationHandler,
                         IgnoreCertificateChainErrors = _tlsParameters.IgnoreCertificateChainErrors,
                         IgnoreCertificateRevocationErrors = _tlsParameters.IgnoreCertificateRevocationErrors,
-#if WINDOWS_UWP
-                        Certificates = _tlsParameters.Certificates?.Select(c => c.ToArray()).ToList(),
-#else
-                        Certificates = _tlsParameters.Certificates?.ToList(),
-#endif
-
+                        ClientCertificatesProvider = _tlsParameters.CertificatesProvider,
 #if NETCOREAPP3_1_OR_GREATER
                         ApplicationProtocols = _tlsParameters.ApplicationProtocols,
 #endif
                     };
+                }
+            }
 
-                    if (_tcpOptions != null)
+            if (_tcpOptions != null)
+            {
+                _tcpOptions.TlsOptions = tlsOptions;
+
+                if (_remoteEndPoint == null)
+                {
+                    throw new ArgumentException("No endpoint is set.");
+                }
+
+                if (_remoteEndPoint is DnsEndPoint dns)
+                {
+                    if (dns.Port == 0)
                     {
-                        _tcpOptions.TlsOptions = tlsOptions;
-                    }
-                    else if (_webSocketOptions != null)
-                    {
-                        _webSocketOptions.TlsOptions = tlsOptions;
+                        if (_port.HasValue)
+                        {
+                            _remoteEndPoint = new DnsEndPoint(dns.Host, _port.Value);
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            _remoteEndPoint = new DnsEndPoint(dns.Host, tlsOptions?.UseTls == false ? MqttPorts.Default : MqttPorts.Secure);
+                        }
                     }
                 }
+
+                if (_tcpOptions.RemoteEndpoint == null)
+                {
+                    _tcpOptions.RemoteEndpoint = _remoteEndPoint;    
+                }
+            }
+            else if (_webSocketOptions != null)
+            {
+                _webSocketOptions.TlsOptions = tlsOptions;
             }
 
             if (_proxyOptions != null)
@@ -78,17 +113,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
 
             return _options;
         }
-        
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The client will not throw an exception when the MQTT server responses with a non success ACK packet.
-        /// This will become the default behavior in future versions of the library.
-        /// </summary>
-        public MqttClientOptionsBuilder WithoutThrowOnNonSuccessfulConnectResponse()
-        {
-            _options.ThrowOnNonSuccessfulConnectResponse = false;
-            return this;
-        }
-        
+
         public MqttClientOptionsBuilder WithAuthentication(string method, byte[] data)
         {
             _options.AuthenticationMethod = method;
@@ -120,6 +145,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
             return this;
         }
 
+        [Obsolete("Use WithTcpServer(... configure) or WithWebSocketServer(... configure) instead.")]
         public MqttClientOptionsBuilder WithConnectionUri(Uri uri)
         {
             if (uri == null)
@@ -136,12 +162,16 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
                     break;
 
                 case "mqtts":
-                    WithTcpServer(uri.Host, port).WithTls();
+                    WithTcpServer(uri.Host, port)
+                        .WithTlsOptions(
+                            o =>
+                            {
+                            });
                     break;
 
                 case "ws":
                 case "wss":
-                    WithWebSocketServer(uri.ToString());
+                    WithWebSocketServer(o => o.WithUri(uri.ToString()));
                     break;
 
                 default:
@@ -159,6 +189,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
             return this;
         }
 
+        [Obsolete("Use WithTcpServer(... configure) or WithWebSocketServer(... configure) instead.")]
         public MqttClientOptionsBuilder WithConnectionUri(string uri)
         {
             return WithConnectionUri(new Uri(uri, UriKind.Absolute));
@@ -222,6 +253,16 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
             return this;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     The client will not throw an exception when the MQTT server responses with a non success ACK packet.
+        ///     This will become the default behavior in future versions of the library.
+        /// </summary>
+        public MqttClientOptionsBuilder WithoutThrowOnNonSuccessfulConnectResponse()
+        {
+            _options.ThrowOnNonSuccessfulConnectResponse = false;
+            return this;
+        }
+
         public MqttClientOptionsBuilder WithProtocolVersion(MqttProtocolVersion value)
         {
             if (value == MqttProtocolVersion.Unknown)
@@ -233,6 +274,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
             return this;
         }
 
+        [Obsolete("Use WithWebSocketServer(... configure) instead.")]
         public MqttClientOptionsBuilder WithProxy(
             string address,
             string username = null,
@@ -254,6 +296,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
             return this;
         }
 
+        [Obsolete("Use WithWebSocketServer(... configure) instead.")]
         public MqttClientOptionsBuilder WithProxy(Action<MqttClientWebSocketProxyOptions> optionsBuilder)
         {
             if (optionsBuilder == null)
@@ -292,11 +335,20 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
 
         public MqttClientOptionsBuilder WithTcpServer(string server, int? port = null)
         {
-            _tcpOptions = new MqttClientTcpOptions
-            {
-                Server = server,
-                Port = port
-            };
+            _tcpOptions = new MqttClientTcpOptions();
+
+            // The value 0 will be updated when building the options.
+            // This a backward compatibility feature.
+            _remoteEndPoint = new DnsEndPoint(server, port ?? 0);
+            _port = port;
+
+            return this;
+        }
+        
+        public MqttClientOptionsBuilder WithEndPoint(EndPoint endPoint)
+        {
+            _remoteEndPoint = endPoint ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(endPoint));
+            _tcpOptions = new MqttClientTcpOptions();
 
             return this;
         }
@@ -324,17 +376,20 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
             return this;
         }
 
+        [Obsolete("Use WithTlsOptions(... configure) instead.")]
         public MqttClientOptionsBuilder WithTls(MqttClientOptionsBuilderTlsParameters parameters)
         {
             _tlsParameters = parameters;
             return this;
         }
 
+        [Obsolete("Use WithTlsOptions(... configure) instead.")]
         public MqttClientOptionsBuilder WithTls()
         {
             return WithTls(new MqttClientOptionsBuilderTlsParameters { UseTls = true });
         }
 
+        [Obsolete("Use WithTlsOptions(... configure) instead.")]
         public MqttClientOptionsBuilder WithTls(Action<MqttClientOptionsBuilderTlsParameters> optionsBuilder)
         {
             if (optionsBuilder == null)
@@ -351,6 +406,26 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
             return this;
         }
 
+        public MqttClientOptionsBuilder WithTlsOptions(MqttClientTlsOptions tlsOptions)
+        {
+            _tlsOptions = tlsOptions;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public MqttClientOptionsBuilder WithTlsOptions(Action<MqttClientTlsOptionsBuilder> configure)
+        {
+            if (configure == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(configure));
+            }
+
+            var builder = new MqttClientTlsOptionsBuilder();
+            configure.Invoke(builder);
+
+            _tlsOptions = builder.Build();
+            return this;
+        }
+
         public MqttClientOptionsBuilder WithTopicAliasMaximum(ushort topicAliasMaximum)
         {
             _options.TopicAliasMaximum = topicAliasMaximum;
@@ -382,6 +457,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
             return this;
         }
 
+        [Obsolete("Use WithWebSocketServer(... configure) instead.")]
         public MqttClientOptionsBuilder WithWebSocketServer(string uri, MqttClientOptionsBuilderWebSocketParameters parameters = null)
         {
             _webSocketOptions = new MqttClientWebSocketOptions
@@ -394,6 +470,21 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
             return this;
         }
 
+        public MqttClientOptionsBuilder WithWebSocketServer(Action<MqttClientWebSocketOptionsBuilder> configure)
+        {
+            if (configure == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(configure));
+            }
+
+            var webSocketOptionsBuilder = new MqttClientWebSocketOptionsBuilder();
+            configure.Invoke(webSocketOptionsBuilder);
+
+            _webSocketOptions = webSocketOptionsBuilder.Build();
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        [Obsolete("Use WithWebSocketServer(... configure) instead.")]
         public MqttClientOptionsBuilder WithWebSocketServer(Action<MqttClientWebSocketOptions> optionsBuilder)
         {
             if (optionsBuilder == null)
@@ -425,6 +516,12 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
             return this;
         }
 
+        public MqttClientOptionsBuilder WithWillMessageExpiryInterval(uint willMessageExpiryInterval)
+        {
+            _options.WillMessageExpiryInterval = willMessageExpiryInterval;
+            return this;
+        }
+
         public MqttClientOptionsBuilder WithWillPayload(byte[] willPayload)
         {
             _options.WillPayload = willPayload;

Source/MQTTnet/Client/Options/MqttClientOptionsBuilderTlsParameters.cs

@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Security.Authentication;
-using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
 
 namespace MQTTnet.Client
 {
+    [Obsolete("Use methods from MqttClientOptionsBuilder instead.")]
     public sealed class MqttClientOptionsBuilderTlsParameters
     {
+        IEnumerable<System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate> _obsoleteCertificates;
+
         public bool UseTls { get; set; }
 
         public Func<MqttClientCertificateValidationEventArgs, bool> CertificateValidationHandler { get; set; }
@@ -24,7 +26,24 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
 #if WINDOWS_UWP
         public IEnumerable<IEnumerable<byte>> Certificates { get; set; }
 #else
-        public IEnumerable<X509Certificate> Certificates { get; set; }
+        [Obsolete("Use CertificatesProvider instead.")]
+        public IEnumerable<System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate> Certificates
+        {
+            get => _obsoleteCertificates;
+            set
+            {
+                _obsoleteCertificates = value;
+
+                if (value == null)
+                {
+                    CertificatesProvider = null;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    CertificatesProvider = new DefaultMqttCertificatesProvider(value);
+                }
+            }
+        }
 #endif
 
 #if NETCOREAPP3_1_OR_GREATER
@@ -36,5 +55,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
         public bool IgnoreCertificateChainErrors { get; set; }
 
         public bool IgnoreCertificateRevocationErrors { get; set; }
+
+        public IMqttClientCertificatesProvider CertificatesProvider { get; set; }
     }
 }

Source/MQTTnet/Client/Options/MqttClientOptionsBuilderWebSocketParameters.cs

@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Net;
 
 namespace MQTTnet.Client
 {
+    [Obsolete("Use dedicated methods in MqttClientOptionsBuilder.")]
     public class MqttClientOptionsBuilderWebSocketParameters
     {
         public IDictionary<string, string> RequestHeaders { get; set; }

Source/MQTTnet/Client/Options/MqttClientTcpOptions.cs

@@ -11,34 +11,32 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
     {
         public AddressFamily AddressFamily { get; set; } = AddressFamily.Unspecified;
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the local endpoint (network card) which is used by the client.
-        /// Set it to _null_ to let the OS select the network card.
-        /// </summary>
-        public EndPoint LocalEndpoint { get; set; }
-        
         public int BufferSize { get; set; } = 8192;
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets whether the underlying socket should run in dual mode.
-        /// Leaving this _null_ will avoid setting this value at socket level.
-        /// Setting this a value other than _null_ will throw an exception when only IPv4 is supported on the machine.
+        ///     Gets or sets whether the underlying socket should run in dual mode.
+        ///     Leaving this _null_ will avoid setting this value at socket level.
+        ///     Setting this a value other than _null_ will throw an exception when only IPv4 is supported on the machine.
         /// </summary>
         public bool? DualMode { get; set; }
 
         public LingerOption LingerState { get; set; } = new LingerOption(true, 0);
 
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Gets the local endpoint (network card) which is used by the client.
+        ///     Set it to _null_ to let the OS select the network card.
+        /// </summary>
+        public EndPoint LocalEndpoint { get; set; }
+
         public bool NoDelay { get; set; } = true;
 
-        public int? Port { get; set; }
-        
-        public string Server { get; set; }
+        public EndPoint RemoteEndpoint { get; set; }
 
         public MqttClientTlsOptions TlsOptions { get; set; } = new MqttClientTlsOptions();
 
         public override string ToString()
         {
-            return Server + ":" + this.GetPort();
+            return RemoteEndpoint?.ToString() ?? string.Empty;
         }
     }
 }

Source/MQTTnet/Client/Options/MqttClientTcpOptionsExtensions.cs

@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
-// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
-// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
-
-using System;
-
-namespace MQTTnet.Client
-{
-    public static class MqttClientTcpOptionsExtensions
-    {
-        public static int GetPort(this MqttClientTcpOptions options)
-        {
-            if (options == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(options));
-
-            if (options.Port.HasValue)
-            {
-                return options.Port.Value;
-            }
-
-            return !options.TlsOptions.UseTls ? 1883 : 8883;
-        }
-    }
-}

Source/MQTTnet/Client/Options/MqttClientTlsOptions.cs

@@ -24,11 +24,13 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
 
         public X509RevocationMode RevocationMode { get; set; } = X509RevocationMode.Online;
 
-#if WINDOWS_UWP
-        public List<byte[]> Certificates { get; set; }
-#else
-        public List<X509Certificate> Certificates { get; set; }
-#endif
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Gets or sets the provider for certificates.
+        ///     This provider gets called whenever the client wants to connect
+        ///     with the server and requires certificates for authentication.
+        ///     The implementation may return different certificates each time.
+        /// </summary>
+        public IMqttClientCertificatesProvider ClientCertificatesProvider { get; set; }
 
 #if NETCOREAPP3_1_OR_GREATER
         public List<SslApplicationProtocol> ApplicationProtocols { get; set; }
@@ -48,8 +50,13 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
 
 #if NET48 || NETCOREAPP3_1_OR_GREATER
         public SslProtocols SslProtocol { get; set; } = SslProtocols.Tls12 | SslProtocols.Tls13;
+
 #else
         public SslProtocols SslProtocol { get; set; } = SslProtocols.Tls12 | (SslProtocols)0x00003000 /*Tls13*/;
 #endif
+
+#if NET7_0_OR_GREATER
+        public X509Certificate2Collection TrustChain { get; set; }
+#endif
     }
 }

Source/MQTTnet/Client/Options/MqttClientTlsOptionsBuilder.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Security.Authentication;
+using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
+#if NETCOREAPP3_1_OR_GREATER
+using System.Net.Security;
+#endif
+
+namespace MQTTnet.Client
+{
+    public sealed class MqttClientTlsOptionsBuilder
+    {
+        readonly MqttClientTlsOptions _tlsOptions = new MqttClientTlsOptions
+        {
+            // If someone used this builder the change is very very high that TLS
+            // should be actually used.
+            UseTls = true
+        };
+
+        public MqttClientTlsOptions Build()
+        {
+            return _tlsOptions;
+        }
+
+        public MqttClientTlsOptionsBuilder UseTls(bool useTls = true)
+        {
+            _tlsOptions.UseTls = useTls;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public MqttClientTlsOptionsBuilder WithAllowUntrustedCertificates(bool allowUntrustedCertificates = true)
+        {
+            _tlsOptions.AllowUntrustedCertificates = allowUntrustedCertificates;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public MqttClientTlsOptionsBuilder WithCertificateValidationHandler(Func<MqttClientCertificateValidationEventArgs, bool> certificateValidationHandler)
+        {
+            if (certificateValidationHandler == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(certificateValidationHandler));
+            }
+
+            _tlsOptions.CertificateValidationHandler = certificateValidationHandler;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public MqttClientTlsOptionsBuilder WithClientCertificates(IEnumerable<X509Certificate2> certificates)
+        {
+            if (certificates == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(certificates));
+            }
+
+            _tlsOptions.ClientCertificatesProvider = new DefaultMqttCertificatesProvider(certificates);
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public MqttClientTlsOptionsBuilder WithClientCertificates(X509Certificate2Collection certificates)
+        {
+            if (certificates == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(certificates));
+            }
+
+            _tlsOptions.ClientCertificatesProvider = new DefaultMqttCertificatesProvider(certificates);
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public MqttClientTlsOptionsBuilder WithClientCertificatesProvider(IMqttClientCertificatesProvider clientCertificatesProvider)
+        {
+            _tlsOptions.ClientCertificatesProvider = clientCertificatesProvider;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public MqttClientTlsOptionsBuilder WithIgnoreCertificateChainErrors(bool ignoreCertificateChainErrors = true)
+        {
+            _tlsOptions.IgnoreCertificateChainErrors = ignoreCertificateChainErrors;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public MqttClientTlsOptionsBuilder WithIgnoreCertificateRevocationErrors(bool ignoreCertificateRevocationErrors = true)
+        {
+            _tlsOptions.IgnoreCertificateRevocationErrors = ignoreCertificateRevocationErrors;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public MqttClientTlsOptionsBuilder WithRevocationMode(X509RevocationMode revocationMode)
+        {
+            _tlsOptions.RevocationMode = revocationMode;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public MqttClientTlsOptionsBuilder WithSslProtocols(SslProtocols sslProtocols)
+        {
+            _tlsOptions.SslProtocol = sslProtocols;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public MqttClientTlsOptionsBuilder WithTargetHost(string targetHost)
+        {
+            _tlsOptions.TargetHost = targetHost;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+#if NETCOREAPP3_1_OR_GREATER
+        public MqttClientTlsOptionsBuilder WithAllowRenegotiation(bool allowRenegotiation = true)
+        {
+            _tlsOptions.AllowRenegotiation = allowRenegotiation;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public MqttClientTlsOptionsBuilder WithApplicationProtocols(List<SslApplicationProtocol> applicationProtocols)
+        {
+            _tlsOptions.ApplicationProtocols = applicationProtocols;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public MqttClientTlsOptionsBuilder WithCipherSuitesPolicy(CipherSuitesPolicy cipherSuitePolicy)
+        {
+            _tlsOptions.CipherSuitesPolicy = cipherSuitePolicy;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public MqttClientTlsOptionsBuilder WithCipherSuitesPolicy(EncryptionPolicy encryptionPolicy)
+        {
+            _tlsOptions.EncryptionPolicy = encryptionPolicy;
+            return this;
+        }
+#endif
+
+#if NET7_0_OR_GREATER
+        public MqttClientTlsOptionsBuilder WithTrustChain(X509Certificate2Collection chain)
+        {
+            _tlsOptions.TrustChain = chain;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+#endif
+    }
+}

Source/MQTTnet/Client/Options/MqttClientWebSocketOptionsBuilder.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Net;
+
+namespace MQTTnet.Client
+{
+    public sealed class MqttClientWebSocketOptionsBuilder
+    {
+        readonly MqttClientWebSocketOptions _webSocketOptions = new MqttClientWebSocketOptions();
+
+        public MqttClientWebSocketOptions Build()
+        {
+            return _webSocketOptions;
+        }
+
+        public MqttClientWebSocketOptionsBuilder WithCookieContainer(CookieContainer cookieContainer)
+        {
+            _webSocketOptions.CookieContainer = cookieContainer;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public MqttClientWebSocketOptionsBuilder WithCookieContainer(ICredentials credentials)
+        {
+            _webSocketOptions.Credentials = credentials;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public MqttClientWebSocketOptionsBuilder WithProxyOptions(MqttClientWebSocketProxyOptions proxyOptions)
+        {
+            _webSocketOptions.ProxyOptions = proxyOptions;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public MqttClientWebSocketOptionsBuilder WithProxyOptions(Action<MqttClientWebSocketProxyOptionsBuilder> configure)
+        {
+            if (configure == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(configure));
+            }
+
+            var proxyOptionsBuilder = new MqttClientWebSocketProxyOptionsBuilder();
+            configure.Invoke(proxyOptionsBuilder);
+
+            _webSocketOptions.ProxyOptions = proxyOptionsBuilder.Build();
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public MqttClientWebSocketOptionsBuilder WithRequestHeaders(IDictionary<string, string> requestHeaders)
+        {
+            _webSocketOptions.RequestHeaders = requestHeaders;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public MqttClientWebSocketOptionsBuilder WithSubProtocols(ICollection<string> subProtocols)
+        {
+            _webSocketOptions.SubProtocols = subProtocols;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public MqttClientWebSocketOptionsBuilder WithUri(string uri)
+        {
+            _webSocketOptions.Uri = uri;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+#if !NETSTANDARD1_3
+        public MqttClientWebSocketOptionsBuilder WithKeepAliveInterval(TimeSpan keepAliveInterval)
+        {
+            _webSocketOptions.KeepAliveInterval = keepAliveInterval;
+            return this;
+        }
+#endif
+#if !WINDOWS_UWP && !NETSTANDARD1_3
+        public MqttClientWebSocketOptionsBuilder WithUseDefaultCredentials(bool useDefaultCredentials = true)
+        {
+            _webSocketOptions.UseDefaultCredentials = useDefaultCredentials;
+            return this;
+        }
+#endif
+    }
+}

Source/MQTTnet/Client/Options/MqttClientWebSocketProxyOptionsBuilder.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+
+namespace MQTTnet.Client
+{
+    public sealed class MqttClientWebSocketProxyOptionsBuilder
+    {
+        readonly MqttClientWebSocketProxyOptions _proxyOptions = new MqttClientWebSocketProxyOptions();
+
+        public MqttClientWebSocketProxyOptionsBuilder WithAddress(string address)
+        {
+            _proxyOptions.Address = address;
+            return this;
+        }
+        
+        public MqttClientWebSocketProxyOptionsBuilder WithUsername(string username)
+        {
+            _proxyOptions.Username = username;
+            return this;
+        }
+        
+        public MqttClientWebSocketProxyOptionsBuilder WithPassword(string password)
+        {
+            _proxyOptions.Password = password;
+            return this;
+        }
+        
+        public MqttClientWebSocketProxyOptionsBuilder WithDomain(string domain)
+        {
+            _proxyOptions.Domain = domain;
+            return this;
+        }
+        
+        public MqttClientWebSocketProxyOptionsBuilder WithBypassOnLocal(bool bypassOnLocal = true)
+        {
+            _proxyOptions.BypassOnLocal = bypassOnLocal;
+            return this;
+        }
+        
+        public MqttClientWebSocketProxyOptionsBuilder WithBypassList(string[] bypassList)
+        {
+            _proxyOptions.BypassList = bypassList;
+            return this;
+        }
+        
+        public MqttClientWebSocketProxyOptionsBuilder WithBypassList(IEnumerable<string> bypassList)
+        {
+            _proxyOptions.BypassList = bypassList?.ToArray();
+            return this;
+        }
+        
+        public MqttClientWebSocketProxyOptionsBuilder WithUseDefaultCredentials(bool useDefaultCredentials = true)
+        {
+            _proxyOptions.UseDefaultCredentials = useDefaultCredentials;
+            return this;
+        }
+        
+        public MqttClientWebSocketProxyOptions Build()
+        {
+            return _proxyOptions;
+        }
+    }
+}

Source/MQTTnet/Client/Receiving/MqttApplicationMessageReceivedEventArgs.cs

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Client
 
         internal MqttPublishPacket PublishPacket { get; set; }
 
-        public Task AcknowledgeAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+        public Task AcknowledgeAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             if (_acknowledgeHandler == null)
             {

Source/MQTTnet/Exceptions/MqttClientNotConnectedException.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+
+namespace MQTTnet.Exceptions
+{
+    public class MqttClientNotConnectedException : MqttCommunicationException
+    {
+        public MqttClientNotConnectedException() : base("The MQTT client is not connected.")
+        {
+        }
+
+        public MqttClientNotConnectedException(Exception innerException) : base("The MQTT client is not connected.", innerException)
+        {
+        }
+    }
+}

Source/MQTTnet/Formatter/MqttDisconnectPacketFactory.cs

@@ -5,45 +5,107 @@
 using MQTTnet.Client;
 using MQTTnet.Packets;
 using MQTTnet.Protocol;
+using MQTTnet.Server;
+using MQTTnet.Server.Disconnecting;
 
 namespace MQTTnet.Formatter
 {
     public sealed class MqttDisconnectPacketFactory
     {
-        readonly MqttDisconnectPacket _normalDisconnection = new MqttDisconnectPacket
+        static readonly MqttDisconnectPacket DefaultNormalDisconnection = new MqttDisconnectPacket
         {
-            ReasonCode = MqttDisconnectReasonCode.NormalDisconnection
+            ReasonCode = MqttDisconnectReasonCode.NormalDisconnection,
+            UserProperties = null,
+            ReasonString = null,
+            ServerReference = null,
+            SessionExpiryInterval = 0
+        };
+
+        static readonly MqttDisconnectPacket DefaultServerShuttingDown = new MqttDisconnectPacket
+        {
+            ReasonCode = MqttDisconnectReasonCode.ServerShuttingDown,
+            UserProperties = null,
+            ReasonString = null,
+            ServerReference = null,
+            SessionExpiryInterval = 0
+        };
+
+        static readonly MqttDisconnectPacket DefaultUnspecifiedError = new MqttDisconnectPacket
+        {
+            ReasonCode = MqttDisconnectReasonCode.UnspecifiedError,
+            UserProperties = null,
+            ReasonString = null,
+            ServerReference = null,
+            SessionExpiryInterval = 0
         };
 
         public MqttDisconnectPacket Create(MqttDisconnectReasonCode reasonCode)
         {
             if (reasonCode == MqttDisconnectReasonCode.NormalDisconnection)
             {
-                return _normalDisconnection;
+                return DefaultNormalDisconnection;
+            }
+
+            if (reasonCode == MqttDisconnectReasonCode.ServerShuttingDown)
+            {
+                return DefaultServerShuttingDown;
+            }
+
+            if (reasonCode == MqttDisconnectReasonCode.UnspecifiedError)
+            {
+                return DefaultUnspecifiedError;
             }
 
             return new MqttDisconnectPacket
             {
-                ReasonCode = reasonCode
+                ReasonCode = reasonCode,
+                UserProperties = null,
+                ReasonString = null,
+                ServerReference = null,
+                SessionExpiryInterval = 0
+            };
+        }
+
+        public MqttDisconnectPacket Create(MqttServerStopOptions serverStopOptions)
+        {
+            if (serverStopOptions == null)
+            {
+                return DefaultServerShuttingDown;
+            }
+
+            return Create(serverStopOptions.DefaultClientDisconnectOptions);
+        }
+
+        public MqttDisconnectPacket Create(MqttServerClientDisconnectOptions clientDisconnectOptions)
+        {
+            if (clientDisconnectOptions == null)
+            {
+                return DefaultNormalDisconnection;
+            }
+
+            return new MqttDisconnectPacket
+            {
+                ReasonCode = clientDisconnectOptions.ReasonCode,
+                UserProperties = clientDisconnectOptions.UserProperties,
+                ReasonString = clientDisconnectOptions.ReasonString,
+                ServerReference = clientDisconnectOptions.ServerReference,
+                SessionExpiryInterval = 0 // TODO: Not yet supported!
             };
         }
 
         public MqttDisconnectPacket Create(MqttClientDisconnectOptions clientDisconnectOptions)
         {
-            var packet = new MqttDisconnectPacket();
-
             if (clientDisconnectOptions == null)
             {
-                packet.ReasonCode = MqttDisconnectReasonCode.NormalDisconnection;
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                packet.ReasonCode = (MqttDisconnectReasonCode)clientDisconnectOptions.Reason;
-                packet.UserProperties = clientDisconnectOptions.UserProperties;
-                packet.SessionExpiryInterval = clientDisconnectOptions.SessionExpiryInterval;
+                return DefaultNormalDisconnection;
             }
 
-            return packet;
+            return new MqttDisconnectPacket
+            {
+                ReasonCode = (MqttDisconnectReasonCode)clientDisconnectOptions.Reason,
+                UserProperties = clientDisconnectOptions.UserProperties,
+                SessionExpiryInterval = clientDisconnectOptions.SessionExpiryInterval
+            };
         }
     }
 }

Source/MQTTnet/Formatter/V5/MqttV5PacketEncoder.cs

@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Formatter.V5
             _propertiesWriter.WriteReasonString(packet.ReasonString);
             _propertiesWriter.WriteUserProperties(packet.UserProperties);
 
-            if (_bufferWriter.Length > 0 || packet.ReasonCode != MqttPubAckReasonCode.Success)
+            if (_propertiesWriter.Length > 0 || packet.ReasonCode != MqttPubAckReasonCode.Success)
             {
                 _bufferWriter.WriteByte((byte)packet.ReasonCode);
                 _propertiesWriter.WriteTo(_bufferWriter);
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Formatter.V5
 
             _bufferWriter.WriteTwoByteInteger(packet.PacketIdentifier);
 
-            if (_bufferWriter.Length > 0 || packet.ReasonCode != MqttPubRecReasonCode.Success)
+            if (_propertiesWriter.Length > 0 || packet.ReasonCode != MqttPubRecReasonCode.Success)
             {
                 _bufferWriter.WriteByte((byte)packet.ReasonCode);
                 _propertiesWriter.WriteTo(_bufferWriter);
@@ -534,4 +534,4 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Formatter.V5
             }
         }
     }
-}
+}

Source/MQTTnet/Implementations/CrossPlatformSocket.cs

@@ -170,11 +170,16 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Implementations
             _socket.Bind(localEndPoint);
         }
 
-        public async Task ConnectAsync(string host, int port, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        public Task ConnectAsync(string host, int port, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
-            if (host is null)
+            return ConnectAsync(new DnsEndPoint(host, port), cancellationToken);
+        }
+
+        public async Task ConnectAsync(EndPoint endPoint, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            if (endPoint is null)
             {
-                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(host));
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(endPoint));
             }
 
             cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
@@ -191,15 +196,15 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Implementations
 #endif
 
 #if NET5_0_OR_GREATER
-                await _socket.ConnectAsync(host, port, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                await _socket.ConnectAsync(endPoint, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 #else
                 // Workaround for: https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/24430
                 using (cancellationToken.Register(_socketDisposeAction))
                 {
 #if NET452 || NET461
-                    await Task.Factory.FromAsync(_socket.BeginConnect, _socket.EndConnect, host, port, null).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    await Task.Factory.FromAsync(_socket.BeginConnect, _socket.EndConnect, endPoint, null).ConfigureAwait(false);
 #else
-                    await _socket.ConnectAsync(host, port).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    await _socket.ConnectAsync(endPoint).ConfigureAwait(false);
 #endif
                 }
 #endif
@@ -217,7 +222,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Implementations
                     throw new MqttCommunicationTimedOutException();
                 }
 
-                throw new MqttCommunicationException($"Error while connecting with host '{host}:{port}'.", socketException);
+                throw new MqttCommunicationException($"Error while connecting host '{endPoint}'.", socketException);
             }
             catch (ObjectDisposedException)
             {

Source/MQTTnet/Implementations/MqttTcpChannel.Uwp.cs

@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Runtime.InteropServices.WindowsRuntime;
 using System.Security.Authentication;
 using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
 using System.Threading;
@@ -18,6 +16,8 @@ using Windows.Security.Cryptography.Certificates;
 using MQTTnet.Channel;
 using MQTTnet.Client;
 using MQTTnet.Server;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices.WindowsRuntime;
+using System.Net;
 
 namespace MQTTnet.Implementations
 {
@@ -66,9 +66,22 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Implementations
                 _socket.Control.KeepAlive = true;
             }
 
+            string hostName;
+            string serviceName;
+
+            if (_options.RemoteEndpoint is DnsEndPoint dns)
+            {
+                hostName = dns.Host;
+                serviceName = dns.Port.ToString();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                throw new NotSupportedException("UWP only supports a DNS endpoint.");
+            }
+
             if (_options.TlsOptions?.UseTls != true)
             {
-                await _socket.ConnectAsync(new HostName(_options.Server), _options.GetPort().ToString()).AsTask().ConfigureAwait(false);
+                await _socket.ConnectAsync(new HostName(hostName), serviceName).AsTask().ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
             else
             {
@@ -89,7 +102,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Implementations
                     socketProtectionLevel = SocketProtectionLevel.Tls10;
                 }
 
-                await _socket.ConnectAsync(new HostName(_options.Server), _options.GetPort().ToString(), socketProtectionLevel).AsTask().ConfigureAwait(false);
+                await _socket.ConnectAsync(new HostName(hostName), serviceName, socketProtectionLevel).AsTask().ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
 
             Endpoint = _socket.Information.RemoteAddress + ":" + _socket.Information.RemotePort;
@@ -126,17 +139,19 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Implementations
 
         private static Certificate LoadCertificate(IMqttClientChannelOptions options)
         {
-            if (options.TlsOptions.Certificates == null || !options.TlsOptions.Certificates.Any())
+            var certificates = options.TlsOptions?.ClientCertificatesProvider?.GetCertificates();
+
+            if (certificates == null || certificates.Count == 0)
             {
                 return null;
             }
 
-            if (options.TlsOptions.Certificates.Count > 1)
+            if (certificates.Count > 1)
             {
                 throw new NotSupportedException("Only one client certificate is supported when using 'uap10.0'.");
             }
 
-            return new Certificate(options.TlsOptions.Certificates.First().AsBuffer());
+            return new Certificate(certificates[0].Export(X509ContentType.Cert).AsBuffer());
         }
 
         private IEnumerable<ChainValidationResult> ResolveIgnorableServerCertificateErrors()

Source/MQTTnet/Implementations/MqttTcpChannel.cs

@@ -3,17 +3,18 @@
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
 #if !WINDOWS_UWP
-using MQTTnet.Channel;
-using MQTTnet.Client;
-using MQTTnet.Exceptions;
 using System;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Net;
 using System.Net.Security;
 using System.Net.Sockets;
 using System.Runtime.ExceptionServices;
 using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using MQTTnet.Channel;
+using MQTTnet.Client;
+using MQTTnet.Exceptions;
 using MQTTnet.Internal;
 
 namespace MQTTnet.Implementations
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Implementations
                 {
                     socket.Bind(_tcpOptions.LocalEndpoint);
                 }
-                
+
                 socket.ReceiveBufferSize = _tcpOptions.BufferSize;
                 socket.SendBufferSize = _tcpOptions.BufferSize;
                 socket.SendTimeout = (int)_clientOptions.Timeout.TotalMilliseconds;
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Implementations
                     socket.DualMode = _tcpOptions.DualMode.Value;
                 }
 
-                await socket.ConnectAsync(_tcpOptions.Server, _tcpOptions.GetPort(), cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                await socket.ConnectAsync(_tcpOptions.RemoteEndpoint, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
                 cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
 
@@ -103,9 +104,11 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Implementations
                     var targetHost = _tcpOptions.TlsOptions.TargetHost;
                     if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(targetHost))
                     {
-                        targetHost = _tcpOptions.Server;
+                        if (_tcpOptions.RemoteEndpoint is DnsEndPoint dns)
+                        {
+                            targetHost = dns.Host;    
+                        }
                     }
-                    
                     var sslStream = new SslStream(networkStream, false, InternalUserCertificateValidationCallback);
                     try
                     {
@@ -115,14 +118,31 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Implementations
                             ApplicationProtocols = _tcpOptions.TlsOptions.ApplicationProtocols,
                             ClientCertificates = LoadCertificates(),
                             EnabledSslProtocols = _tcpOptions.TlsOptions.SslProtocol,
-                            CertificateRevocationCheckMode =
- _tcpOptions.TlsOptions.IgnoreCertificateRevocationErrors ? X509RevocationMode.NoCheck : _tcpOptions.TlsOptions.RevocationMode,
+                            CertificateRevocationCheckMode = _tcpOptions.TlsOptions.IgnoreCertificateRevocationErrors
+                                ? X509RevocationMode.NoCheck
+                                : _tcpOptions.TlsOptions.RevocationMode,
                             TargetHost = targetHost,
                             CipherSuitesPolicy = _tcpOptions.TlsOptions.CipherSuitesPolicy,
                             EncryptionPolicy = _tcpOptions.TlsOptions.EncryptionPolicy,
                             AllowRenegotiation = _tcpOptions.TlsOptions.AllowRenegotiation
                         };
 
+#if NET7_0_OR_GREATER
+                        if (_tcpOptions.TlsOptions.TrustChain?.Count > 0)
+                        {
+                            sslOptions.CertificateChainPolicy = new X509ChainPolicy
+                            {
+                                TrustMode = X509ChainTrustMode.CustomRootTrust,
+                                VerificationFlags = X509VerificationFlags.IgnoreEndRevocationUnknown,
+                                RevocationMode = _tcpOptions.TlsOptions.IgnoreCertificateRevocationErrors
+                                    ? X509RevocationMode.NoCheck
+                                    : _tcpOptions.TlsOptions.RevocationMode
+                            };
+
+                            sslOptions.CertificateChainPolicy.CustomTrustStore.AddRange(_tcpOptions.TlsOptions.TrustChain);
+                        }
+#endif
+
                         await sslStream.AuthenticateAsClientAsync(sslOptions, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 #else
                         await sslStream.AuthenticateAsClientAsync(
@@ -298,18 +318,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Implementations
 
         X509CertificateCollection LoadCertificates()
         {
-            if (_tcpOptions.TlsOptions.Certificates == null)
-            {
-                return null;
-            }
-
-            var certificates = new X509CertificateCollection();
-            foreach (var certificate in _tcpOptions.TlsOptions.Certificates)
-            {
-                certificates.Add(certificate);
-            }
-
-            return certificates;
+            return _tcpOptions.TlsOptions.ClientCertificatesProvider?.GetCertificates();
         }
     }
 }

Source/MQTTnet/Implementations/MqttWebSocketChannel.cs

@@ -46,13 +46,13 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Implementations
             var uri = _options.Uri;
             if (!uri.StartsWith("ws://", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) && !uri.StartsWith("wss://", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
-                if (_options.TlsOptions?.UseTls == false)
+                if (_options.TlsOptions?.UseTls == true)
                 {
-                    uri = "ws://" + uri;
+                    uri = "wss://" + uri;
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    uri = "wss://" + uri;
+                    uri = "ws://" + uri;
                 }
             }
 
@@ -206,16 +206,12 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Implementations
                 clientWebSocket.Options.Cookies = _options.CookieContainer;
             }
 
-            if (_options.TlsOptions?.UseTls == true && _options.TlsOptions?.Certificates != null)
+            if (_options.TlsOptions?.UseTls == true)
             {
-                clientWebSocket.Options.ClientCertificates = new X509CertificateCollection();
-                foreach (var certificate in _options.TlsOptions.Certificates)
+                var certificates = _options.TlsOptions?.ClientCertificatesProvider?.GetCertificates();
+                if (certificates?.Count > 0)
                 {
-#if WINDOWS_UWP
-                    clientWebSocket.Options.ClientCertificates.Add(new X509Certificate(certificate));
-#else
-                    clientWebSocket.Options.ClientCertificates.Add(certificate);
-#endif
+                    clientWebSocket.Options.ClientCertificates = certificates;
                 }
             }
 
@@ -248,12 +244,20 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Implementations
                 throw new NotSupportedException("Remote certificate validation callback is not supported when using 'netstandard2.0'.");
 #elif WINDOWS_UWP
                 throw new NotSupportedException("Remote certificate validation callback is not supported when using 'uap10.0'.");
-#elif NET452
-                throw new NotSupportedException("Remote certificate validation callback is not supported when using 'net452'.");
-#elif NET461
-                throw new NotSupportedException("Remote certificate validation callback is not supported when using 'net461'.");
-#elif NET48
-                throw new NotSupportedException("Remote certificate validation callback is not supported when using 'net48'.");
+#elif NET452 || NET461 || NET48
+                ServicePointManager.ServerCertificateValidationCallback += (sender, certificate, chain, sslPolicyErrors) => 
+                {
+                    var context = new MqttClientCertificateValidationEventArgs
+                    {
+                        Sender = sender,
+                        Certificate = certificate,
+                        Chain = chain,
+                        SslPolicyErrors = sslPolicyErrors,
+                        ClientOptions = _options
+                    };
+
+                    return certificateValidationHandler(context);
+                };
 #else
                 clientWebSocket.Options.RemoteCertificateValidationCallback = (sender, certificate, chain, sslPolicyErrors) =>
                 {
@@ -272,4 +276,4 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Implementations
             }
         }
     }
-}
+}

Source/MQTTnet/Internal/MqttPacketBus.cs

@@ -104,17 +104,22 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Internal
             _signal.Dispose();
         }
 
-        public void DropFirstItem(MqttPacketBusPartition partition)
+        public MqttPacketBusItem DropFirstItem(MqttPacketBusPartition partition)
         {
             lock (_syncRoot)
             {
                 var partitionInstance = _partitions[(int)partition];
 
-                if (partitionInstance.Any())
+                if (partitionInstance.Count > 0)
                 {
+                    var firstItem = partitionInstance.First.Value;
                     partitionInstance.RemoveFirst();
+
+                    return firstItem;
                 }
             }
+
+            return null;
         }
 
         public void EnqueueItem(MqttPacketBusItem item, MqttPacketBusPartition partition)

Source/MQTTnet/LowLevelClient/LowLevelMqttClient.cs

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ namespace MQTTnet.LowLevelClient
         readonly IMqttClientAdapterFactory _clientAdapterFactory;
         readonly AsyncEvent<InspectMqttPacketEventArgs> _inspectPacketEvent = new AsyncEvent<InspectMqttPacketEventArgs>();
         readonly MqttNetSourceLogger _logger;
-
         readonly IMqttNetLogger _rootLogger;
 
         IMqttChannelAdapter _adapter;

Source/MQTTnet/MQTTnet.csproj

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
         <Description>MQTTnet is a high performance .NET library for MQTT based communication. It provides a MQTT client and a MQTT server (broker) and supports v3.1.0, v3.1.1 and v5.0.0 of the MQTT protocol.</Description>
         <Authors>The contributors of MQTTnet</Authors>
         <PackageId>MQTTnet</PackageId>
+        <PackageReadmeFile>README.md</PackageReadmeFile>
         <DelaySign>false</DelaySign>
         <SignAssembly>false</SignAssembly>
         <PublishRepositoryUrl>true</PublishRepositoryUrl>
@@ -69,10 +70,8 @@
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-        <None Include="..\..\Images\nuget.png">
-            <Pack>True</Pack>
-            <PackagePath>\</PackagePath>
-        </None>
+        <None Include="..\..\Images\nuget.png" Pack="True" PackagePath="\" />
+        <None Include="..\..\README.md" Pack="true" PackagePath="\" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>

Source/MQTTnet/MQTTnet.csproj.DotSettings

@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@
 	<s:Boolean x:Key="/Default/CodeInspection/NamespaceProvider/NamespaceFoldersToSkip/=server_005Cmanagement/@EntryIndexedValue">True</s:Boolean>
 	<s:Boolean x:Key="/Default/CodeInspection/NamespaceProvider/NamespaceFoldersToSkip/=server_005Coptions/@EntryIndexedValue">True</s:Boolean>
 	<s:Boolean x:Key="/Default/CodeInspection/NamespaceProvider/NamespaceFoldersToSkip/=server_005Cstatus/@EntryIndexedValue">True</s:Boolean>
+	<s:Boolean x:Key="/Default/CodeInspection/NamespaceProvider/NamespaceFoldersToSkip/=server_005Cstopping/@EntryIndexedValue">True</s:Boolean>
 	<s:Boolean x:Key="/Default/CodeInspection/NamespaceProvider/NamespaceFoldersToSkip/=server_005Cstorage/@EntryIndexedValue">True</s:Boolean></wpf:ResourceDictionary>

Source/MQTTnet/MqttFactory.cs

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ using MQTTnet.Diagnostics;
 using MQTTnet.Implementations;
 using MQTTnet.LowLevelClient;
 using MQTTnet.Server;
+using MQTTnet.Server.Disconnecting;
 using MqttClient = MQTTnet.Client.MqttClient;
 
 namespace MQTTnet
@@ -175,6 +176,16 @@ namespace MQTTnet
             return new MqttServer(options, serverAdapters, DefaultLogger);
         }
 
+        public MqttServerClientDisconnectOptionsBuilder CreateMqttServerClientDisconnectOptionsBuilder()
+        {
+            return new MqttServerClientDisconnectOptionsBuilder();
+        }
+
+        public MqttServerStopOptionsBuilder CreateMqttServerStopOptionsBuilder()
+        {
+            return new MqttServerStopOptionsBuilder();
+        }
+
         public MqttServerOptionsBuilder CreateServerOptionsBuilder()
         {
             return new MqttServerOptionsBuilder();

Source/MQTTnet/Protocol/MqttPorts.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+namespace MQTTnet.Protocol
+{
+    public static class MqttPorts
+    {
+        public const int Default = 1883;
+
+        public const int Secure = 8883;
+    }
+}

Source/MQTTnet/Server/Disconnecting/MqttServerClientDisconnectOptions.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using MQTTnet.Packets;
+using MQTTnet.Protocol;
+
+namespace MQTTnet.Server.Disconnecting
+{
+    public sealed class MqttServerClientDisconnectOptions
+    {
+        public MqttDisconnectReasonCode ReasonCode { get; set; } = MqttDisconnectReasonCode.NormalDisconnection;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     The reason string is sent to every client via a DISCONNECT packet.
+        ///     <remarks>MQTT 5.0.0+ feature.</remarks>
+        /// </summary>
+        public string ReasonString { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     The server reference is sent to every client via a DISCONNECT packet.
+        ///     <remarks>MQTT 5.0.0+ feature.</remarks>
+        /// </summary>
+        public string ServerReference { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     These user properties are sent to every client via a DISCONNECT packet.
+        ///     <remarks>MQTT 5.0.0+ feature.</remarks>
+        /// </summary>
+        public List<MqttUserProperty> UserProperties { get; set; }
+    }
+}

Source/MQTTnet/Server/Disconnecting/MqttServerClientDisconnectOptionsBuilder.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using MQTTnet.Packets;
+using MQTTnet.Protocol;
+
+namespace MQTTnet.Server.Disconnecting
+{
+    public sealed class MqttServerClientDisconnectOptionsBuilder
+    {
+        readonly MqttServerClientDisconnectOptions _options = new MqttServerClientDisconnectOptions();
+
+        public MqttServerClientDisconnectOptions Build()
+        {
+            return _options;
+        }
+
+        public MqttServerClientDisconnectOptionsBuilder WithReasonCode(MqttDisconnectReasonCode value)
+        {
+            _options.ReasonCode = value;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public MqttServerClientDisconnectOptionsBuilder WithReasonString(string value)
+        {
+            _options.ReasonString = value;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public MqttServerClientDisconnectOptionsBuilder WithServerReference(string value)
+        {
+            _options.ServerReference = value;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public MqttServerClientDisconnectOptionsBuilder WithUserProperties(List<MqttUserProperty> value)
+        {
+            _options.UserProperties = value;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public MqttServerClientDisconnectOptionsBuilder WithUserProperty(string name, string value)
+        {
+            if (_options.UserProperties == null)
+            {
+                _options.UserProperties = new List<MqttUserProperty>();
+            }
+
+            _options.UserProperties.Add(new MqttUserProperty(name, value));
+            return this;
+        }
+    }
+}

Source/MQTTnet/Server/Events/ApplicationMessageEnqueuedEventArgs.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+
+namespace MQTTnet.Server
+{
+    public sealed class ApplicationMessageEnqueuedEventArgs : EventArgs
+    {
+        public ApplicationMessageEnqueuedEventArgs(string senderClientId, string receiverClientId, MqttApplicationMessage applicationMessage, bool isDropped)
+        {
+            SenderClientId = senderClientId ?? throw new ArgumentNullException( nameof(senderClientId));
+            ReceiverClientId = receiverClientId ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(receiverClientId));
+            ApplicationMessage = applicationMessage ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(applicationMessage));
+            IsDropped = isDropped;
+        }
+
+        public string SenderClientId { get; }
+
+        public string ReceiverClientId { get; }
+
+        public bool IsDropped { get; }
+
+        public MqttApplicationMessage ApplicationMessage { get; }
+    }
+}

Source/MQTTnet/Server/Events/QueueMessageOverwrittenEventArgs.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using MQTTnet.Packets;
+
+namespace MQTTnet.Server
+{
+    public sealed class QueueMessageOverwrittenEventArgs : EventArgs
+    {
+        public QueueMessageOverwrittenEventArgs(string receiverClientId, MqttPacket packet)
+        {
+            ReceiverClientId = receiverClientId ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(receiverClientId));
+            Packet = packet ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(packet));
+        }
+
+        public MqttPacket Packet { get; }
+
+        public string ReceiverClientId { get; }
+    }
+}

Source/MQTTnet/Server/Internal/EnqueueDataPacketResult.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+namespace MQTTnet.Server
+{
+    public enum EnqueueDataPacketResult
+    {
+        Enqueued,
+        Dropped
+    }
+}

Source/MQTTnet/Server/Internal/MqttClient.cs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using MQTTnet.Adapter;
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ using MQTTnet.Formatter;
 using MQTTnet.Internal;
 using MQTTnet.Packets;
 using MQTTnet.Protocol;
+using MQTTnet.Server.Disconnecting;
 
 namespace MQTTnet.Server
 {
@@ -95,15 +97,16 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
             {
                 var cancellationToken = _cancellationToken.Token;
                 IsRunning = true;
-                
-                _ = Task.Factory.StartNew(() => SendPacketsLoop(cancellationToken), cancellationToken, TaskCreationOptions.PreferFairness, TaskScheduler.Default).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+                _ = Task.Factory.StartNew(() => SendPacketsLoop(cancellationToken), cancellationToken, TaskCreationOptions.PreferFairness, TaskScheduler.Default)
+                    .ConfigureAwait(false);
 
                 await ReceivePackagesLoop(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
             finally
             {
                 IsRunning = false;
-                
+
                 Session.DisconnectedTimestamp = DateTime.UtcNow;
 
                 _cancellationToken?.TryCancel();
@@ -141,7 +144,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
             Statistics.HandleSentPacket(packet);
         }
 
-        public async Task StopAsync(MqttDisconnectReasonCode reason)
+        public async Task StopAsync(MqttServerClientDisconnectOptions disconnectOptions)
         {
             IsRunning = false;
 
@@ -150,16 +153,20 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
                 // Sending DISCONNECT packets from the server to the client is only supported when using MQTTv5+.
                 if (ChannelAdapter.PacketFormatterAdapter.ProtocolVersion == MqttProtocolVersion.V500)
                 {
-                    // The Client or Server MAY send a DISCONNECT packet before closing the Network Connection.
-                    // This library does not sent a DISCONNECT packet for a normal disconnection. Maybe adding
-                    // a configuration option is requested in the future.
-                    if (reason != MqttDisconnectReasonCode.NormalDisconnection)
+                    // From RFC: The Client or Server MAY send a DISCONNECT packet before closing the Network Connection.
+                    // This library does not sent a DISCONNECT packet for a normal disconnection.
+                    // TODO: Maybe adding a configuration option is requested in the future.
+                    if (disconnectOptions != null)
                     {
-                        // Is is very important to send the DISCONNECT packet here BEFORE cancelling the
-                        // token because the entire connection is closed (disposed) as soon as the cancellation
-                        // token is cancelled. To there is no chance that the DISCONNECT packet will ever arrive
-                        // at the client!
-                        await TrySendDisconnectPacket(reason).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                        if (disconnectOptions.ReasonCode != MqttDisconnectReasonCode.NormalDisconnection || disconnectOptions.UserProperties?.Any() == true ||
+                            !string.IsNullOrEmpty(disconnectOptions.ReasonString) || !string.IsNullOrEmpty(disconnectOptions.ServerReference))
+                        {
+                            // Is is very important to send the DISCONNECT packet here BEFORE cancelling the
+                            // token because the entire connection is closed (disposed) as soon as the cancellation
+                            // token is cancelled. To there is no chance that the DISCONNECT packet will ever arrive
+                            // at the client!
+                            await TrySendDisconnectPacket(disconnectOptions).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -219,7 +226,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
 
             if (dispatchApplicationMessageResult.CloseConnection)
             {
-                await StopAsync(MqttDisconnectReasonCode.UnspecifiedError);
+                await StopAsync(new MqttServerClientDisconnectOptions { ReasonCode = MqttDisconnectReasonCode.UnspecifiedError });
                 return;
             }
 
@@ -550,14 +557,14 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
             _cancellationToken?.TryCancel();
         }
 
-        async Task TrySendDisconnectPacket(MqttDisconnectReasonCode reasonCode)
+        async Task TrySendDisconnectPacket(MqttServerClientDisconnectOptions options)
         {
             try
             {
                 // This also indicates that it was tried at least!
                 _disconnectPacketSent = true;
 
-                var disconnectPacket = MqttPacketFactories.Disconnect.Create(reasonCode);
+                var disconnectPacket = MqttPacketFactories.Disconnect.Create(options);
 
                 using (var timeout = new CancellationTokenSource(_serverOptions.DefaultCommunicationTimeout))
                 {
@@ -566,7 +573,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
             }
             catch (Exception exception)
             {
-                _logger.Warning(exception, "Client '{0}': Error while sending DISCONNECT packet (ReasonCode = {1})", Id, reasonCode);
+                _logger.Warning(exception, "Client '{0}': Error while sending DISCONNECT packet (ReasonCode = {1})", Id, options.ReasonCode);
             }
         }
     }

Source/MQTTnet/Server/Internal/MqttClientSessionsManager.cs

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ using MQTTnet.Formatter;
 using MQTTnet.Internal;
 using MQTTnet.Packets;
 using MQTTnet.Protocol;
+using MQTTnet.Server.Disconnecting;
 
 namespace MQTTnet.Server
 {
@@ -32,11 +33,11 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
         readonly MqttRetainedMessagesManager _retainedMessagesManager;
         readonly IMqttNetLogger _rootLogger;
 
+        readonly ReaderWriterLockSlim _sessionsManagementLock = new ReaderWriterLockSlim();
+
         // The _sessions dictionary contains all session, the _subscriberSessions hash set contains subscriber sessions only.
         // See the MqttSubscription object for a detailed explanation.
         readonly MqttSessionsStorage _sessionsStorage = new MqttSessionsStorage();
-
-        readonly ReaderWriterLockSlim _sessionsManagementLock = new ReaderWriterLockSlim();
         readonly HashSet<MqttSession> _subscriberSessions = new HashSet<MqttSession>();
 
         public MqttClientSessionsManager(
@@ -58,8 +59,13 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
             _eventContainer = eventContainer ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(eventContainer));
         }
 
-        public async Task CloseAllConnections()
+        public async Task CloseAllConnections(MqttServerClientDisconnectOptions options)
         {
+            if (options == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(options));
+            }
+
             List<MqttClient> connections;
             lock (_clients)
             {
@@ -69,7 +75,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
 
             foreach (var connection in connections)
             {
-                await connection.StopAsync(MqttDisconnectReasonCode.NormalDisconnection).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                await connection.StopAsync(options).ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
         }
 
@@ -101,7 +107,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
             {
                 if (connection != null)
                 {
-                    await connection.StopAsync(MqttDisconnectReasonCode.NormalDisconnection).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    await connection.StopAsync(new MqttServerClientDisconnectOptions { ReasonCode = MqttDisconnectReasonCode.NormalDisconnection }).ConfigureAwait(false);
                 }
             }
             catch (Exception exception)
@@ -204,7 +210,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
                         {
                             continue;
                         }
-                        
+
                         if (_eventContainer.InterceptingClientEnqueueEvent.HasHandlers)
                         {
                             var eventArgs = new InterceptingClientApplicationMessageEnqueueEventArgs(senderId, session.Id, applicationMessage);
@@ -238,7 +244,14 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
 
                         matchingSubscribersCount++;
 
-                        session.EnqueueDataPacket(new MqttPacketBusItem(publishPacketCopy));
+                        var result = session.EnqueueDataPacket(new MqttPacketBusItem(publishPacketCopy));
+
+                        if (_eventContainer.ApplicationMessageEnqueuedOrDroppedEvent.HasHandlers)
+                        {
+                            var eventArgs = new ApplicationMessageEnqueuedEventArgs(senderId, session.Id, applicationMessage, result == EnqueueDataPacketResult.Dropped);
+                            await _eventContainer.ApplicationMessageEnqueuedOrDroppedEvent.InvokeAsync(eventArgs).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                        }
+
                         _logger.Verbose("Client '{0}': Queued PUBLISH packet with topic '{1}'", session.Id, applicationMessage.Topic);
                     }
 
@@ -366,7 +379,8 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
 
                 if (_eventContainer.ClientConnectedEvent.HasHandlers)
                 {
-                    var eventArgs = new ClientConnectedEventArgs(connectPacket,
+                    var eventArgs = new ClientConnectedEventArgs(
+                        connectPacket,
                         channelAdapter.PacketFormatterAdapter.ProtocolVersion,
                         channelAdapter.Endpoint,
                         client.Session.Items);
@@ -595,13 +609,13 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
                             session.IsPersistent = sessionShouldPersist;
                             session.DisconnectedTimestamp = null;
                             session.Recover();
-                            
+
                             connAckPacket.IsSessionPresent = true;
                         }
                     }
 
                     _sessionsStorage.UpdateSession(connectPacket.ClientId, session);
-                    
+
                     // Create a new client (always required).
                     lock (_clients)
                     {
@@ -631,7 +645,8 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
 
                 if (oldClient != null)
                 {
-                    await oldClient.StopAsync(MqttDisconnectReasonCode.SessionTakenOver).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    // TODO: Consider event here for session takeover to allow manipulation of user properties etc.
+                    await oldClient.StopAsync(new MqttServerClientDisconnectOptions { ReasonCode = MqttDisconnectReasonCode.SessionTakenOver }).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
                     if (_eventContainer.ClientDisconnectedEvent.HasHandlers)
                     {
@@ -734,4 +749,4 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
             return eventArgs;
         }
     }
-}
+}

Source/MQTTnet/Server/Internal/MqttClientStatistics.cs

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
             }
         }
 
-        private struct Statistics
+        struct Statistics
         {
             public long _receivedPacketsCount;
             public long _sentPacketsCount;

Source/MQTTnet/Server/Internal/MqttServerEventContainer.cs

@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
         public AsyncEvent<ClientUnsubscribedTopicEventArgs> ClientUnsubscribedTopicEvent { get; } = new AsyncEvent<ClientUnsubscribedTopicEventArgs>();
 
         public AsyncEvent<InterceptingClientApplicationMessageEnqueueEventArgs> InterceptingClientEnqueueEvent { get; } = new AsyncEvent<InterceptingClientApplicationMessageEnqueueEventArgs>();
+        
+        public AsyncEvent<ApplicationMessageEnqueuedEventArgs> ApplicationMessageEnqueuedOrDroppedEvent { get; } = new AsyncEvent<ApplicationMessageEnqueuedEventArgs>();
+
+        public AsyncEvent<QueueMessageOverwrittenEventArgs> QueuedApplicationMessageOverwrittenEvent { get; } = new AsyncEvent<QueueMessageOverwrittenEventArgs>();
 
         public AsyncEvent<InterceptingPacketEventArgs> InterceptingInboundPacketEvent { get; } = new AsyncEvent<InterceptingPacketEventArgs>();
 

Source/MQTTnet/Server/Internal/MqttServerKeepAliveMonitor.cs

@@ -8,11 +8,20 @@ using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using MQTTnet.Diagnostics;
 using MQTTnet.Internal;
 using MQTTnet.Protocol;
+using MQTTnet.Server.Disconnecting;
 
 namespace MQTTnet.Server
 {
     public sealed class MqttServerKeepAliveMonitor
     {
+        static readonly MqttServerClientDisconnectOptions DefaultDisconnectOptions = new MqttServerClientDisconnectOptions
+        {
+            ReasonCode = MqttDisconnectReasonCode.KeepAliveTimeout,
+            UserProperties = null,
+            ReasonString = null,
+            ServerReference = null
+        };
+
         readonly MqttNetSourceLogger _logger;
         readonly MqttServerOptions _options;
         readonly MqttClientSessionsManager _sessionsManager;
@@ -43,12 +52,12 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
         {
             try
             {
-                _logger.Info("Starting keep alive monitor.");
+                _logger.Info("Starting keep alive monitor");
 
                 while (!cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
                 {
                     TryProcessClients();
-                    Sleep(_options.KeepAliveMonitorInterval);
+                    Sleep(_options.KeepAliveOptions.MonitorInterval);
                 }
             }
             catch (OperationCanceledException)
@@ -56,11 +65,11 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
             }
             catch (Exception exception)
             {
-                _logger.Error(exception, "Unhandled exception while checking keep alive timeouts.");
+                _logger.Error(exception, "Unhandled exception while checking keep alive timeouts");
             }
             finally
             {
-                _logger.Verbose("Stopped checking keep alive timeout.");
+                _logger.Verbose("Stopped checking keep alive timeout");
             }
         }
 
@@ -98,13 +107,6 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
                     return;
                 }
 
-                if (connection.ChannelAdapter.IsReadingPacket)
-                {
-                    // The connection is currently reading a (large) packet. So it is obviously 
-                    // doing something and thus "connected".
-                    return;
-                }
-
                 // Values described here: [MQTT-3.1.2-24].
                 // If the client sends 5 sec. the server will allow up to 7.5 seconds.
                 // If the client sends 1 sec. the server will allow up to 1.5 seconds.
@@ -117,18 +119,18 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
                     return;
                 }
 
-                _logger.Warning("Client '{0}': Did not receive any packet or keep alive signal.", connection.Id);
+                _logger.Warning("Client '{0}': Did not receive any packet or keep alive signal", connection.Id);
 
                 // Execute the disconnection in background so that the keep alive monitor can continue
                 // with checking other connections.
                 // We do not need to wait for the task so no await is needed.
                 // Also the internal state of the connection must be swapped to "Finalizing" because the
                 // next iteration of the keep alive timer happens.
-                var _ = connection.StopAsync(MqttDisconnectReasonCode.KeepAliveTimeout);
+                _ = connection.StopAsync(DefaultDisconnectOptions);
             }
             catch (Exception exception)
             {
-                _logger.Error(exception, "Client {0}: Unhandled exception while checking keep alive timeouts.", connection.Id);
+                _logger.Error(exception, "Client {0}: Unhandled exception while checking keep alive timeouts", connection.Id);
             }
         }
 

Source/MQTTnet/Server/Internal/MqttSession.cs

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
     public sealed class MqttSession : IDisposable
     {
         readonly MqttClientSessionsManager _clientSessionsManager;
+        readonly MqttServerEventContainer _eventContainer;
         readonly MqttPacketBus _packetBus = new MqttPacketBus();
         readonly MqttPacketIdentifierProvider _packetIdentifierProvider = new MqttPacketIdentifierProvider();
 
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
             _connectPacket = connectPacket ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(connectPacket));
             _serverOptions = serverOptions ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(serverOptions));
             _clientSessionsManager = clientSessionsManager ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(clientSessionsManager));
+            _eventContainer = eventContainer ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(eventContainer));
 
             _subscriptionsManager = new MqttClientSubscriptionsManager(this, eventContainer, retainedMessagesManager, clientSessionsManager);
         }
@@ -117,20 +119,25 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
             _packetBus.EnqueueItem(packetBusItem, MqttPacketBusPartition.Control);
         }
 
-        public void EnqueueDataPacket(MqttPacketBusItem packetBusItem)
+        public EnqueueDataPacketResult EnqueueDataPacket(MqttPacketBusItem packetBusItem)
         {
             if (_packetBus.ItemsCount(MqttPacketBusPartition.Data) >= _serverOptions.MaxPendingMessagesPerClient)
             {
                 if (_serverOptions.PendingMessagesOverflowStrategy == MqttPendingMessagesOverflowStrategy.DropNewMessage)
                 {
-                    return;
+                    return EnqueueDataPacketResult.Dropped;
                 }
 
                 if (_serverOptions.PendingMessagesOverflowStrategy == MqttPendingMessagesOverflowStrategy.DropOldestQueuedMessage)
                 {
                     // Only drop from the data partition. Dropping from control partition might break the connection
                     // because the client does not receive PINGREQ packets etc. any longer.
-                    _packetBus.DropFirstItem(MqttPacketBusPartition.Data);
+                    var firstItem = _packetBus.DropFirstItem(MqttPacketBusPartition.Data);
+                    if (firstItem != null && _eventContainer.QueuedApplicationMessageOverwrittenEvent.HasHandlers)
+                    {
+                        var eventArgs = new QueueMessageOverwrittenEventArgs(Id, firstItem.Packet);
+                        _eventContainer.QueuedApplicationMessageOverwrittenEvent.InvokeAsync(eventArgs).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    }
                 }
             }
 
@@ -147,6 +154,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
             }
 
             _packetBus.EnqueueItem(packetBusItem, MqttPacketBusPartition.Data);
+            return EnqueueDataPacketResult.Enqueued;
         }
 
         public void EnqueueHealthPacket(MqttPacketBusItem packetBusItem)

Source/MQTTnet/Server/MqttServer.cs

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ using MQTTnet.Diagnostics;
 using MQTTnet.Internal;
 using MQTTnet.Packets;
 using MQTTnet.Protocol;
+using MQTTnet.Server.Disconnecting;
 
 namespace MQTTnet.Server
 {
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
         readonly IMqttNetLogger _rootLogger;
 
         CancellationTokenSource _cancellationTokenSource;
+        bool _isStopping;
 
         public MqttServer(MqttServerOptions options, IEnumerable<IMqttServerAdapter> adapters, IMqttNetLogger logger)
         {
@@ -49,6 +51,12 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
             _keepAliveMonitor = new MqttServerKeepAliveMonitor(options, _clientSessionsManager, _rootLogger);
         }
 
+        public event Func<ApplicationMessageEnqueuedEventArgs, Task> ApplicationMessageEnqueuedOrDroppedAsync
+        {
+            add => _eventContainer.ApplicationMessageEnqueuedOrDroppedEvent.AddHandler(value);
+            remove => _eventContainer.ApplicationMessageEnqueuedOrDroppedEvent.RemoveHandler(value);
+        }
+
         public event Func<ApplicationMessageNotConsumedEventArgs, Task> ApplicationMessageNotConsumedAsync
         {
             add => _eventContainer.ApplicationMessageNotConsumedEvent.AddHandler(value);
@@ -133,6 +141,12 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
             remove => _eventContainer.PreparingSessionEvent.RemoveHandler(value);
         }
 
+        public event Func<QueueMessageOverwrittenEventArgs, Task> QueuedApplicationMessageOverwrittenAsync
+        {
+            add => _eventContainer.QueuedApplicationMessageOverwrittenEvent.AddHandler(value);
+            remove => _eventContainer.QueuedApplicationMessageOverwrittenEvent.RemoveHandler(value);
+        }
+
         public event Func<RetainedMessageChangedEventArgs, Task> RetainedMessageChangedAsync
         {
             add => _eventContainer.RetainedMessageChangedEvent.AddHandler(value);
@@ -169,6 +183,13 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
             remove => _eventContainer.ValidatingConnectionEvent.RemoveHandler(value);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Gets or sets whether the server will accept new connections.
+        ///     If not, the server will close the connection without any notification (DISCONNECT packet).
+        ///     This feature can be used when the server is shutting down.
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool AcceptNewConnections { get; set; } = true;
+
         public bool IsStarted => _cancellationTokenSource != null;
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -184,16 +205,21 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
             return _retainedMessagesManager?.ClearMessages() ?? CompletedTask.Instance;
         }
 
-        public Task DisconnectClientAsync(string id, MqttDisconnectReasonCode reasonCode)
+        public Task DisconnectClientAsync(string id, MqttServerClientDisconnectOptions options)
         {
             if (id == null)
             {
                 throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(id));
             }
 
+            if (options == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(options));
+            }
+
             ThrowIfNotStarted();
 
-            return _clientSessionsManager.GetClient(id).StopAsync(reasonCode);
+            return _clientSessionsManager.GetClient(id).StopAsync(options);
         }
 
         public Task<IList<MqttClientStatus>> GetClientsAsync()
@@ -203,13 +229,6 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
             return _clientSessionsManager.GetClientsStatus();
         }
 
-        public Task<IList<MqttApplicationMessage>> GetRetainedMessagesAsync()
-        {
-            ThrowIfNotStarted();
-
-            return _retainedMessagesManager.GetMessages();
-        }
-
         public Task<MqttApplicationMessage> GetRetainedMessageAsync(string topic)
         {
             if (topic == null)
@@ -222,6 +241,13 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
             return _retainedMessagesManager.GetMessage(topic);
         }
 
+        public Task<IList<MqttApplicationMessage>> GetRetainedMessagesAsync()
+        {
+            ThrowIfNotStarted();
+
+            return _retainedMessagesManager.GetMessages();
+        }
+
         public Task<IList<MqttSessionStatus>> GetSessionsAsync()
         {
             ThrowIfNotStarted();
@@ -229,13 +255,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
             return _clientSessionsManager.GetSessionsStatus();
         }
 
-        [Obsolete("Use InjectApplicationMessageAsync instead.")]
         public Task InjectApplicationMessage(InjectedMqttApplicationMessage injectedApplicationMessage, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
-        {
-            return InjectApplicationMessageAsync(injectedApplicationMessage, cancellationToken);
-        }
-        
-        public Task InjectApplicationMessageAsync(InjectedMqttApplicationMessage injectedApplicationMessage, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
             if (injectedApplicationMessage == null)
             {
@@ -253,7 +273,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
 
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(injectedApplicationMessage.ApplicationMessage.Topic))
             {
-                throw new NotSupportedException("Injected application messages must contain a topic. Topic alias is not supported.");
+                throw new NotSupportedException("Injected application messages must contain a topic (topic alias is not supported)");
             }
 
             var sessionItems = injectedApplicationMessage.CustomSessionItems ?? ServerSessionItems;
@@ -269,6 +289,8 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
         {
             ThrowIfStarted();
 
+            _isStopping = false;
+            
             _cancellationTokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource();
             var cancellationToken = _cancellationTokenSource.Token;
 
@@ -284,11 +306,16 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
 
             await _eventContainer.StartedEvent.InvokeAsync(EventArgs.Empty).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
-            _logger.Info("Started.");
+            _logger.Info("Started");
         }
 
-        public async Task StopAsync()
+        public async Task StopAsync(MqttServerStopOptions options)
         {
+            if (options == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(options));
+            }
+
             try
             {
                 if (_cancellationTokenSource == null)
@@ -296,9 +323,11 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
                     return;
                 }
 
+                _isStopping = true;
+
                 _cancellationTokenSource.Cancel(false);
 
-                await _clientSessionsManager.CloseAllConnections().ConfigureAwait(false);
+                await _clientSessionsManager.CloseAllConnections(options.DefaultClientDisconnectOptions).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
                 foreach (var adapter in _adapters)
                 {
@@ -314,7 +343,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
 
             await _eventContainer.StoppedEvent.InvokeAsync(EventArgs.Empty).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
-            _logger.Info("Stopped.");
+            _logger.Info("Stopped");
         }
 
         public Task SubscribeAsync(string clientId, ICollection<MqttTopicFilter> topicFilters)
@@ -368,14 +397,14 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
             ThrowIfDisposed();
             ThrowIfNotStarted();
 
-            return _retainedMessagesManager?.UpdateMessage(null, retainedMessage);
+            return _retainedMessagesManager?.UpdateMessage(string.Empty, retainedMessage);
         }
 
         protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
         {
             if (disposing)
             {
-                StopAsync().GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+                StopAsync(new MqttServerStopOptions()).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
 
                 foreach (var adapter in _adapters)
                 {
@@ -388,6 +417,11 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
 
         Task OnHandleClient(IMqttChannelAdapter channelAdapter, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
+            if (_isStopping || !AcceptNewConnections)
+            {
+                return CompletedTask.Instance;
+            }
+
             return _clientSessionsManager.HandleClientConnectionAsync(channelAdapter, cancellationToken);
         }
 

Source/MQTTnet/Server/MqttServerExtensions.cs

@@ -8,38 +8,23 @@ using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using MQTTnet.Internal;
 using MQTTnet.Packets;
 using MQTTnet.Protocol;
+using MQTTnet.Server.Disconnecting;
 
 namespace MQTTnet.Server
 {
     public static class MqttServerExtensions
     {
-        [Obsolete("Use InjectApplicationMessageAsync instead.")]
-        public static Task InjectApplicationMessage(
-            this MqttServer server,
-            string topic,
-            string payload = null,
-            MqttQualityOfServiceLevel qualityOfServiceLevel = MqttQualityOfServiceLevel.AtMostOnce,
-            bool retain = false)
-        {
-            return InjectApplicationMessageAsync(server, topic, payload, qualityOfServiceLevel, retain);
-        }
-
-        public static Task InjectApplicationMessageAsync(this MqttServer server, MqttApplicationMessage applicationMessage)
+        public static Task DisconnectClientAsync(this MqttServer server, string id, MqttDisconnectReasonCode reasonCode = MqttDisconnectReasonCode.NormalDisconnection)
         {
             if (server == null)
             {
                 throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(server));
             }
 
-            if (applicationMessage == null)
-            {
-                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(applicationMessage));
-            }
-
-            return server.InjectApplicationMessageAsync(new InjectedMqttApplicationMessage(applicationMessage));
+            return server.DisconnectClientAsync(id, new MqttServerClientDisconnectOptions { ReasonCode = reasonCode });
         }
 
-        public static Task InjectApplicationMessageAsync(
+        public static Task InjectApplicationMessage(
             this MqttServer server,
             string topic,
             string payload = null,
@@ -62,7 +47,7 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
                 payloadBuffer = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(stringPayload);
             }
 
-            return server.InjectApplicationMessageAsync(
+            return server.InjectApplicationMessage(
                 new InjectedMqttApplicationMessage(
                     new MqttApplicationMessage
                     {
@@ -73,6 +58,16 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
                     }));
         }
 
+        public static Task StopAsync(this MqttServer server)
+        {
+            if (server == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(server));
+            }
+
+            return server.StopAsync(new MqttServerStopOptions());
+        }
+
         public static Task SubscribeAsync(this MqttServer server, string clientId, params MqttTopicFilter[] topicFilters)
         {
             if (server == null)

Source/MQTTnet/Server/Options/MqttServerKeepAliveOptions.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+
+namespace MQTTnet.Server
+{
+    public sealed class MqttServerKeepAliveOptions
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     When this mode is enabled the MQTT server will not close a connection when the
+        ///     client is currently sending a (large) payload. This may lead to "dead" connections
+        ///     When this mode is disabled the MQTT server will disconnect a client when the keep
+        ///     alive timeout is reached even if the client is currently sending a (large) payload.
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool DisconnectClientWhenReadingPayload { get; set; }
+
+        public TimeSpan MonitorInterval { get; set; } = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500);
+    }
+}

Source/MQTTnet/Server/Options/MqttServerOptions.cs

@@ -9,12 +9,19 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
     public sealed class MqttServerOptions
     {
         public TimeSpan DefaultCommunicationTimeout { get; set; } = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(100);
-        
+
         public MqttServerTcpEndpointOptions DefaultEndpointOptions { get; } = new MqttServerTcpEndpointOptions();
 
         public bool EnablePersistentSessions { get; set; }
 
-        public TimeSpan KeepAliveMonitorInterval { get; set; } = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500);
+        [Obsolete("Use KeepAliveOptions instead.")]
+        public TimeSpan KeepAliveMonitorInterval
+        {
+            get => KeepAliveOptions.MonitorInterval;
+            set => KeepAliveOptions.MonitorInterval = value;
+        }
+
+        public MqttServerKeepAliveOptions KeepAliveOptions { get; } = new MqttServerKeepAliveOptions();
 
         public int MaxPendingMessagesPerClient { get; set; } = 250;
 

Source/MQTTnet/Server/Status/MqttClientStatus.cs

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using MQTTnet.Formatter;
-using MQTTnet.Protocol;
+using MQTTnet.Server.Disconnecting;
 
 namespace MQTTnet.Server
 {
@@ -18,41 +18,46 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
             _client = client ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(client));
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the client identifier.
-        /// Hint: This identifier needs to be unique over all used clients / devices on the broker to avoid connection issues.
-        /// </summary>
-        public string Id => _client.Id;
+        public long BytesReceived => _client.ChannelAdapter.BytesReceived;
+
+        public long BytesSent => _client.ChannelAdapter.BytesSent;
+
+        public DateTime ConnectedTimestamp => _client.Statistics.ConnectedTimestamp;
 
         public string Endpoint => _client.Endpoint;
 
-        public MqttProtocolVersion ProtocolVersion => _client.ChannelAdapter.PacketFormatterAdapter.ProtocolVersion;
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Gets or sets the client identifier.
+        ///     Hint: This identifier needs to be unique over all used clients / devices on the broker to avoid connection issues.
+        /// </summary>
+        public string Id => _client.Id;
 
-        public DateTime ConnectedTimestamp => _client.Statistics.ConnectedTimestamp;
+        public DateTime LastNonKeepAlivePacketReceivedTimestamp => _client.Statistics.LastNonKeepAlivePacketReceivedTimestamp;
 
         public DateTime LastPacketReceivedTimestamp => _client.Statistics.LastPacketReceivedTimestamp;
 
         public DateTime LastPacketSentTimestamp => _client.Statistics.LastPacketSentTimestamp;
 
-        public DateTime LastNonKeepAlivePacketReceivedTimestamp => _client.Statistics.LastNonKeepAlivePacketReceivedTimestamp;
+        public MqttProtocolVersion ProtocolVersion => _client.ChannelAdapter.PacketFormatterAdapter.ProtocolVersion;
 
         public long ReceivedApplicationMessagesCount => _client.Statistics.ReceivedApplicationMessagesCount;
 
-        public long SentApplicationMessagesCount => _client.Statistics.SentApplicationMessagesCount;
-
         public long ReceivedPacketsCount => _client.Statistics.ReceivedPacketsCount;
 
+        public long SentApplicationMessagesCount => _client.Statistics.SentApplicationMessagesCount;
+
         public long SentPacketsCount => _client.Statistics.SentPacketsCount;
 
         public MqttSessionStatus Session { get; set; }
 
-        public long BytesSent => _client.ChannelAdapter.BytesSent;
-
-        public long BytesReceived => _client.ChannelAdapter.BytesReceived;
-        
-        public Task DisconnectAsync()
+        public Task DisconnectAsync(MqttServerClientDisconnectOptions options)
         {
-            return _client.StopAsync(MqttDisconnectReasonCode.NormalDisconnection);
+            if (options == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(options));
+            }
+
+            return _client.StopAsync(options);
         }
 
         public void ResetStatistics()
@@ -60,4 +65,4 @@ namespace MQTTnet.Server
             _client.ResetStatistics();
         }
     }
-}
+}

Source/MQTTnet/Server/Status/MqttClientStatusExtensions.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using MQTTnet.Protocol;
+using MQTTnet.Server.Disconnecting;
+
+namespace MQTTnet.Server
+{
+    public static class MqttClientStatusExtensions
+    {
+        static readonly MqttServerClientDisconnectOptions DefaultDisconnectOptions = new MqttServerClientDisconnectOptions
+        {
+            ReasonCode = MqttDisconnectReasonCode.NormalDisconnection,
+            ReasonString = null,
+            UserProperties = null,
+            ServerReference = null
+        };
+
+        public static Task DisconnectAsync(this MqttClientStatus clientStatus)
+        {
+            if (clientStatus == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(clientStatus));
+            }
+
+            return clientStatus.DisconnectAsync(DefaultDisconnectOptions);
+        }
+    }
+}