I just saw that the latest Ktor server release CIO engine supports server side wasm. Anyone know a gradle setup example for this project?

https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/ They only mention Kotlin on android and iOS and say its only for 1 platform.... Totally sleeping on backend kotlin. IME it is becoming more and more common to meet people doing back end kotlin. I think maybe tiobe is not properly detecting JVM backend work using a hybrid of java/kotlin

So I have a general question. 🙃 Can I use

Gradle Flavors

instead of feature based modules for a

ktor

backend and I still have the advantages of a real

microservice

structure (For example independent deploy)? I don't think so right?🤔 Can't we somehow trick it? Like giving different port for each

flavor

, for both server port and database port?

Hi everyone! I’d like to share Documentify, an open-source tool that simplifies creating OpenAPI specs using Kotlin DSL. It combines the strengths of Swagger and RestDocs for intuitive and efficient documentation, without the complexity of conventional RestDocs. Feedback and contributions are welcome! (and stars 🤣) https://github.com/BGMSound/documentify

Hi Team, I am trying to implement web socket through ktor server . Its working fine but its not connecting to android app which is using ktor client. I am getting this error : ws://ip-here8080/clipboard/myRoom Operation not permitted

Hi all, what do you use for linting Kotlin projects?

What can I use to auto fix linting issues in the project from the command line?

What would work to format on save with a code editor and what code editors would it work on?

FYI https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/C0B8ZTWE4/p1748240406425669

Possible Kotlin 2.1.21 Issue: Has anyone run into the following error with Kotlin 2.1.21? My coworker can build our projects after upgrading, but I cannot and we haven't yet been able to identify the difference. I am able to build projects if I downgrade to 2.1.20. We use gradle wrapper and are on the same Gradle versions as well. I know this particular feature relates to changes made in these versions. We're on Gradle 8.14.1 now, but have tried all the way back to 8.12.1.

Unable to find method ''org.gradle.internal.buildoption.BuildOption$Value org.gradle.api.internal.StartParameterInternal.getIsolatedProjects()''

Small addition: This occurs in all of my projects...server, simple cli utilities, libraries, etc. Anywhere I use

2.1.21

I get the same error. Thanks for any help in advance.

hi there. we have a kotlin library that we use from a scala project. is it possible to instantiate a value class of kotlin from the scala class that uses this library?

Hello all and good morning I am starting to get to know Kotlin… I am also in the process of connecting many platforms as well with kotlin JavaScript node.js and more…even though GitHub Apple shortcuts etc

Hello, what would be the reasons for you to pick Go over Kotlin for a backend project, and vice-versa? Asking for friends 🙂

Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2025 is open! So, as a community, we can fill it out and indicate that we use Kotlin for backend development — influencing the overall statistics and maybe even pushing Kotlin up in the rankings 🤣. The JetBrains survey is open as well

I'm looking at a kotlin sdtlib dependency in our java projects (pulled in by okhttp3) at version 1.4.10; I suppose I can upgrade to 1.9.0. is there a good overview over which version runs on which JVM version?

Thanks all.

Can anyone suggest best resources to learn Springboot with Kotlin

Hi! It would be awesome if JetBrains made Kotlin themed sticker pack for telegram K

Hi Team , I just migrated to ktor 3.1.3 from 2.3.12 but not sure why call.receive is not working like its not converting my json into data class . This is the extension function i was using earlier but now its not working .

suspend inline fun <reified T : Any> PipelineContext<*, ApplicationCall>.getBodyContent(): T {
    return call.receive()
}

i cant access it inside post block. Can anyone help

Does Koin 4.1 supports Ktor Server 3.1.3 ?

Just released the new version of

actor4k

.

actor4k

is a small actor system written in kotlin using Coroutines. The actor model is a design paradigm for building concurrent systems where the basic unit of computation, known as an actor, encapsulates its own state and behavior and interacts with others solely through asynchronous message passing. Each actor processes messages sequentially, which simplifies managing state changes and avoids common pitfalls like race conditions and deadlocks that arise with traditional multithreading approaches. This model is particularly useful for highly concurrent, distributed, and fault-tolerant systems. Its scalability and resilience come from the ability to isolate errors within individual actors through supervision strategies, making it a fitting choice for applications such as real-time data processing, microservices architectures, and any system that requires robust fault isolation and maintainability. Check it out here: https://github.com/smyrgeorge/actor4k

Hi, everyone 👋 I released a generic Value Object library inspired by Zod for Kotlin 🙌 This is no dependence 3rd party libraries. please give me feedback and GitHub Star 💫😭 https://github.com/ysknsid25/iolite

Hello Teams 😄 and Thank you for accepting me 😄 I am doing my server with ktor and I used webSocket to do a chat, I hope my question will not be dumb because I am iOS developer at firt 😄 I have the following code to set up my WebSocket with ktor. My problem is the following: if I turn off the internet on the mobile side (iOS) after setup a connection with the socket for about 3 minutes, my socket is no longer active, probably because the ping/pong fails on front side. However, the finally block on server side is often called a long time ago, so the webSocket is close after 20 minutes. How can I prevent this memory leak? and to be sure that after 3minute offline from the client, the webSocket will be remove from my server please. I Have setup the ping pong like this

fun Application.configureWebSocket(){
    install(WebSockets) {
        pingPeriod = 15.seconds
        timeout = 15.seconds
        maxFrameSize = kotlin.Long.MAX_VALUE
        masking = false

    }
}

routing {
    webSocket("ws") {
        val token = call.request.queryParameters["token"]
        if (token == null) {
            close(CloseReason(CloseReason.Codes.VIOLATED_POLICY, "No Token"))
            return@webSocket
        }

        val decodedJWT = try { JwtFactory.buildverifier().verify(token) }
        catch (e: Exception) {
            close(CloseReason(CloseReason.Codes.VIOLATED_POLICY, "Invalid Token: ${e.message}"))
            return@webSocket
        }

        val userId: UUID = try { UUID.fromString(decodedJWT.getClaim(JwtClaimConstant.claimUserId).asString())  }
        catch (e: Exception) {
            close(CloseReason(CloseReason.Codes.VIOLATED_POLICY, "Invalid Token: ${e.message}"))
            return@webSocket
        }

        val sessionId = decodedJWT.id?.let {
            runCatching { UUID.fromString(it) }.getOrNull()
        } ?: run {
            close(CloseReason(CloseReason.Codes.VIOLATED_POLICY, "Invalid or missing sessionId (jti)"))
            return@webSocket
        }
        <http://logger.info|logger.info>("$userId is connected")

        try {
            println("$userId start")
            incoming.consumeEach {
                when (it) {

                    is Frame.Text -> {
                        val text = it.readText()
                        println("tototot $userId Received: $text")
                    }
                    is Frame.Close -> {
                        println("tototot $userId WebSocket closed by server with reason: ${it.readReason()}")
                    }
                    is Frame.Ping -> {
                        println("tototot $userId ping: $it")
                    }
                    is Frame.Pong -> {
                        println("tototot $userId pong: $it")
                    }  else -> {
                        println("tototot $userId else: $it")
                    }
                }


            }
        } catch (e: Exception) {
            println("$userId error $e")
         } finally {
            println("$userId finally remove")
        }

        println("$userId end")
    }
}

and I found something weird If I open a websocket on my iOS phone, turnoff the internet (and close my phone) I keep logging this on KTOR: io.ktor.websocket.WebSocket - WebSocket Pinger: received valid pong frame Frame PONG For me if I close my phone the webscket should try a ping and should not receive a pong and close, For me the goal of ping pong is to avoid all this. I am not sure if I have doing everything good 🙂 I am hosting my server on Render Thank you in advance for your time

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hello 😄 any idea 😢 ? because I don't know if it's an issue or me who don't know how to use websocket :"(

Hello

Hi guys how do you do authentication for ktor server backend do you use any libs or manually do it with ktor auth. Also what is the best way if I want to have oauths and normal email password auths too ?

Hi everyone! 📹 We’re hosting a livestream together with Azul, where Simon Vergauwen (JetBrains Developer Advocate) and Jiří Holuša (Azul Director of Product Management) will show you how to get the most out of the JVM with Kotlin and Azul Runtime. 💬 We’ll be chatting during the livestream, so feel free to ask your questions! Save the date and register for a reminder: 📆 July 16 🕓 4:00 PM UTC https://info.jetbrains.com/kotlin-livestream-july16-2025.html

Hi guys i am having trouble with deploying my ktor backend to render via Docker Neither port nor sslPort specified. Use command line options -port/-sslPort or configure connectors in application.conf I am getting this error.

# Stage 1: Cache Gradle dependencies
FROM gradle:latest AS cache
RUN mkdir -p /home/gradle/cache_home
ENV GRADLE_USER_HOME=/home/gradle/cache_home
COPY build.gradle.* gradle.properties /home/gradle/app/
COPY gradle /home/gradle/app/gradle
WORKDIR /home/gradle/app
RUN gradle clean build -i --stacktrace

# Stage 2: Build Application
FROM gradle:latest AS build
COPY --from=cache /home/gradle/cache_home /home/gradle/.gradle
COPY --chown=gradle:gradle . /home/gradle/src
WORKDIR /home/gradle/src
# Build the fat JAR, Gradle also supports shadow
# and boot JAR by default.
RUN gradle buildFatJar --no-daemon

# Stage 3: Create the Runtime Image
FROM amazoncorretto:22 AS runtime
EXPOSE 8080
RUN mkdir /app
COPY --from=build /home/gradle/src/build/libs/*.jar /app/ktor-docker-sample.jar
ENTRYPOINT ["java","-jar","/app/ktor-docker-sample.jar"]

This is my docker file Thread in Slack Conversation

I made a tutorial on how to create an MCP server with kotlin. Will I be breaking the rules if I post the youtube link here