perf(clients): scale-audit remaining client/inbound endpoints to 200k

Drive every client/inbound/group endpoint at 100k-200k clients on PostgreSQL and fix the latent issues found in previously-unbenchmarked paths:

- enrichClientStats: chunk the email IN lookup (was an unchunked bind that crashed past 65535 clients without traffic rows, taking down GetInbounds/GetInboundDetail/GetAllInbounds)

- GetOnlineClients: add the missing nil-process guard its siblings already have, so ListPaged no longer panics before xray starts

- GetClientTrafficByEmail: read UUID/subId from the indexed clients table instead of parsing the inbound's full settings JSON (439ms to ~1.5ms, flat in N)

- BulkResetTraffic: replace the per-email serialized loop with one chunked bulk UPDATE in a single transaction

- DelDepleted: delegate to the already-batched BulkDelete instead of deleting each depleted client one by one

Adds a postgres-gated full endpoint sweep plus an A/B benchmark, and SQLite correctness tests for the changed methods.

frontend/public/openapi.json

@@ -1495,6 +1495,36 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "/panel/api/server/getMigration": {
+      "get": {
+        "tags": [
+          "Server"
+        ],
+        "summary": "Stream a cross-engine migration file as an attachment: a .dump (SQL text) on SQLite, or a .db SQLite database built from the live data on PostgreSQL.",
+        "operationId": "get_panel_api_server_getMigration",
+        "responses": {
+          "200": {
+            "description": "Successful response",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "type": "object",
+                  "properties": {
+                    "success": {
+                      "type": "boolean"
+                    },
+                    "msg": {
+                      "type": "string"
+                    },
+                    "obj": {}
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "/panel/api/server/getNewUUID": {
       "get": {
         "tags": [

web/service/api_scale_postgres_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,216 @@
+package service
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/mhsanaei/3x-ui/v3/database"
+	"github.com/mhsanaei/3x-ui/v3/database/model"
+	xuilogger "github.com/mhsanaei/3x-ui/v3/logger"
+	"github.com/mhsanaei/3x-ui/v3/xray"
+
+	"github.com/op/go-logging"
+)
+
+func seedClientTraffics(t *testing.T, inboundId int, clients []model.Client) {
+	t.Helper()
+	db := database.GetDB()
+	rows := make([]xray.ClientTraffic, len(clients))
+	for i := range clients {
+		rows[i] = xray.ClientTraffic{
+			InboundId:  inboundId,
+			Email:      clients[i].Email,
+			Enable:     true,
+			Total:      clients[i].TotalGB,
+			ExpiryTime: clients[i].ExpiryTime,
+		}
+	}
+	if err := db.CreateInBatches(rows, 1000).Error; err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("seed client_traffics: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestAllAPIsPostgresScale exercises every client/inbound/group service method
+// reachable from the REST API at 100k/200k clients, asserting none crash on the
+// PostgreSQL bind-parameter ceiling and logging the wall-clock cost of each.
+func TestAllAPIsPostgresScale(t *testing.T) {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv("XUI_DB_DSN")) == "" || os.Getenv("XUI_DB_TYPE") != "postgres" {
+		t.Skip("set XUI_DB_TYPE=postgres and XUI_DB_DSN to run the postgres scale benchmark")
+	}
+	xuilogger.InitLogger(logging.ERROR)
+	if err := database.InitDB(""); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("InitDB: %v", err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() { _ = database.CloseDB() })
+
+	svc := &ClientService{}
+	inboundSvc := &InboundService{}
+	settingSvc := &SettingService{}
+	const userId = 1
+	const m = 2000
+	sizes := []int{50000, 100000, 200000}
+
+	for _, n := range sizes {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("N=%d", n), func(t *testing.T) {
+			db := database.GetDB()
+			if err := db.Exec("TRUNCATE TABLE inbounds, clients, client_inbounds, client_traffics, client_groups RESTART IDENTITY CASCADE").Error; err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("truncate: %v", err)
+			}
+
+			clients := makeScaleClients(n)
+			exp := time.Now().AddDate(1, 0, 0).UnixMilli()
+			for i := range clients {
+				clients[i].ExpiryTime = exp
+				clients[i].TotalGB = 100 << 30
+			}
+			ib := &model.Inbound{UserId: userId, Tag: fmt.Sprintf("all-%d", n), Enable: true, Port: 40000, Protocol: model.VLESS, Settings: clientsSettings(t, clients)}
+			if err := db.Create(ib).Error; err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("create inbound: %v", err)
+			}
+			ib2 := &model.Inbound{UserId: userId, Tag: fmt.Sprintf("all2-%d", n), Enable: true, Port: 40001, Protocol: model.VLESS, Settings: `{"clients":[]}`}
+			if err := db.Create(ib2).Error; err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("create inbound2: %v", err)
+			}
+			if err := svc.SyncInbound(nil, ib.Id, clients); err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("seed SyncInbound: %v", err)
+			}
+
+			run := func(name string, fn func() error) {
+				start := time.Now()
+				if err := fn(); err != nil {
+					t.Fatalf("%s: %v", name, err)
+				}
+				t.Logf("N=%-7d %-26s %v", n, name, time.Since(start).Round(time.Millisecond))
+			}
+
+			run("GetInboundDetail(noTraffic)", func() error { _, err := inboundSvc.GetInboundDetail(ib.Id); return err })
+
+			seedClientTraffics(t, ib.Id, clients)
+			db.Exec("ANALYZE")
+
+			emails := make([]string, n)
+			for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
+				emails[i] = clients[i].Email
+			}
+			emailsM := emails[:m]
+
+			run("GetInbounds", func() error { _, err := inboundSvc.GetInbounds(userId); return err })
+			run("GetInboundsSlim", func() error { _, err := inboundSvc.GetInboundsSlim(userId); return err })
+			run("GetInboundDetail", func() error { _, err := inboundSvc.GetInboundDetail(ib.Id); return err })
+			run("GetInboundOptions", func() error { _, err := inboundSvc.GetInboundOptions(userId); return err })
+			run("ListPaged", func() error { _, err := svc.ListPaged(inboundSvc, settingSvc, ClientPageParams{Page: 1, PageSize: 25}); return err })
+			run("ListPaged+search", func() error {
+				_, err := svc.ListPaged(inboundSvc, settingSvc, ClientPageParams{Page: 1, PageSize: 25, Search: "user-0012345"})
+				return err
+			})
+			run("GetClientsLastOnline", func() error { _, err := inboundSvc.GetClientsLastOnline(); return err })
+			run("GetClientTrafficByEmail", func() error { _, err := inboundSvc.GetClientTrafficByEmail(emails[n/2]); return err })
+			run("GetRecordByEmail", func() error { _, err := svc.GetRecordByEmail(nil, emails[n/2]); return err })
+
+			run("ListGroups", func() error { _, err := svc.ListGroups(); return err })
+			run("AddToGroup(M)", func() error { _, err := svc.AddToGroup(emailsM, "g1"); return err })
+			run("EmailsByGroup", func() error { _, err := svc.EmailsByGroup("g1"); return err })
+			run("RenameGroup", func() error { _, err := svc.RenameGroup("g1", "g2"); return err })
+			run("DeleteGroup", func() error { _, err := svc.DeleteGroup("g2"); return err })
+
+			run("ResetInboundTraffic", func() error { return inboundSvc.ResetInboundTraffic(ib.Id) })
+			run("Inbound.ResetAllTraffics", func() error { return inboundSvc.ResetAllTraffics() })
+			run("Client.ResetAllTraffics", func() error { _, err := svc.ResetAllTraffics(); return err })
+			run("BulkResetTraffic(M)", func() error { _, err := svc.BulkResetTraffic(inboundSvc, emailsM); return err })
+
+			run("UpdateByEmail", func() error {
+				upd := clients[n/3]
+				upd.Comment = "touched"
+				_, err := svc.UpdateByEmail(inboundSvc, upd.Email, upd)
+				return err
+			})
+			run("AttachByEmail", func() error { _, err := svc.AttachByEmail(inboundSvc, emails[n/3], []int{ib2.Id}); return err })
+			run("DetachByEmailMany", func() error { _, err := svc.DetachByEmailMany(inboundSvc, emails[n/3], []int{ib2.Id}); return err })
+
+			depEmails := emails[:1000]
+			for _, batch := range chunkStrings(depEmails, sqlInChunk) {
+				if err := db.Model(xray.ClientTraffic{}).Where("email IN ?", batch).Update("down", int64(200)<<30).Error; err != nil {
+					t.Fatalf("mark depleted: %v", err)
+				}
+			}
+			run("DelDepleted(1k)", func() error { _, _, err := svc.DelDepleted(inboundSvc); return err })
+
+			run("DelInbound(full)", func() error { _, err := inboundSvc.DelInbound(ib.Id); return err })
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestGetClientTrafficByEmailABScale measures the GetClientTrafficByEmail change:
+// old path (GetClientByEmail, which parses the inbound's entire settings JSON to
+// find one client) vs new path (UUID/subId read from the indexed clients table).
+func TestGetClientTrafficByEmailABScale(t *testing.T) {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv("XUI_DB_DSN")) == "" || os.Getenv("XUI_DB_TYPE") != "postgres" {
+		t.Skip("set XUI_DB_TYPE=postgres and XUI_DB_DSN to run the postgres scale benchmark")
+	}
+	xuilogger.InitLogger(logging.ERROR)
+	if err := database.InitDB(""); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("InitDB: %v", err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() { _ = database.CloseDB() })
+
+	svc := &ClientService{}
+	inboundSvc := &InboundService{}
+	const reps = 10
+	sizes := []int{50000, 100000, 200000}
+
+	oldImpl := func(email string) error {
+		tr, client, err := inboundSvc.GetClientByEmail(email)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if tr != nil && client != nil {
+			tr.UUID = client.ID
+			tr.SubId = client.SubID
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	for _, n := range sizes {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("N=%d", n), func(t *testing.T) {
+			db := database.GetDB()
+			if err := db.Exec("TRUNCATE TABLE inbounds, clients, client_inbounds, client_traffics RESTART IDENTITY CASCADE").Error; err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("truncate: %v", err)
+			}
+			clients := makeScaleClients(n)
+			ib := &model.Inbound{UserId: 1, Tag: fmt.Sprintf("ctbe-%d", n), Enable: true, Port: 40000, Protocol: model.VLESS, Settings: clientsSettings(t, clients)}
+			if err := db.Create(ib).Error; err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("create inbound: %v", err)
+			}
+			if err := svc.SyncInbound(nil, ib.Id, clients); err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("seed SyncInbound: %v", err)
+			}
+			seedClientTraffics(t, ib.Id, clients)
+			db.Exec("ANALYZE")
+
+			targets := []string{clients[0].Email, clients[n/2].Email, clients[n-1].Email}
+
+			start := time.Now()
+			for i := 0; i < reps; i++ {
+				if _, err := inboundSvc.GetClientTrafficByEmail(targets[i%len(targets)]); err != nil {
+					t.Fatalf("new GetClientTrafficByEmail: %v", err)
+				}
+			}
+			newDur := time.Since(start) / reps
+
+			start = time.Now()
+			for i := 0; i < reps; i++ {
+				if err := oldImpl(targets[i%len(targets)]); err != nil {
+					t.Fatalf("old GetClientTrafficByEmail: %v", err)
+				}
+			}
+			oldDur := time.Since(start) / reps
+
+			t.Logf("N=%-7d new=%-9v old=%-9v speedup=%.0fx", n,
+				newDur.Round(time.Microsecond), oldDur.Round(time.Millisecond),
+				float64(oldDur)/float64(maxDur(newDur, time.Microsecond)))
+		})
+	}
+}

web/service/bulk_traffic_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+package service
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/mhsanaei/3x-ui/v3/database"
+	"github.com/mhsanaei/3x-ui/v3/database/model"
+	"github.com/mhsanaei/3x-ui/v3/xray"
+)
+
+func mkTraffic(t *testing.T, inboundId int, email string, up, down, total, expiry int64, enable bool) {
+	t.Helper()
+	row := xray.ClientTraffic{
+		InboundId:  inboundId,
+		Email:      email,
+		Up:         up,
+		Down:       down,
+		Total:      total,
+		ExpiryTime: expiry,
+		Enable:     enable,
+	}
+	if err := database.GetDB().Create(&row).Error; err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create traffic %s: %v", email, err)
+	}
+}
+
+func trafficOf(t *testing.T, email string) xray.ClientTraffic {
+	t.Helper()
+	var row xray.ClientTraffic
+	if err := database.GetDB().Where("email = ?", email).First(&row).Error; err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("load traffic %s: %v", email, err)
+	}
+	return row
+}
+
+func TestBulkResetTrafficZeroesUsageAndReenables(t *testing.T) {
+	setupBulkDB(t)
+	svc := &ClientService{}
+	inboundSvc := &InboundService{}
+
+	source := []model.Client{
+		{Email: "alice@x", ID: "11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111", SubID: "sa", Enable: true},
+		{Email: "bob@x", ID: "22222222-2222-2222-2222-222222222222", SubID: "sb", Enable: true},
+		{Email: "carol@x", ID: "33333333-3333-3333-3333-333333333333", SubID: "sc", Enable: true},
+	}
+	ib := mkInbound(t, 21001, model.VLESS, clientsSettings(t, source))
+	if err := svc.SyncInbound(nil, ib.Id, source); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("seed linkage: %v", err)
+	}
+	mkTraffic(t, ib.Id, "alice@x", 10, 20, 0, 0, false)
+	mkTraffic(t, ib.Id, "bob@x", 5, 5, 0, 0, true)
+	mkTraffic(t, ib.Id, "carol@x", 7, 0, 0, 0, true)
+
+	affected, err := svc.BulkResetTraffic(inboundSvc, []string{"alice@x", "bob@x"})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("BulkResetTraffic: %v", err)
+	}
+	if affected != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 2 affected, got %d", affected)
+	}
+
+	for _, e := range []string{"alice@x", "bob@x"} {
+		tr := trafficOf(t, e)
+		if tr.Up != 0 || tr.Down != 0 {
+			t.Fatalf("%s: expected up/down 0, got up=%d down=%d", e, tr.Up, tr.Down)
+		}
+		if !tr.Enable {
+			t.Fatalf("%s: expected re-enabled", e)
+		}
+	}
+
+	carol := trafficOf(t, "carol@x")
+	if carol.Up != 7 {
+		t.Fatalf("carol not in list should be untouched, got up=%d", carol.Up)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDelDepletedRemovesOnlyDepleted(t *testing.T) {
+	setupBulkDB(t)
+	svc := &ClientService{}
+	inboundSvc := &InboundService{}
+
+	source := []model.Client{
+		{Email: "alice@x", ID: "11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111", SubID: "sa", Enable: true},
+		{Email: "bob@x", ID: "22222222-2222-2222-2222-222222222222", SubID: "sb", Enable: true},
+		{Email: "carol@x", ID: "33333333-3333-3333-3333-333333333333", SubID: "sc", Enable: true},
+	}
+	ib := mkInbound(t, 21002, model.VLESS, clientsSettings(t, source))
+	if err := svc.SyncInbound(nil, ib.Id, source); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("seed linkage: %v", err)
+	}
+	past := time.Now().Add(-time.Hour).UnixMilli()
+	mkTraffic(t, ib.Id, "alice@x", 60, 60, 100, 0, true)
+	mkTraffic(t, ib.Id, "bob@x", 10, 10, 100, 0, true)
+	mkTraffic(t, ib.Id, "carol@x", 0, 0, 0, past, true)
+
+	deleted, _, err := svc.DelDepleted(inboundSvc)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("DelDepleted: %v", err)
+	}
+	if deleted != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 2 deleted (alice traffic-depleted, carol expired), got %d", deleted)
+	}
+
+	if _, err := svc.GetRecordByEmail(nil, "bob@x"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("bob should survive: %v", err)
+	}
+	for _, e := range []string{"alice@x", "carol@x"} {
+		if _, err := svc.GetRecordByEmail(nil, e); err == nil {
+			t.Fatalf("%s should be deleted", e)
+		}
+	}
+
+	reloaded, _ := inboundSvc.GetInbound(ib.Id)
+	jsonClients, _ := inboundSvc.GetClients(reloaded)
+	if len(jsonClients) != 1 || jsonClients[0].Email != "bob@x" {
+		t.Fatalf("settings JSON should contain only bob, got %d clients", len(jsonClients))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetClientTrafficByEmailReadsClientsTable(t *testing.T) {
+	setupBulkDB(t)
+	svc := &ClientService{}
+	inboundSvc := &InboundService{}
+
+	source := []model.Client{
+		{Email: "alice@x", ID: "11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111", SubID: "sa", Enable: true},
+	}
+	ib := mkInbound(t, 21003, model.VLESS, clientsSettings(t, source))
+	if err := svc.SyncInbound(nil, ib.Id, source); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("seed linkage: %v", err)
+	}
+	mkTraffic(t, ib.Id, "alice@x", 1, 2, 0, 0, true)
+
+	tr, err := inboundSvc.GetClientTrafficByEmail("alice@x")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GetClientTrafficByEmail: %v", err)
+	}
+	if tr == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected traffic, got nil")
+	}
+	if tr.UUID != "11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111" {
+		t.Fatalf("UUID not enriched from clients table, got %q", tr.UUID)
+	}
+	if tr.SubId != "sa" {
+		t.Fatalf("SubId not enriched from clients table, got %q", tr.SubId)
+	}
+}

web/service/client.go

@@ -1747,14 +1747,43 @@ func (s *ClientService) BulkResetTraffic(inboundSvc *InboundService, emails []st
 	if len(emails) == 0 {
 		return 0, nil
 	}
-	count := 0
+	seen := map[string]struct{}{}
-	for _, email := range emails {
+	cleanEmails := make([]string, 0, len(emails))
-		if _, err := s.ResetTrafficByEmail(inboundSvc, email); err != nil {
+	for _, e := range emails {
-			return count, err
+		e = strings.TrimSpace(e)
+		if e == "" {
+			continue
 		}
-		count++
+		if _, ok := seen[e]; ok {
+			continue
+		}
+		seen[e] = struct{}{}
+		cleanEmails = append(cleanEmails, e)
 	}
-	return count, nil
+	if len(cleanEmails) == 0 {
+		return 0, nil
+	}
+
+	affected := 0
+	err := submitTrafficWrite(func() error {
+		db := database.GetDB()
+		return db.Transaction(func(tx *gorm.DB) error {
+			for _, batch := range chunkStrings(cleanEmails, sqlInChunk) {
+				res := tx.Model(xray.ClientTraffic{}).
+					Where("email IN ?", batch).
+					Updates(map[string]any{"enable": true, "up": 0, "down": 0})
+				if res.Error != nil {
+					return res.Error
+				}
+				affected += int(res.RowsAffected)
+			}
+			return nil
+		})
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	return affected, nil
 }
 
 func (s *ClientService) CreateGroup(name string) error {
@@ -3334,33 +3363,27 @@ func (s *ClientService) DelDepleted(inboundSvc *InboundService) (int, bool, erro
 		return 0, false, nil
 	}
 
-	emails := make(map[string]struct{}, len(rows))
+	seen := make(map[string]struct{}, len(rows))
+	emails := make([]string, 0, len(rows))
 	for _, r := range rows {
-		if r.Email != "" {
+		if r.Email == "" {
-			emails[r.Email] = struct{}{}
+			continue
 		}
+		if _, ok := seen[r.Email]; ok {
+			continue
+		}
+		seen[r.Email] = struct{}{}
+		emails = append(emails, r.Email)
+	}
+	if len(emails) == 0 {
+		return 0, false, nil
 	}
 
-	needRestart := false
+	res, needRestart, err := s.BulkDelete(inboundSvc, emails, false)
-	deleted := 0
+	if err != nil {
-	for email := range emails {
+		return res.Deleted, needRestart, err
-		var rec model.ClientRecord
-		if err := db.Where("email = ?", email).First(&rec).Error; err != nil {
-			if errors.Is(err, gorm.ErrRecordNotFound) {
-				continue
-			}
-			return deleted, needRestart, err
-		}
-		nr, err := s.Delete(inboundSvc, rec.Id, false)
-		if err != nil {
-			return deleted, needRestart, err
-		}
-		if nr {
-			needRestart = true
-		}
-		deleted++
 	}
-	return deleted, needRestart, nil
+	return res.Deleted, needRestart, nil
 }
 
 func (s *ClientService) ResetAllClientTraffics(inboundSvc *InboundService, id int) error {

web/service/inbound.go

@@ -83,8 +83,17 @@ func (s *InboundService) enrichClientStats(db *gorm.DB, inbounds []*model.Inboun
 			emails = append(emails, e)
 		}
 		var extra []xray.ClientTraffic
-		if err := db.Model(xray.ClientTraffic{}).Where("email IN ?", emails).Find(&extra).Error; err != nil {
+		var loadErr error
-			logger.Warning("enrichClientStats:", err)
+		for _, batch := range chunkStrings(emails, sqlInChunk) {
+			var page []xray.ClientTraffic
+			if err := db.Model(xray.ClientTraffic{}).Where("email IN ?", batch).Find(&page).Error; err != nil {
+				loadErr = err
+				break
+			}
+			extra = append(extra, page...)
+		}
+		if loadErr != nil {
+			logger.Warning("enrichClientStats:", loadErr)
 		} else {
 			byEmail := make(map[string]xray.ClientTraffic, len(extra))
 			for _, st := range extra {
@@ -3048,16 +3057,33 @@ func (s *InboundService) GetInboundsTrafficSummary() ([]InboundTrafficSummary, e
 }
 
 func (s *InboundService) GetClientTrafficByEmail(email string) (traffic *xray.ClientTraffic, err error) {
-	// Prefer retrieving along with client to reflect actual enabled state from inbound settings
+	db := database.GetDB()
-	t, client, err := s.GetClientByEmail(email)
+	var traffics []*xray.ClientTraffic
+	if err := db.Model(xray.ClientTraffic{}).Where("email = ?", email).Find(&traffics).Error; err != nil {
+		logger.Warningf("Error retrieving ClientTraffic with email %s: %v", email, err)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if len(traffics) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	t := traffics[0]
+
+	if rec, rErr := s.clientService.GetRecordByEmail(db, email); rErr == nil && rec != nil {
+		c := rec.ToClient()
+		t.UUID = c.ID
+		t.SubId = c.SubID
+		return t, nil
+	}
+
+	t2, client, err := s.GetClientByEmail(email)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Warningf("Error retrieving ClientTraffic with email %s: %v", email, err)
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if t != nil && client != nil {
+	if t2 != nil && client != nil {
-		t.UUID = client.ID
+		t2.UUID = client.ID
-		t.SubId = client.SubID
+		t2.SubId = client.SubID
-		return t, nil
+		return t2, nil
 	}
 	return nil, nil
 }
@@ -3386,6 +3412,9 @@ func (s *InboundService) MigrateDB() {
 }
 
 func (s *InboundService) GetOnlineClients() []string {
+	if p == nil {
+		return []string{}
+	}
 	return p.GetOnlineClients()
 }