From 2201925cae860b260fafdfca0f70a6f92b00464d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Azores <aazores@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2023 14:10:33 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] don't send initial blank message, no longer needed

---
 src/app/Shared/Services/NotificationChannel.service.tsx | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/app/Shared/Services/NotificationChannel.service.tsx b/src/app/Shared/Services/NotificationChannel.service.tsx
index 024c68b990..9ee6cb01b7 100644
--- a/src/app/Shared/Services/NotificationChannel.service.tsx
+++ b/src/app/Shared/Services/NotificationChannel.service.tsx
@@ -155,9 +155,6 @@ export class NotificationChannel {
             next: (v) => this._messages.next(v),
             error: (err: Error) => this.logError('WebSocket error', err),
           });
-
-          // message doesn't matter, we just need to send something to the server so that our SubProtocol token can be authenticated
-          this.ws.next({ message: 'connect' } as NotificationMessage);
         },
         error: (err: Error) => this.logError('Notifications URL configuration', err),
       });