From f2b4811145a0a45b2a866aefb095f833c8cb50ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Artur Borecki <me@pufereq.pl>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 15:20:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat(backend_server.py): add `BackendServer._send_ack()`
 helper method

---
 src/judas_server/backend/backend_server.py | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/judas_server/backend/backend_server.py b/src/judas_server/backend/backend_server.py
index d530bdf..bbf8833 100644
--- a/src/judas_server/backend/backend_server.py
+++ b/src/judas_server/backend/backend_server.py
@@ -60,6 +60,16 @@ class BackendServer:
                 )
                 time.sleep(1)
 
+    def _send_ack(self, client: Client) -> None:
+        """Send an ACK message to a client.
+
+        Args:
+            client (Client): The client to send the ACK to.
+        """
+        ack: bytes = Message.ack().to_bytes()
+        self.logger.debug(f"[>] Sending ACK to {client}")
+        client.outbound += ack
+
     def _accept_connection(self, sock: socket.socket) -> None:
         """Accept a new client connection.