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App won't try to reconnect if offline when started #431
Description
Description
If there's no internet connection when launching Whatsapp-for-Linux, it won't try to reconnect and will stay offline indefinitely.
The window shows the following error message:
Error resolving “web.whatsapp.com”: Name or service not known
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
- Disconnect your internet connection
- Start whatsapp-for-linux
- Window shows
Error resolving “web.whatsapp.com”: Name or service not known - Connect to internet
- Whatsapp-for-linux won't try to reconnect but stays offline indefinitely.
Expected behavior
It'd be nice if whatsapp-for-linux tried to reload the page every, say, 10-30 seconds if it received that error.
Why does this matter at all? Especially when auto-starting applications when logging in to the desktop environment, the internet connection might not be yet connected when the app already starts. This is just one example.
Screenshots
Environment
- Distro: NixOS
- Package: whatsapp-for-linux in nixpkgs
- Desktop Environment or Window Manager [e.g. Gnome, i3wm]: i3wm