things to consider when reconnecting a websocket connection

tags: learning networking

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  • as pointed out in websockets, errors can happen anytime during a websocket connection
  • to reconnect the websocket, we need to consider:
    • how to detect disconnection
    • when to detect, how often, when to give up detection
    • how to fetch missed message during disconnection
    • how to handle out of order messages

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