Fix: Silent failure on reconnect, self healing via /join when chat is silent after an outage

sneed/client.go

@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ const (
 	MappingCleanupInterval  = 5 * time.Minute
 	MappingMaxAge           = 1 * time.Hour
 	OutboundMatchWindow     = 60 * time.Second
+	PingIdleThreshold       = 60 * time.Second
+	StaleRejoinThreshold    = 90 * time.Second
+	StaleReconnectThreshold = 3 * time.Minute
+	RejoinCooldown          = 30 * time.Second
 )
 
 type Client struct {
@@ -34,6 +38,7 @@ type Client struct {
 	mu        sync.RWMutex
 
 	lastMessage     time.Time
+	lastJoinAttempt time.Time
 	stopCh          chan struct{}
 	wg              sync.WaitGroup
 
@@ -107,7 +112,7 @@ func (c *Client) Connect() error {
 	c.wg.Add(1)
 	go c.readLoop()
 
-	c.Send(fmt.Sprintf("/join %d", c.roomID))
+	c.joinRoom()
 	log.Printf("✅ Successfully connected to Sneedchat room %d", c.roomID)
 	if c.OnConnect != nil {
 		c.OnConnect()
@@ -115,8 +120,14 @@ func (c *Client) Connect() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (c *Client) joinRoom() {
+func (c *Client) joinRoom() bool {
-	c.Send(fmt.Sprintf("/join %d", c.roomID))
+	sent := c.Send(fmt.Sprintf("/join %d", c.roomID))
+	if sent {
+		c.mu.Lock()
+		c.lastJoinAttempt = time.Now()
+		c.mu.Unlock()
+	}
+	return sent
 }
 
 func (c *Client) readLoop() {
@@ -148,7 +159,7 @@ func (c *Client) readLoop() {
 
 func (c *Client) heartbeatLoop() {
 	defer c.wg.Done()
-	t := time.NewTicker(30 * time.Second)
+	t := time.NewTicker(15 * time.Second)
 	defer t.Stop()
 	for {
 		select {
@@ -157,15 +168,46 @@ func (c *Client) heartbeatLoop() {
 			connected := c.connected
 			conn := c.conn
 			c.mu.RUnlock()
-			if connected && time.Since(c.lastMessage) > 60*time.Second && conn != nil {
+			if !connected || conn == nil {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			silence := time.Since(c.lastMessage)
+			if silence > PingIdleThreshold {
 				_ = conn.WriteMessage(websocket.TextMessage, []byte("/ping"))
 			}
+			c.handleStaleState(silence)
 		case <-c.stopCh:
 			return
 		}
 	}
 }
 
+func (c *Client) handleStaleState(silence time.Duration) {
+	if silence < StaleRejoinThreshold {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if silence >= StaleReconnectThreshold {
+		log.Printf("⚠️ No Sneedchat messages for %s; recycling websocket", silence.Round(time.Second))
+		c.handleDisconnect()
+		return
+	}
+
+	c.mu.RLock()
+	lastJoin := c.lastJoinAttempt
+	c.mu.RUnlock()
+	if time.Since(lastJoin) < RejoinCooldown {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if c.joinRoom() {
+		log.Printf("⚠️ Sneedchat feed silent for %s, reasserted /join %d", silence.Round(time.Second), c.roomID)
+	} else {
+		log.Printf("⚠️ Sneedchat feed silent for %s but websocket not writable; waiting", silence.Round(time.Second))
+	}
+}
+
 func (c *Client) cleanupLoop() {
 	defer c.wg.Done()
 	t := time.NewTicker(MappingCleanupInterval)
@@ -199,6 +241,13 @@ func (c *Client) Send(s string) bool {
 }
 
 func (c *Client) handleDisconnect() {
+	c.mu.RLock()
+	alreadyDisconnected := !c.connected
+	c.mu.RUnlock()
+	if alreadyDisconnected {
+		return
+	}
+
 	select {
 	case <-c.stopCh:
 		return