From ff8c09141c66cd9713a608db34898b1abfb8c74a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Kingston <andrew@kingston.dev>
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2022 15:52:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Reduce websocket polling frequency and cap reconnection
 attemps

---
 packages/client/src/websocket.js | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/client/src/websocket.js b/packages/client/src/websocket.js
index b9f9668fde..827453fad6 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/websocket.js
+++ b/packages/client/src/websocket.js
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ export const initWebsocket = () => {
   const port = location.port || (tls ? 443 : 80)
   const socket = io(`${proto}//${host}:${port}`, {
     path: "/socket/client",
+    // Cap reconnection attempts to 10 (total of 95 seconds before giving up)
+    reconnectionAttempts: 10,
+    // Delay initial reconnection attempt by 5 seconds
+    reconnectionDelay: 5000,
+    // Then decrease to 10 second intervals
+    reconnectionDelayMax: 10000,
+    // Timeout after 5 seconds so we never stack requests
+    timeout: 5000,
   })
 
   // Event handlers