fixed issue where socket.io would no longer reconnect perpetually, new behaviour waits 10x the reconnect delay, and then starts over. Also upped the reconnection delay default to 1.5s.

public/src/app.js

@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ app.cacheBuster = null;
 	function socketIOConnect() {
 		var ioParams = {
 			reconnectionAttempts: config.maxReconnectionAttempts,
-			reconnectionDelay : config.reconnectionDelay,
+			reconnectionDelay: config.reconnectionDelay,
 			transports: config.socketioTransports,
 			path: config.relative_path + '/socket.io'
 		};
 
-		socket = io.connect(config.websocketAddress, ioParams);
+		socket = io(config.websocketAddress, ioParams);
 		reconnecting = false;
 
 		socket.on('event:connect', function () {
@@ -41,11 +41,6 @@ app.cacheBuster = null;
 		});
 
 		socket.on('reconnecting', function (attempt) {
-			if(attempt === parseInt(config.maxReconnectionAttempts, 10)) {
-				socket.io.attempts = 0;
-				return;
-			}
-
 			reconnecting = true;
 			var reconnectEl = $('#reconnect');
 
@@ -74,6 +69,11 @@ app.cacheBuster = null;
 		socket.on('event:alert', function(data) {
 			app.alert(data);
 		});
+
+		socket.on('reconnect_failed', function() {
+			// Wait ten times the reconnection delay and then start over
+			setTimeout(socket.connect.bind(socket), parseInt(config.reconnectionDelay, 10) * 10);
+		});
 	}
 
 	function onSocketConnect(data) {

src/controllers/api.js

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ apiController.getConfig = function(req, res, next) {
 	config.disableSocialButtons = parseInt(meta.config.disableSocialButtons, 10) === 1;
 	config.disableChat = parseInt(meta.config.disableChat, 10) === 1;
 	config.maxReconnectionAttempts = meta.config.maxReconnectionAttempts || 5;
-	config.reconnectionDelay = meta.config.reconnectionDelay || 200;
+	config.reconnectionDelay = meta.config.reconnectionDelay || 1500;
 	config.tagsPerTopic = meta.config.tagsPerTopic || 5;
 	config.minimumTagLength = meta.config.minimumTagLength || 3;
 	config.maximumTagLength = meta.config.maximumTagLength || 15;

src/views/admin/settings/sockets.tpl

@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
 		<form>
 			<div class="form-group">
 				<label for="maxReconnectionAttempts">Max Reconnection Attempts</label>
-				<input class="form-control" id="maxReconnectionAttempts" type="text" value="5" data-field="maxReconnectionAttempts" />
+				<input class="form-control" id="maxReconnectionAttempts" type="text" value="5" placeholder="Default: 5" data-field="maxReconnectionAttempts" />
 			</div>
 			<div class="form-group">
 				<label for="reconnectionDelay">Reconnection Delay</label>
-				<input class="form-control" id="reconnectionDelay" type="text" value="200" data-field="reconnectionDelay" />
+				<input class="form-control" id="reconnectionDelay" type="text" value="1500" placeholder="Default: 1500" data-field="reconnectionDelay" />
 			</div>
 		</form>
 	</div>