wireapp / wireapp/wire-desktop
Connection lost & regain & lost again & regain...
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Description
Wire version: Linux latest - 3.18.2925
Wire for web version: 2020-07-24-13-46
Operating system: Linux Mint 20 Cinnamon
Which antivirus software do you have installed: na
What steps will reproduce the problem?
- Launch Wire Desktop and using it
What is the expected result?
- Stable connection
What is the actual result?
- For few days, the client on Linux Mint 20 Cinnamon is very boring, loosing connection, try to reconnect, reconnects and so on, every 2 to 20 seconds...
- Very annoying because the content of the window goes down and up each time the client looses the connection and regains it...
- I have a perfect & fast internet connection
- in Firefox I haven't seen the problem


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Research direction
No source file, test, or entry point is named. Start by reproducing the repeated disconnect/reconnect behavior in Wire Desktop on Linux Mint 20 using the reported Wire versions, then trace the desktop connection handling. Done means the client maintains a stable connection without repeatedly moving the conversation view.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- electron, linux, typescript
- Domain
- desktop, networking
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100