Keep syncing regardless of connectivity (#93)

include/ChatPage.h

@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ private slots:
         void setOwnAvatar(const QPixmap &img);
         void initialSyncCompleted(const mtx::responses::Sync &response);
         void syncCompleted(const mtx::responses::Sync &response);
-        void syncFailed(const QString &msg);
         void changeTopRoomInfo(const QString &room_id);
         void logout();
         void addRoom(const QString &room_id);
@@ -157,6 +156,7 @@ private:
         // Safety net if consensus is not possible or too slow.
         QTimer *showContentTimer_;
         QTimer *consensusTimer_;
+        QTimer *syncTimeoutTimer_;
 
         QString current_room_;
         QString current_community_;

src/ChatPage.cc

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 #include "timeline/TimelineViewManager.h"
 
 constexpr int MAX_INITIAL_SYNC_FAILURES = 5;
-constexpr int SYNC_RETRY_TIMEOUT        = 10000;
+constexpr int SYNC_RETRY_TIMEOUT        = 40000;
 
 ChatPage *ChatPage::instance_ = nullptr;
 
@@ -304,7 +304,6 @@ ChatPage::ChatPage(QSharedPointer<MatrixClient> client,
                 client_->initialSync();
         });
         connect(client_.data(), &MatrixClient::syncCompleted, this, &ChatPage::syncCompleted);
-        connect(client_.data(), &MatrixClient::syncFailed, this, &ChatPage::syncFailed);
         connect(client_.data(),
                 &MatrixClient::getOwnProfileResponse,
                 this,
@@ -365,6 +364,17 @@ ChatPage::ChatPage(QSharedPointer<MatrixClient> client,
                 }
         });
 
+        syncTimeoutTimer_ = new QTimer(this);
+        connect(syncTimeoutTimer_, &QTimer::timeout, this, [=]() {
+                if (client_->getHomeServer().isEmpty()) {
+                        syncTimeoutTimer_->stop();
+                        return;
+                }
+
+                qDebug() << "Sync took too long. Retrying...";
+                client_->sync();
+        });
+
         connect(communitiesList_,
                 &CommunitiesList::communityChanged,
                 this,
@@ -474,20 +484,11 @@ ChatPage::setOwnAvatar(const QPixmap &img)
         user_info_widget_->setAvatar(img.toImage());
 }
 
-void
-ChatPage::syncFailed(const QString &msg)
-{
-        // Stop if sync is not active. e.g user is logged out.
-        if (client_->getHomeServer().isEmpty())
-                return;
-
-        qWarning() << "Sync error:" << msg;
-        QTimer::singleShot(SYNC_RETRY_TIMEOUT, this, [=]() { client_->sync(); });
-}
-
 void
 ChatPage::syncCompleted(const mtx::responses::Sync &response)
 {
+        syncTimeoutTimer_->stop();
+
         updateJoinedRooms(response.rooms.join);
         removeLeftRooms(response.rooms.leave);
 
@@ -504,6 +505,8 @@ ChatPage::syncCompleted(const mtx::responses::Sync &response)
 
         client_->setNextBatchToken(nextBatchToken);
         client_->sync();
+
+        syncTimeoutTimer_->start(SYNC_RETRY_TIMEOUT);
 }
 
 void

src/MatrixClient.cc

@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ MatrixClient::sync() noexcept
                 int status = reply->attribute(QNetworkRequest::HttpStatusCodeAttribute).toInt();
 
                 if (status == 0 || status >= 400) {
-                        emit syncFailed(reply->errorString());
+                        qDebug() << reply->errorString();
                         return;
                 }