[Feature] Auto reconnect on connection drop

[Atrate]

Hello,

It could be a nice feature for Viscerion to be able to reconnect to the VPN after a connection drop.

This could be done by periodically pinging a server and also watching for the CONNECTIVITY_CHANGED broadcast intent

[msfjarvis]

The kernel backend does recover across connection drops and IP changes, much like mosh which the WireGuard author quotes on the project homepage as well.

[Atrate]

From what I've seen it does so after a very long time, at least in my case

[msfjarvis]

From what I've seen it does so after a very long time, at least in my case

Hmm okay, will check in a bit.

[msfjarvis]

Is there any service online I can use for a keepalive ping target that works for everybody? I know there's a lot of restrictions in China and a significant portion of my userbase is currently in China so I would prefer to make something that's functional for them as well.

[Atrate]

1.1.1.1? I don't know, but it shouldn't be blocked in China, wouldn't hurt for someone to test it.

The keepalive ping target could also be set to just be the VPN endpoint's IP. If it's unreachable due to some other factor, a user would usually also trigger a reconnect.

[msfjarvis]

Oh yes, endpoint IP would actually be perfect. Thanks for your input!

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[Atrate]

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[msfjarvis]

This stale thing is just guilt trip via cron