From the README, I read that the intent is for reconnection to happen transparently, but there are cases where this fails (there appears to have been quite a few changes and improvements since I wrote this article). It describes the case that the server doesn't respond to PINGs and the client decided to close the connection. Likewise if there is a network partition or something, the server may disconnect, but the client (in theory) could re-establish the connection after the interruption.
I am not arguing that it can't happen, but I am simply stating that the intent is for the client to reconnect. If you are observing otherwise, then that may be an issue to bring up to the NATS team.
Team is aware about this. I agree intent is to support reconnects, but for now you have to implement it manually, and it's unclear when (if ever) this will be fixed in library. Main issue with reconnects is needs to re-subscribe, and how this should be done is depends on application, so it's not ease to provide some general way to restore subscriptions automatically - this is why it's not implemented yet and unlikely will be implemented soon.
From the README, I read that the intent is for reconnection to happen transparently, but there are cases where this fails (there appears to have been quite a few changes and improvements since I wrote this article). It describes the case that the server doesn't respond to PINGs and the client decided to close the connection. Likewise if there is a network partition or something, the server may disconnect, but the client (in theory) could re-establish the connection after the interruption.
I am not arguing that it can't happen, but I am simply stating that the intent is for the client to reconnect. If you are observing otherwise, then that may be an issue to bring up to the NATS team.
Team is aware about this. I agree intent is to support reconnects, but for now you have to implement it manually, and it's unclear when (if ever) this will be fixed in library. Main issue with reconnects is needs to re-subscribe, and how this should be done is depends on application, so it's not ease to provide some general way to restore subscriptions automatically - this is why it's not implemented yet and unlikely will be implemented soon.
Good to know. Agreed, in the case of consumers how subscriptions need or should be re-established can vary based on the application.