LearnBoost/socket.io — Issue #647: I cannot use it: random disconnects
Author: demian85
Created: 2011-11-17 15:58:13+00:00
State: open

It seems I'm asking too much. I want a client to stay connected FOREVER. Why sending heartbeats with the default timeouts do not work and clients randomly disconnects?
I tried Chrome and Firefox, long poling and websocket, but no luck.
At least I should be able to reference the same client using some kind of session id but it seems to change on every connect.
So the question is, how can I know when the client disconnected because of an earthquake, tsunami, computer shutdown or power failure? If the browser is open and the web page is open I need the connection open....
Really starting to give up on socket.io. NEVER could use it.
Thanks for your help.