Set the reconnection strategy to retry primary host/channel 3 times and then switch to back up

Zeno

Hello all,

We are connecting to HMDS WebSockets using the EMA library and are creating the config dynamically. During the creation, we have 1 primary region and 2 back up regions, which are translated to a channel for each region.

The issue we have is that when a disconnect happens, the library will automatically switch to the next channel, which meant that it will switch to the back up region after 1 disconnect on primary. Back up regions do not work as well, so a disconnect will usually happen quite quickly on the back up channels, until it reaches the primary region again and which will work well after that.

Is there a way in which we could specify the reconnect strategy to the library? For example, after a disconnect happens it should retry connecting to the primary 3 times and only if all 3 times it fails should it try the back up channels. And if it reconnects successfully to the primary region, if another disconnect occurs, it will retry again 3 times the primary and so on.

Thanks

Jirapongse

@Zeno

Thank you for reaching out to us.

The new versions of EMA support the Preferred Host Feature. Please check this Introduction to the Real-Time SDK Preferred Host Feature article.