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Send while disconnected not working when network disconnects [message #1810744]

Mon, 19 August 2019 00:03

Eclipse User

I recently switched my Publisher from Sync to Async library to specifically use the sendWhileDisconncted option.

There are two ways I am testing this on Raspberry Pi.

1. Kill the broker and start again after few minutes
-- this use case seems to be working. The messages sent during those few minutes are NOT lost and received by the broker.

2. Disconnect the ethernet cable / restart the ISP router connected (RPi is connected to another Wifi router which is connected to ISP router)
-- this is not working. The message sent while the network is disconnected are lost -- not sent again.

The second scenario is crucial as that's what tends to happen in the field. The local router is fine, but the Service Provider disconnects.

In both cases the notification/callbacks for MQTT connect and disconnect are happening as expected. When using automaticReconnect instead of MQTTAsync_reconnect(), the behaviour is weird as only some of the messages are resent.

keepAliveInterval is set to 5, but I am sending a message every second.

Is there anything else I need to set perhaps on the RPi or MQTT settings to allow buffering of messages in second scenario?

Re: Send while disconnected not working when network disconnects [message #1810951 is a reply to message #1810744]

Thu, 22 August 2019 11:40

Eclipse User

What QoS are you using? If 0, you should try 1 or 2. If the problem exists with 1 or 2, take a trace as outlined in the readme, and open an issue.

Re: Send while disconnected not working when network disconnects [message #1810960 is a reply to message #1810951]

Thu, 22 August 2019 12:50

Eclipse User

Thanks for the response.

I am using QOS 2 since the Subscriber is not designed to handle duplicate messages.

Before I open a bug I wanted to clear my understanding and also report one more observation here.

Is the SendWhileDisconnected feature supposed to handle all messages sent even after getting a "connection lost" callback? Or is the application responsible for its own buffering after the callback? Based on the description I believe the Paho library should buffer all messages (up to the specified buffer size) sent even after connection was lost. Can you please clarify?

What I observed is that the MQTTAsync_ API calls are blocking after the "connection lost" callback. The timing of "connection lost" depends on KeepAliveInterval value (shorter value, quicker call-back). The messages sent before the "connection lost" callback are resent after the connection is re-established. But especially the MQTTAsync_isConnected() called by the application (to check connectivity) and the same API called by the internal MQTT_ReceiveThread are blocking on the same mutex. The application is single-threaded.

As a workaround I am buffering my own messages after "connection lost" and wait for connection to reestablish before resending. I am letting the library handle the messages sent after network disconnect, but before the "connection lost" callback (which it does correctly).

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