X-Git-Url: http://git.bitcoin.ninja/index.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=lightning-block-sync%2Fsrc%2Fhttp.rs;h=1f5f046c0f87dd904820e7f97718b1a3ba16ac15;hb=b465318e12e4374d7e7cb3c00036fded340f155a;hp=a33d919d05179c7adccc8bf40fc7ed86b467bb21;hpb=1efc0c85eb94e6ac8251bcb059432acd32a6a55e;p=rust-lightning

diff --git a/lightning-block-sync/src/http.rs b/lightning-block-sync/src/http.rs
index a33d919d..1f5f046c 100644
--- a/lightning-block-sync/src/http.rs
+++ b/lightning-block-sync/src/http.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+//! Simple HTTP implementation which supports both async and traditional execution environments
+//! with minimal dependencies. This is used as the basis for REST and RPC clients.
+
 use chunked_transfer;
 use serde_json;
 
@@ -155,16 +158,19 @@ impl HttpClient {
 		let endpoint = self.stream.peer_addr().unwrap();
 		match self.send_request(request).await {
 			Ok(bytes) => Ok(bytes),
-			Err(e) => match e.kind() {
-				std::io::ErrorKind::ConnectionReset |
-				std::io::ErrorKind::ConnectionAborted |
-				std::io::ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof => {
-					// Reconnect if the connection was closed. This may happen if the server's
-					// keep-alive limits are reached.
-					*self = Self::connect(endpoint)?;
-					self.send_request(request).await
-				},
-				_ => Err(e),
+			Err(_) => {
+				// Reconnect and retry on fail. This can happen if the connection was closed after
+				// the keep-alive limits are reached, or generally if the request timed out due to
+				// Bitcoin Core being stuck on a long-running operation or its RPC queue being
+				// full.
+				// Block 100ms before retrying the request as in many cases the source of the error
+				// may be persistent for some time.
+				#[cfg(feature = "tokio")]
+				tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
+				#[cfg(not(feature = "tokio"))]
+				std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100));
+				*self = Self::connect(endpoint)?;
+				self.send_request(request).await
 			},
 		}
 	}