Connection state not reflected during reconnect; room creation available while offline

[mremond]

Description

When re-connecting to the server fails (possibly related to a DNS issue), the client's placeholder/state indicators do not reflect the actual connection state correctly. During this state, the account shows a "Reconnecting…" status in the sidebar.

Additionally, actions that require an active connection, such as creating a room, likely will not work while disconnected/reconnecting, but the UI does not communicate this. The "Create a room" action remains available in the Chat Rooms view even though it cannot succeed without a connection.

Observed Behaviour

• Re-connection fails intermittently.
• Placeholder messages / connection state indicators do not accurately reflect the reconnecting state.
• The "Create a room" action stays enabled while the client is not connected.

Expected Behaviour

• Connection state and placeholder messages should accurately reflect the current reconnecting/disconnected state.
• Actions that require a connection (e.g. creating a room) should be disabled while disconnected, with a clear message indicating that a connection is required.

[mremond]

Additional Information

Further details have been reported regarding the unstable reconnection behavior:

• One suggestion is that the issue may be related to the remote server being slow, causing operations to time out on connect.
• Another report confirms experiencing a similar problem, noting that it was previously assumed to be a local connection or proxy issue. The described behavior is a repeating reconnection loop: the connection succeeds, works for a few seconds, then disconnects and repeats.