Cannot detect sudden remote server disconnections

[yashverma]

Basic Infos

Hardware

Hardware: ESP-01
Core Version: 2.1.0-rc2

Description

Problem description

Using WiFiClient class on esp-01 to connect to a java application socket on a PC.
By sketch logic it should reconnect when the socket opens again after initial disconnect.

The module can detect when the connection closes gracefully i.e when the application is terminated or socket is closed on PC, but if there is a sudden disconnection , like pulling out lan cable from PC ,then the module would not detect it as disconnection and WiFiClient::connected will keep returning true.

Settings in IDE

Module: Generic ESP8266 Module
Flash Size: 1MB
CPU Frequency: 80Mhz
Flash Mode: dio
Flash Frequency: 40Mhz
Upload Using: SERIAL
Reset Method: ck

Sketch

boolean WifiManager::checkOrConnectToServer()
{
	if (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED )
		return false;

	if (client != nullptr)
	client->available();

	if (client != nullptr && client->connected() && currentState == EConnectionState::ECS_ConnectedServerPrimary)
			return true;	

	client = std::shared_ptr<WiFiClient>(new WiFiClient());

	if (client->connect(getServerAddress().c_str(), getServerPort()))
	{
		currentState = EConnectionState::ECS_ConnectedServerPrimary;
		return true;
	}
	else
	{
		currentState = EConnectionState::ECS_ConnectedPrimary;
		return false;
	}


}

Debug Messages

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