Feature to keep trying to automatically reconnect

ThinLinc
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I absolutely love ThinLinc, and think it is vastly superior to all alternatives I have every tried. But I must say there is one, and only one, feature I desperately miss in the ThinLinc client that I have when working with Citrix Workspace: the automatic repeated attempts at reconnecting when connection is lost, while still displaying the last seen screen.

Let me explain. When connecting to a remote server desktop with ThinLinc, if we lose connection the Thinlinc simply closes the connection window entirely, and shows a separate popup message to inform that connection was lost. Then, the user needs to keep an eye at the connection and, upon noticing that it was re-established, the user needs to manually open the ThinLinc client and re-attempt to connect.

In comparison, when connecting to a remove server desktop with Citrix Workspace, if we lose connection, the Citrix Workspace client app shows the following:

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That is, the app does not immediately close. For 5 minutes, it keeps displaying the last seen remote screen before the connection was lost, and it keep repeatedly trying to re-stablish connection. If at some point it succeeds, then the user can simply resume working.

Would it be possible to consider implementing something similar in ThinLinc? This is so so helpful when connection is lost due to minor fluctuations in signal (for ex. when connecting to a server from an airport, airplane, train, or abroad).

Thanks for your consideration!

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Hi @guill,

Thanks for your feedback. I agree this would be nice to have in certain situations. We actually have an entry in our Bugzilla for this feature:

Unfortunately it’s nothing we’ve been able to prioritise at this point, but I have noted your comments. Appreciate the post!

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Thanks for taking note of this. Even if now, I have less hope of seeing this implemented someday, I appreciate your reply!