No error event when connecting to non existent peers

[d07RiV]

This does not print anything:

const peer = new Peer();
const conn = peer.connect('this-id-does-not-exist');
conn.on('error', err => console.log(err));

Is there any way to distinguish failed connections, other than waiting for a timeout?

[afrokick]

we use setTimeout to hangup an outgoing call after X seconds.

[d07RiV]

I'm doing the same but it seems highly suboptimal to have the client wait 5 seconds or so, when the server could respond with an error right away.

[d07RiV]

I looked into the server code and it seems the server is waiting for the potential client to connect/reconnect before timing out the request. Wouldn't it be better to detect that the client with given ID has not existed for a long time?

[afrokick]

You're right.
We need to detect it and close broken connection. We already added the ping message from client to server. The next step will be implementing a function to clear connections for inactive clients.

[afrokick]

Implemented in server peers/peerjs-server#139

[d07RiV]

Thanks, that should be very helpful!