[HOLD for payment 2022-03-22] [$500] Connection drop is not detected - Reported by: @Santhosh-Sellavel

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Action Performed:

1. Steps to simulate connect loss:
2. Turn on mobile internet on phone.
3. Turn on hotspot/internet sharing on your phone.
4. Connect your laptop/pc to the network shared from mobile.
5. Use the new Expensify app.
6. Now disable mobile internet in the phone, now its connection drop but our app doesn’t detect it.
7. You can verify opening any user chat, we can't see the offline message warning.

Expected Result:

Connection drop should be detected on all circumstances.

Actual Result:

Connection drop is not detected and the app should online status.

Workaround:

None, going back online fixes the issue.

Platform:

Where is this issue occurring?

• Web
• Desktop App

Version Number: 1.1.9-1

Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: Yes

Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856

Notes/Photos/Videos: Any additional supporting documentation

Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:

Issue reported by: @Santhosh-Sellavel
Slack conversation: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C01GTK53T8Q/p1634766280030400

Job: https://www.upwork.com/jobs/~0129cfc8254ac008fa

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[MelvinBot]

Triggered auto assignment to @Gonals (Engineering), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4319 for more details.

[MelvinBot]

Triggered auto assignment to @kadiealexander (External), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/8582 for more details.

[Gonals]

Nice catch! Added tags and sending to the pool

[kadiealexander]

Just going to reassign since I'll be OOO for the next wee while.