Simple-peer: Error: Ice connection failed.

[feross]

The test suite is failing with Error: Ice connection failed.. I've also noticed this error in the WebTorrent Desktop telemetry logs, and it's now one of the top errors.

We should figure out what's going on.

[t-mullen]

Is it possible that these are network related? I know ICE can fail for quite a few external reasons.

[feross]

Yep, this is network related. Happens when I have my firewall enabled and don't allow the connections through.

[t-mullen]

We could specify a default TURN server.

[feross]

@RationalCoding TURN servers are expensive. Who would pay for it?

[t-mullen]

True. Anyways, I'd prefer not to trust a 3rd-party TURN server by default. It's good the way it is.

[t-mullen]

I've noticed that the ICE status will briefly change to "disconnected" on Chrome. Adding a short reconnect timer (~100ms) has significantly reduced these errors for me. Maybe we should change the default timer?

[surprisetalk]

@RationalCoding I'm being inundated with ICE connection errors on webtorrent-hybrid. Would you be willing to share your reconnection code? Thanks!

[t-mullen]

@surprisetalk Please see the investigation into this error I did in #202. There are multiple reasons for this error (mostly network related.)

The reconnectTimer option was removed in a past PR since we changed how we handle ice timeouts. You shouldn't have the issue I'm talking about here in a new version of simple-peer.