App won't try to reconnect if offline when started

[jluttine]

Description
If there's no internet connection when launching Whatsapp-for-Linux, it won't try to reconnect and will stay offline indefinitely.

The window shows the following error message:

Error resolving “web.whatsapp.com”: Name or service not known

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Disconnect your internet connection
2. Start whatsapp-for-linux
3. Window shows Error resolving “web.whatsapp.com”: Name or service not known
4. Connect to internet
5. Whatsapp-for-linux won't try to reconnect but stays offline indefinitely.

Expected behavior

It'd be nice if whatsapp-for-linux tried to reload the page every, say, 10-30 seconds if it received that error.

Why does this matter at all? Especially when auto-starting applications when logging in to the desktop environment, the internet connection might not be yet connected when the app already starts. This is just one example.

Screenshots

Environment

• Distro: NixOS
• Package: whatsapp-for-linux in nixpkgs
• Desktop Environment or Window Manager [e.g. Gnome, i3wm]: i3wm