Give users feedback about whether or not they are reachable over the DHT #7271

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opened 2021-11-01 17:31:29 +01:00 by lyoshenka · 1 comment
lyoshenka commented 2021-11-01 17:31:29 +01:00 (Migrated from github.com)

If your app is not reachable, then others cannot download from you. Most users don't know what it means to be reachable, or whether they are reachable or not. Reachability can be detected automatically (@shyba knows how). The app can run this test in the background and show some alert to let them know they are not reachable.

This is especially needed if they enable background downloading because they're giving space to help the network but that space is not actually usable by the network.

If your app is not reachable, then others cannot download from you. Most users don't know what it means to be reachable, or whether they are reachable or not. Reachability can be detected automatically (@shyba knows how). The app can run this test in the background and show some alert to let them know they are not reachable. This is especially needed if they enable background downloading because they're giving space to help the network but that space is not actually usable by the network.
jessopb commented 2021-11-27 19:47:56 +01:00 (Migrated from github.com)

discussed with @shyba - is this something sdk should do and report in status?

discussed with @shyba - is this something sdk should do and report in status?
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