Reconnect not working when using find

[jasonmcaffee]

If you bring the db down for over 30 seconds, mongojs does not recover or reconnect.
Db.on('error') is never fired.

Test code:

'use strict';
let mongojs = require('mongojs');
let db = mongojs('localhost:27017/testCollection', ['test'], {
  auto_reconnect: true
});
db.on('error', (e)=>{
  console.error('db error %s', e);
});
let testCollection = db.test;
setInterval(()=>{
  console.log('fetching...');
  testCollection.find(null, (err, result)=>{
    if(err){
      console.error('error fetching %s', err);
    }else{
      console.log('fetch result came back.');
    }
  });
}, 2000);

Result:

fetching...
fetch result came back.
fetching...
fetch result came back.
fetching...
fetch result came back.
fetching...
fetch result came back.
fetching...    <-- bring db down
fetching...
fetching...
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error fetching MongoError: no connection available for operation    <-- takes about 32 seconds to get this error
error fetching MongoError: no connection available for operation
error fetching MongoError: no connection available for operation
error fetching MongoError: no connection available for operation
error fetching MongoError: no connection available for operation
error fetching MongoError: no connection available for operation
error fetching MongoError: no connection available for operation
error fetching MongoError: no connection available for operation
error fetching MongoError: no connection available for operation
error fetching MongoError: no connection available for operation
error fetching MongoError: no connection available for operation
error fetching MongoError: no connection available for operation
error fetching MongoError: no connection available for operation
error fetching MongoError: no connection available for operation
error fetching MongoError: no connection available for operation
error fetching MongoError: no connection available for operation
fetching...
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fetching...
fetching...
fetching...         <-- bring db back up
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Node version: 4.0.0
Mongojs version: 2.3.0
Mongo version: 2.6

[saintedlama]

We're using mongodb native driver under the hood so connection options get passed to mongodb native. To pass a auto reconnect option see http://mongodb.github.io/node-mongodb-native/2.1/reference/connecting/connection-settings/

The fun thing about this bug is, that autoReconnect should be enabled by default.

[jasonmcaffee]

With this approach, an error is never fired, and all finds execute when the db comes back up, regardless of how long it's down (i tested for 3 minute outage)

'use strict';

var Db = require('mongodb').Db,
  Mongos = require('mongodb').Mongos,
  Server = require('mongodb').Server;
// Connect using Mongos
var server = new Server('localhost', 27017, {auto_reconnect:true});
var db = new Db('testCollection', new Mongos([server]));
db.open(function(err, db) {
  setInterval(()=>{
    console.log('fetching...');
    db.collection('test').find({}).toArray((err, result)=>{
      if(err){
        console.error('error fetching: %s', err);
      }else{
        console.log('fetch successful' + JSON.stringify(result[0]));
      }
    });

  }, 2000);
});

[yonatan-py]

hi, I'am having a similar is, but with mongojs version 1.4.1. is it a known issue? would upgrading to latest version solve this? would 2.3.0 be backwards compatible with 1.4.1? (I suppose it will)

[geekbleek]

I'm also seeing this behavior for mongojs going down for over 30 seconds. It times out, and never recovers. Requires a restart of the node.js process to re-connect.

[jsricarde]

Hi, I have the similar error it's necessary restart node app for reconnect with db.

[dsin]

I also face this problem. Any suggestion on this ?

[reggiezhang]

This issue maybe caused by the default values of reconnectTries (30 times) and reconnectInterval (1 second) based on the doc http://mongodb.github.io/node-mongodb-native/2.1/reference/connecting/connection-settings