From 5d8ff3efce79701736748bc3e071307ef7743227 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin Howard <devin@callysto.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2016 14:40:14 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] realtime shouldn't poll forever if the dev server isn't up
 (#931)

---
 frontend/src/Metamaps/Realtime/index.js | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/frontend/src/Metamaps/Realtime/index.js b/frontend/src/Metamaps/Realtime/index.js
index 952b835c..318753f0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Metamaps/Realtime/index.js
+++ b/frontend/src/Metamaps/Realtime/index.js
@@ -111,7 +111,13 @@ let Realtime = {
 
     self.addJuntoListeners()
 
-    self.socket = new SocketIoConnection({ url: serverData['REALTIME_SERVER'] })
+    self.socket = new SocketIoConnection({
+      url: serverData['REALTIME_SERVER'],
+      socketio: {
+        // don't poll forever if in development
+        reconnectionAttempts: serverData.RAILS_ENV === 'development' ? 5 : Infinity
+      }
+    })
     self['junto_spinner_darkgrey.gif'] = serverData['junto_spinner_darkgrey.gif']
 
     self.socket.on('connect', function() {