[GH-ISSUE #600] setConfigPortalTimeout() does not reattempt connection; causes strange behaviour #501

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opened 2026-02-28 01:25:35 +03:00 by kerem · 3 comments

kerem commented

2026-02-28 01:25:35 +03:00

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Originally created by @cjastone on GitHub (Apr 25, 2018).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/tzapu/WiFiManager/issues/600

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WiFimanager Branch/Release: Development

Esp8266/Esp32:

Hardware: ESP-09

Core Version: 2.4.0, staging

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When using setConfigPortalTimeout(), following timeout, connection is not reattempted, nor is the device rebooted when the timeout is reached.

The program execution continues, but behaves... strangely. Most of my code runs within a while (WiFi.status() == WL_CONNECTED) loop with not much else happening outside of this within void loop(). So it will sit there and loop a few times, not doing much. Sometimes, it'll crash after several loops - but other times it suddenly gets a connection to WiFi, but nothing works right - JSON objects are full or gibberish, other variables don't contain correct data, and so on. It's really quite strange.

I've got a fair bit of code that would be excessive to post here, but if it'll help I can try trim it down to a proof-of-concept. Let me know if that would help!

Originally created by @cjastone on GitHub (Apr 25, 2018). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/tzapu/WiFiManager/issues/600 ### Basic Infos #### Hardware WiFimanager Branch/Release: Development Esp8266/Esp32: Hardware: ESP-09 Core Version: 2.4.0, staging ### Description When using setConfigPortalTimeout(), following timeout, connection is not reattempted, nor is the device rebooted when the timeout is reached. The program execution continues, but behaves... strangely. Most of my code runs within a `while (WiFi.status() == WL_CONNECTED)` loop with not much else happening outside of this within `void loop()`. So it will sit there and loop a few times, not doing much. Sometimes, it'll crash after several loops - but other times it suddenly gets a connection to WiFi, but nothing works right - JSON objects are full or gibberish, other variables don't contain correct data, and so on. It's really quite strange. I've got a fair bit of code that would be excessive to post here, but if it'll help I can try trim it down to a proof-of-concept. Let me know if that would help!

kerem closed this issue

2026-02-28 01:25:36 +03:00

kerem commented

2026-02-28 01:25:36 +03:00

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@tablatronix commented on GitHub (Apr 25, 2018):

Not sure what you expect to happen here but timeout just returns the function call, its times out the configportal and shuts it down.

What are you expecting to happen, I do not understand.

Sounds like something is wrong with your code or scope.

@tablatronix commented on GitHub (Apr 25, 2018): Not sure what you expect to happen here but timeout just returns the function call, its times out the configportal and shuts it down. What are you expecting to happen, I do not understand. Sounds like something is wrong with your code or scope.

kerem commented

2026-02-28 01:25:36 +03:00

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@cjastone commented on GitHub (Apr 26, 2018):

Okay - understood. I misinterpreted what was meant by "When the time passes, the autoConnect function will return, no matter the outcome. Check for connection and if it's still not established do whatever is needed (on some modules I restart them to retry, on others I enter deep sleep)"

I've since added in code to handle this myself if (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) { ESP.restart(); } which deals with it just fine. Thanks for clarifying!

@cjastone commented on GitHub (Apr 26, 2018): Okay - understood. I misinterpreted what was meant by "When the time passes, the autoConnect function will return, no matter the outcome. Check for connection and if it's still not established do whatever is needed (on some modules I restart them to retry, on others I enter deep sleep)" I've since added in code to handle this myself `if (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) { ESP.restart(); }` which deals with it just fine. Thanks for clarifying!

kerem commented

2026-02-28 01:25:36 +03:00

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@tablatronix commented on GitHub (Apr 26, 2018):

Yeah that is exactly what the example does

@tablatronix commented on GitHub (Apr 26, 2018): Yeah that is exactly what the example does