Commit 846528c
Remove NT reconnect loop entirely (#2398)
## Description
Back in
#467 (comment)
and
https://discord.com/channels/725836368059826228/725846784131203222/974498049609056266
we added code to poke our NT client every 5 seconds to "clicking the
save button in the settings window makes Photon show up again over
networktables". Total hack, but it seemed to work. We didn't at the time
dig any deeper in Wireshark or debug-level NT logs.
<img width="1373" height="679" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8cb2102e-0bae-4bfd-b9ac-55d31f8421b6"
/>
Now, it's 2026. 4 years on from the OG bug. And this code seems linked
to these issues
-
https://www.chiefdelphi.com/t/photonvision-coprocessor-not-sending-data-can-t-change-networking/516356/5
-
https://www.chiefdelphi.com/t/photonvision-network-tables-known-issue/515966
Craig collected these log files as well:
[craig-nt-never-connects.zip](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/26001809/craig-nt-never-connects.zip)
The code path that handles TCP re-connection was also changed entirely
since we first added this workaround. Regardless this hack was not
removed as part of the NT3 to NT4 upgrade:
- pre-NT4, reconnection was handled by `TCPConnector::connect_parallel`
which delegates to `TCPConnector`. This uses raw socket APIs
- post-NT4, reconnect is handled by `ParallelTcpConnector`. This uses
libuv exclusively
@crschardt did some really great debugging with a rio and radio in the
loop with a luma p1. In this test setup, removing this code improves
stability markedly. I'd still like to get this more on robot time, as
well as try to understand from Peter why we might have needed this code
in the first place.
## Changes
- Remove periodic stop/restart of NetworkTables client every 5 seconds
if `NetworkTablesInstance::isConnected` returns false.
## Meta
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