From a71f00e629210de643d8c608a926436fff632468 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Weeks <adweeks@cisco.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 11:52:49 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Fix Socket.IO connection: Add polling fallback and
 reconnection logic

- Change from WebSocket-only to WebSocket with polling fallback
- Add reconnection configuration for better resilience
- Fixes real-time updates not appearing across users
---
 frontend/src/context/LobbyProvider.jsx | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/frontend/src/context/LobbyProvider.jsx b/frontend/src/context/LobbyProvider.jsx
index 7b23a0a..137e0af 100644
--- a/frontend/src/context/LobbyProvider.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/context/LobbyProvider.jsx
@@ -20,7 +20,12 @@ export const LobbyProvider = ({ lobbyId, initialUser, children }) => {
   });
 
   const socket = useMemo(
-    () => io(import.meta.env.VITE_SOCKET_URL, { transports: ['websocket'] }),
+    () => io(import.meta.env.VITE_SOCKET_URL, { 
+      transports: ['websocket', 'polling'],
+      reconnection: true,
+      reconnectionDelay: 1000,
+      reconnectionAttempts: 5
+    }),
     [],
   );
 

From dcd9b4fea3d53b1bad428f4698f6b1f3e95790ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Weeks <adweeks@cisco.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 11:56:54 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Fix prettier formatting for Socket.IO config

---
 frontend/src/context/LobbyProvider.jsx | 13 +++++++------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frontend/src/context/LobbyProvider.jsx b/frontend/src/context/LobbyProvider.jsx
index 137e0af..692afe4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/context/LobbyProvider.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/context/LobbyProvider.jsx
@@ -20,12 +20,13 @@ export const LobbyProvider = ({ lobbyId, initialUser, children }) => {
   });
 
   const socket = useMemo(
-    () => io(import.meta.env.VITE_SOCKET_URL, { 
-      transports: ['websocket', 'polling'],
-      reconnection: true,
-      reconnectionDelay: 1000,
-      reconnectionAttempts: 5
-    }),
+    () =>
+      io(import.meta.env.VITE_SOCKET_URL, {
+        transports: ['websocket', 'polling'],
+        reconnection: true,
+        reconnectionDelay: 1000,
+        reconnectionAttempts: 5,
+      }),
     [],
   );