Reconnect clients after server restart

[ThiagoAlexsander]

Is there a way to automatically reconnect the Interactsh CLI Client after restarting the Interactsh Server?
I'm self-hosting the server.

When I restart the server, simulating a problem/crash, the clients start throwing this error:

[ERR] The correlation id was not found (probably evicted due to inactivity): could not get correlation-id from cache

The server works properly, just not the clients.

A guy suggested using a session file, but that didn't help.

[bad-antics]

When you restart the server, the in-memory correlation cache is wiped - this is expected behavior. Here's how to handle it:

Solution 1: Use persistent storage on server

Start your server with disk-based caching:

interactsh-server -d yourdomain.com -disk

The -disk flag persists correlation IDs to disk, surviving restarts.

Solution 2: Client-side session recovery

Even with -sf session.txt, clients need to re-register after server restart:

# Create a wrapper script
#!/bin/bash
while true; do
    interactsh-client -s your-server.com -sf session.txt
    echo "Reconnecting in 5s..."
    sleep 5
done

Solution 3: Use -persist flag (newer versions)

interactsh-server -d yourdomain.com -persist

Why session files alone don't help:
The session file stores the client's correlation ID, but after server restart, the server doesn't know that ID anymore unless using persistent storage.

Best setup for HA:

interactsh-server -d yourdomain.com -disk -eviction 168h

This persists data and keeps it for 7 days.

What version are you running? The -disk and -persist flags may have been added in recent releases.

[bad-antics]

When you restart the server, the in-memory correlation cache is wiped - this is expected behavior. Here's how to handle it:

Solution 1: Use persistent storage on server

Start your server with disk-based caching:

interactsh-server -d yourdomain.com -disk

The -disk flag persists correlation IDs to disk, surviving restarts.

Solution 2: Client-side session recovery

Even with -sf session.txt, clients need to re-register after server restart:

# Create a wrapper script
#!/bin/bash
while true; do
    interactsh-client -s your-server.com -sf session.txt
    echo "Reconnecting in 5s..."
    sleep 5
done

Solution 3: Use -persist flag (newer versions)

interactsh-server -d yourdomain.com -persist

Why session files alone don't help:
The session file stores the client's correlation ID, but after server restart, the server doesn't know that ID anymore unless using persistent storage.

Best setup for HA:

interactsh-server -d yourdomain.com -disk -eviction 168h

This persists data and keeps it for 7 days.

What version are you running? The -disk and -persist flags may have been added in recent releases.