solved problem in reconnect wifi client after a failure with esp32duino version 3; new release

Author: pat1

platformio/stima_v3/stimawifi/include/stimawifi_config.h

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 #define STIMAWIFI_CONFIG_H_
 
 // increment on change
-#define SOFTWARE_VERSION "2024-10-16T00:00"    // date and time
-#define MAJOR_VERSION    "20241016"            // date  YYYYMMDD
+#define SOFTWARE_VERSION "2024-10-17T00:00"    // date and time
+#define MAJOR_VERSION    "20241017"            // date  YYYYMMDD
 #define MINOR_VERSION    "0"                   // time  HHMM without leading 0
 
 #define WIFI_SSED "STIMA-config"

platformio/stima_v3/stimawifi/src/publish_thread.cpp

@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ publishThread::publishThread(publish_data_t* publish_data)
   //data->logger->notice("Create Thread %s %d", GetName().c_str(), data->id);
   data->status->connect=unknown;
   data->status->publish=unknown;
+  errorcount=0;
   //Start();
 };
 
@@ -369,11 +370,18 @@ void publishThread::Run() {
       mqttDisconnect();
       if (mqttConnect(true)) {   // manage mqtt reconnect as RMAP standard
 	data->logger->notice(F("publish MQTT connected"));
+	errorcount = 0;
 	data->status->connect=ok;
       } else {
 	data->status->connect=error;
 	data->logger->error(F("publish MQTT connect failed"));
 	data->status->publish=error;
+	errorcount++;
+	if (errorcount > 15) {
+	  data->logger->error(F("publish too much error: drop WiFi"));
+	  WiFi.disconnect();
+	  errorcount = 0;
+	}
 	delay(3000);
       }
     }

platformio/stima_v3/stimawifi/src/publish_thread.h

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class publishThread : public Thread {
   publish_data_t* data;
   IPStack ipstack;
   MQTT::Client<IPStack, Countdown, MQTT_PACKET_SIZE, 1 > mqttclient;
+  uint8_t errorcount;
 };
 
 #endif