• @PeriodicallyPedantic
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    5 months ago

    Tbf if the client fails to reach the server, there isn’t much more detail they can provide. At least it brings a little levity

    • DroneRights [it/its]
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      15 months ago

      Ping DNS to decide whether to report that there’s no internet connection or no servers online.

      • @PeriodicallyPedantic
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        15 months ago

        I’m assuming this is the error you get if the client is online, because there is literally nothing the user can do besides wait.

        Although it’ll become pretty apparent pretty quickly if the client device is offline when the user tries to do almost anything else, so I wouldn’t even blame them for not thinking it’s worth the small effort to differentiate