src/state/CallViewModel/localMember/LocalMember.ts

@@ -868,16 +868,19 @@ export function enterRTCSession(
     };
   }
 
-  // Calculates `maximumNetworkErrorRetryCount`. The connection is failed if EITHER:
+  // Calculates `maximumNetworkErrorRetryCount`: enough retries to outlast the
-  // - The /sync loop is unresponsive for > `gracePeriod` ms, or
+  // server's delayed-leave window (see [lotus #46] below).
-  // - A delayed leave event is emitted (after `leaveDelay` ms period).
-  // Note: Use leaveDelay >> gracePeriod for delegated leave events.
   const gracePeriod = Config.get().sync_disconnect_grace_period_ms;
   const leaveDelay = matrixRtcSessionConfig?.delayed_leave_event_delay_ms;
   const retryInterval = matrixRtcSessionConfig?.network_error_retry_ms;
 
-  // Math.min is used to account for the respective worst case: /sync not available or leave event emitted.
+  // [lotus #46] Keep retrying for as long as the homeserver itself would keep
-  const maxWaitTime = Math.min(gracePeriod, leaveDelay);
+  // our membership: until its delayed leave fires (`leaveDelay`). Capping at
+  // the 10 s sync grace period made a ~20–35 s homeserver stall end everyone's
+  // call ("Connection lost") even with a 60 s server-side leave delay. The
+  // embedded call has no /sync loop of its own, so the grace period doesn't
+  // describe anything it can observe.
+  const maxWaitTime = Math.max(gracePeriod, leaveDelay);
   const maximumNetworkErrorRetryCount =
     Math.ceil(maxWaitTime / retryInterval) + 1;