From 6feda0632367deaa9caf193e89b74f7affd45021 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bernhard Guillon <Bernhard.Guillon@begu.org>
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2026 14:33:57 +0200
Subject: Add heartbeat ping/pong to detect disconnects

Windows client sends ping every 10s.
Linux server responds with pong.
If write fails, client detects disconnect and reconnects.
---
 cmd_windows.go | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)

(limited to 'cmd_windows.go')

diff --git a/cmd_windows.go b/cmd_windows.go
index 4d7df37..da26684 100644
--- a/cmd_windows.go
+++ b/cmd_windows.go
@@ -93,6 +93,27 @@ func run() {
 
 		logInfo("watcher: monitoring for changes ...")
 
+		// Heartbeat goroutine to detect disconnects
+		go func() {
+			ticker := time.NewTicker(10 * time.Second)
+			defer ticker.Stop()
+			for {
+				select {
+				case <-ctx.Done():
+					return
+				case <-ticker.C:
+					msg := &ProtocolMessage{Type: "ping"}
+					data, _ := EncodeMessage(msg)
+					data = append(data, '\n')
+					if _, err := conn.Write(data); err != nil {
+						logErrorf("heartbeat failed: %v", err)
+						conn.Close()
+						return
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}()
+
 		if !watchLoop(ctx, conn, watcher, manifest, stack) {
 			conn.Close()
 			continue
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