Attempting to handle reconnections myself throws "socketio.exceptions.ConnectionError: Already connected"

[devkrxspl]

When trying to handle reconnections myself, it always throws a socketio.exceptions.ConnectionError: Already connected error when doing sio.connect("url") in the disconnect handler.

Code:

@sio.event
def disconnect():

    print("Connection lost.");
    
    try:
        sio.connect('url');
    except:
        print("Reconnection attempt failed.");

        while (True):
            try:    
                sio.connect('url');
                break;
            except Exception as e:
                print(e)
            
            print("Attempting to reconnect...");
            time.sleep(1);

(I've also already set reconnections=False). In the disconnect event, sio.connected also seems to be true. I've also tried doing sio.disconnect() in the while loop, doesn't seem to do anything.

[miguelgrinberg]

You can't issue a connection from an even handler. You can use a for-loop in the top level of your script, combined with the sio.wait() method. Something like this:

while True:
    try:
        sio.connect(url)
    except Exception as e:
        print(e)
    else:
        sio.wait()

    print("Attempting to reconnect...");
    time.sleep(1)