Newpipe searches for new videos when vpn block the network

[ulairii]

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Affected version

0.27.7

Steps to reproduce the bug

Hi,

I’ve enabled background sync, and I’m using a VPN for internet access. It seems that when the VPN blocks Newpipe's internet connection, the app still continues to perform scanning attempts in the background.

Although I noticed that you’ve already implemented some backoff mechanisms for retries, the app still performs multiple continuous retries, which can lead to unnecessary battery drain.

Would it be possible to implement a customized, app-specific server reachability check before attempting synchronization? This could help prevent redundant sync attempts when the app is not actually able to reach the server through the VPN.

Here are some resources might be useful:

StackOverflow: Checking server reachability

How DAVx⁵ handles server reachability with VPN

Thank you!

Expected behavior

No battery drain if no network connectivity for this app.

Actual behavior

No response

Screenshots/Screen recordings

No response

Logs

log.txt

Affected Android/Custom ROM version

Android 15

Affected device model

Pixel 6

Additional information

No response

[ShareASmile]

Please describe your user case in #11540 as a comment, closing this one as we need to combine battery drain related issues.