From bfbae2f513823561045ce940dd411bf302150411 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Elferink <ben.elferink@icloud.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 13:49:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [GEN-1788] start polling CP on 1st mount (#1845)

---
 .../webapp/hooks/compute-platform/useComputePlatform.ts  | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frontend/webapp/hooks/compute-platform/useComputePlatform.ts b/frontend/webapp/hooks/compute-platform/useComputePlatform.ts
index 4d9b48664..b8445d4f9 100644
--- a/frontend/webapp/hooks/compute-platform/useComputePlatform.ts
+++ b/frontend/webapp/hooks/compute-platform/useComputePlatform.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useCallback, useMemo } from 'react';
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo } from 'react';
 import { safeJsonParse } from '@/utils';
 import { useQuery } from '@apollo/client';
 import { useBooleanStore } from '@/store';
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export const useComputePlatform = (): UseComputePlatformHook => {
 
     let retries = 0;
     const maxRetries = 5;
-    const retryInterval = 1 * 1000; // time in milliseconds
+    const retryInterval = 2 * 1000; // time in milliseconds
 
     while (retries < maxRetries) {
       await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, retryInterval));
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ export const useComputePlatform = (): UseComputePlatformHook => {
     togglePolling(false);
   }, [refetch, togglePolling]);
 
+  // this is to start polling on component mount in an attempt to fix any initial errors with sources/destinations
+  useEffect(() => {
+    startPolling();
+  }, []);
+
   const filteredData = useMemo(() => {
     if (!data) return undefined;