From 086e632b75d17d2c3de082c43027c79b615ed849 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tanner Collin <git@tannercollin.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 21:18:28 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: retry InfluxDB writes and notify on failure

Co-authored-by: aider (gemini/gemini-3.1-pro-preview) <aider@aider.chat>
---
 main.py | 15 ++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index dadcea9..b912b74 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -149,11 +149,16 @@ class Sensor():
             'fields': data,
         }
 
-        try:
-            sensors_client.write_points([point])
-        except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
-            logging.exception('Error connecting to InfluxDB!')
-            return
+        for attempt in range(3):
+            try:
+                sensors_client.write_points([point])
+                break
+            except Exception as e:
+                logging.exception('Error writing to InfluxDB (attempt %s/3): %s', attempt + 1, e)
+                if attempt == 2:
+                    controller_message('Failed to write to InfluxDB after 3 attempts: ' + str(e))
+                    return
+                time.sleep(1)
 
         logging.info('Wrote %s data to InfluxDB: %s', self, data)