From f1854f53553e201070ef5048a902e14946d4bb4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pinapelz <yukais@pinapelz.com>
Date: Sun, 31 May 2026 16:26:21 -0700
Subject: update subtitle userscript to give up after 3 tries of connecting

---
 youtube-subtitle.user.js | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/youtube-subtitle.user.js b/youtube-subtitle.user.js
index e915c94..85041bd 100644
--- a/youtube-subtitle.user.js
+++ b/youtube-subtitle.user.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 // @version      1.1
 // @description  Auto Translate Live Subtitles
 // @author       pinapelz
-// @match        https://www.youtube.com/*
 // @grant        none
 // @run-at       document-idle
 // ==/UserScript==
@@ -260,10 +259,23 @@
         eventSource = null;
       }
       if (!reconnectTimer) {
-        reconnectTimer = setTimeout(() => {
-          reconnectTimer = null;
+        let attemptsLeft = 3;
+        const tryReconnect = () => {
+          if (attemptsLeft <= 0) {
+            reconnectTimer = null;
+            setSubtitleText(panel, "Connection lost. Gave up after 3 attempts.");
+            return;
+          }
+          attemptsLeft -= 1;
           connectEventSource(panel);
-        }, 2000);
+
+          if (!isConnected) {
+            reconnectTimer = setTimeout(tryReconnect, 2000);
+          } else {
+            reconnectTimer = null;
+          }
+        };
+        reconnectTimer = setTimeout(tryReconnect, 2000);
       }
     };
   }
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