dont consider peers stable if they havent been connected for less than MIN_CONNECTION_TIME

index.js

@@ -171,6 +171,25 @@ module.exports = class Hyperswarm extends EventEmitter {
     this._clientConnections++
     let opened = false
 
+    conn.on('open', () => {
+      opened = true
+      this._connectDone()
+      this.connections.add(conn)
+      conn.removeListener('error', noop)
+      peerInfo._connected()
+      peerInfo.client = true
+      this.emit('connection', conn, peerInfo)
+      this._flushMaybe(peerInfo)
+
+      this.emit('update')
+    })
+    conn.on('error', err => {
+      if (this.relayThrough && shouldForceRelaying(err.code)) {
+        peerInfo.forceRelaying = true
+        // Reset the attempts in order to fast connect to relay
+        peerInfo.attempts = 0
+      }
+    })
     conn.on('close', () => {
       if (!opened) this._connectDone()
       this.connections.delete(conn)
@@ -187,25 +206,6 @@ module.exports = class Hyperswarm extends EventEmitter {
 
       this.emit('update')
     })
-    conn.on('error', err => {
-      if (this.relayThrough && shouldForceRelaying(err.code)) {
-        peerInfo.forceRelaying = true
-        // Reset the attempts in order to fast connect to relay
-        peerInfo.attempts = 0
-      }
-    })
-    conn.on('open', () => {
-      opened = true
-      this._connectDone()
-      this.connections.add(conn)
-      conn.removeListener('error', noop)
-      peerInfo._connected()
-      peerInfo.client = true
-      this.emit('connection', conn, peerInfo)
-      this._flushMaybe(peerInfo)
-
-      this.emit('update')
-    })
 
     this.emit('update')
   }

lib/peer-info.js

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 const { EventEmitter } = require('events')
 const b4a = require('b4a')
 
+const MIN_CONNECTION_TIME = 15000
+
 const VERY_LOW_PRIORITY = 0
 const LOW_PRIORITY = 1
 const NORMAL_PRIORITY = 2
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@ module.exports = class PeerInfo extends EventEmitter {
 
     this.reconnecting = true
     this.proven = false
+    this.connectedTime = -1
     this.banned = false
     this.tried = false
     this.explicit = false
@@ -59,10 +62,14 @@ module.exports = class PeerInfo extends EventEmitter {
 
   _connected () {
     this.proven = true
-    this.attempts = 0
+    this.connectedTime = Date.now()
   }
 
   _disconnected () {
+    if (this.connectedTime > -1) {
+      if ((Date.now() - this.connectedTime) >= MIN_CONNECTION_TIME) this.attempts = 0 // fast retry
+      this.connectedTime = -1
+    }
     this.attempts++
   }