From 663efdc5ab8915a8d76946e8fb547c60d793c130 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: frmdstryr <frmdstryr@protonmail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2026 20:04:03 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Use SO_REUSEADDR for #228

---
 src/Network/GlobalHandler.cpp | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Network/GlobalHandler.cpp b/src/Network/GlobalHandler.cpp
index 776169ea..ca38f3f4 100644
--- a/src/Network/GlobalHandler.cpp
+++ b/src/Network/GlobalHandler.cpp
@@ -175,6 +175,13 @@ SOCKET SetupListener() {
         WSACleanup();
         return -1;
     }
+#ifdef __linux__
+    // On linux the old socket can get stuck in time wait
+    const int reuse_addr = 1;
+    if (setsockopt(GSocket, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &reuse_addr, sizeof(int)) < 0) {
+        warn("(Proxy) setsockopt(SO_REUSEADDR) failed" + std::to_string(WSAGetLastError()));
+    }
+#endif
     iRes = bind(GSocket, result->ai_addr, (int)result->ai_addrlen);
     if (iRes == SOCKET_ERROR) {
         error("(Proxy) bind failed with error: " + std::to_string(WSAGetLastError()));