murky problem again

mac/Sources/Byre/Startup.swift

@@ -61,9 +61,6 @@ final class Servers {
     }
 
     func add(_ origin: URL) {
-        if let connection = connections[origin.absoluteString], case .failed = connection.phase {
-            connections[origin.absoluteString] = nil
-        }
         if record(origin.absoluteString) == nil {
             let used = Set(entries.map(\.record.color))
             let color = taskPalette.indices.first { !used.contains($0) } ?? entries.count % taskPalette.count
@@ -140,6 +137,12 @@ final class Connection {
     }
 
     private func start() async {
+        while !stopped, !(await attempt()) {
+            try? await Task.sleep(for: .seconds(2))
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func attempt() async -> Bool {
         let store = Store(api: API(origin: origin))
         do {
             let status = try await store.api.client.getStatus().ok.body.json
@@ -153,7 +156,7 @@ final class Connection {
             try await store.loadFocus()
             guard !stopped else {
                 await store.stop()
-                return
+                return true
             }
             Task {
                 await store.startLeadStream()
@@ -162,11 +165,13 @@ final class Connection {
             store.startGlobalStream(after: status.lastEventSeq)
             store.remote.start()
             Notifier.shared.deliver()
+            return true
         } catch {
             await store.stop()
             if !stopped {
                 phase = .failed("byre failed to start: \(errorText(error))")
             }
+            return false
         }
     }
 }