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Stop clocks during reconnecting to the server

Hello Admin,
Is there a way to stop the two chess clocks during reconnecting to the server?
This would avoid to lose on time because of Internet connection issues in particular on smartphones.
The android app should not allow to play a move during reconnecting times because the move is not taken in consideration by the server and the clock of the disconnected player continues to be decremented.
I have also experimented sometimes that the clock of my opponent is being decremented but in fact I am disconnected and it is my own clock that is running but the chess GUI is not updated.
In this case, I come back to the main menu (a game is in progress) then I see that there is a problem of reconnecting to the server with the animated dots but if the reconnection fails, I lose the chess game. I would prefer that the game would be cancelled if it is not possible to be reconnected.
Thinking times should be managed without reconnection times.
The problem with your suggested approach is that is can be exploited, e.g. by faking a lost connection to gain more time to evaluate the position.

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