[bug] populate gateways early on

- Closes: #511

1 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/pkg/backend/gatewaychecker.go b/pkg/backend/gatewaychecker.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f10e47e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/backend/gatewaychecker.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package backend
+
+import (
+	"time"
+)
+
+// The gateway selector gets populated asynchronously, so this spawns a goroutine that
+// checks whether they've been fetched to update status.
+func (c connectionCtx) delayCheckForGateways() {
+	go func() {
+		cnt := 0
+		for {
+			if cnt > 60*2 {
+				break
+			}
+			time.Sleep(time.Second * 5)
+			transport := c.bm.GetTransport()
+			locs := c.bm.ListLocationFullness(transport)
+			if len(locs) != 0 {
+				c.Locations = locs
+				updateStatusForGateways()
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+}
+
+func updateStatusForGateways() {
+	statusMutex.Lock()
+	defer statusMutex.Unlock()
+	go trigger(OnStatusChanged)
+}