From b73fb88b3b1d98115cddcc2ec34235848adad323 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Geoff Bourne <itzgeoff@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2024 19:07:58 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Handle I/O timout type errors from autopause mc-monitor call
 (#2606)

---
 files/auto/autopause-fcns.sh | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/files/auto/autopause-fcns.sh b/files/auto/autopause-fcns.sh
index 975227cd..7a40cca7 100644
--- a/files/auto/autopause-fcns.sh
+++ b/files/auto/autopause-fcns.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ java_clients_connections() {
   local connections
   if java_running ; then
     if ! connections=$(mc-monitor status --host localhost --port "$SERVER_PORT" --show-player-count); then
-      connections=0
+      # consider it a non-zero player count if the ping fails
+      # otherwise a laggy server with players connected could get paused
+      connections=1
     fi
   else
     connections=0