--- title: The Problem of Reconnects in Phoenix LiveView | daily.dev description: Phoenix LiveView's WebSocket-based model loses all server-side state (assigns) when a connection drops — a common occurrence in elevators, tab switches, Wi-Fi... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-problem-of-reconnects-in-phoenix-liveview-rxfnxoe8z twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Problem of Reconnects in Phoenix LiveView | daily.dev og:description: Phoenix LiveView's WebSocket-based model loses all server-side state (assigns) when a connection drops — a common occurrence in elevators, tab switches, Wi-Fi... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-problem-of-reconnects-in-phoenix-liveview-rxfnxoe8z og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/RxFnXOE8z.png og:image:alt: The Problem of Reconnects in Phoenix LiveView og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Problem of Reconnects in Phoenix LiveView **[Software Mansion](https://daily.dev/sources/swmansion)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Phoenix LiveView's WebSocket-based model loses all server-side state (assigns) when a connection drops — a common occurrence in elevators, tab switches, Wi-Fi hiccups, and server redeploys. Standard mitigations include client-side JS state, form auto-recovery, and URL query params, but these don't cover all scenarios. LiveStash is a new Elixir library that adds a simple API (stash_assigns/2 and recover_state/1) to persist assigns across reconnects. It offers two adapters: an ETS-based server-side store that keeps state on the server with only a reference sent to the client, and a Browser Memory adapter that serializes state to a JS variable so it survives full server redeploys. The post compares the trade-offs between the two strategies and positions LiveStash as a complement to, not a replacement for, standard LiveView practices. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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