# MQTT Time Out / Random Disconnect

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mqtt-time-out-random-disconnect/56463>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [11 January 2022 11:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mqtt-time-out-random-disconnect/56463 "2022-01-11T11:55:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [11 January 2022 12:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/mqtt-time-out-random-disconnect/56463/2 "2022-01-11T12:06:24Z")

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Odd. The connection should recover automatically.

- What version of node-red are you using?
- What version of node-js are you using?
- What broker are you using and where is your broker? (local? Lan? Cloud?)
- Have you specified a client id in your MQTT config node? If so - is this necessary? is it duplicated elsewhere?

When it is disconnected, do you wait at least 1 minute for reconnection?

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