From 2d32a901daebb3191c4f47ed5cefdb17106fc34e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: TheWitness <thewitness@cacti.net>
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2023 08:54:59 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fixing #5364 - Cactid initial startup provides false error
 message

Cactid, on initial startup reports that the database connection went away which is erroneous
---
 CHANGELOG  | 1 +
 cactid.php | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 4dd2a91288..7681e5b4fa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Cacti CHANGELOG
 -issue#5355: SNMP Uptime is not always ignored for spikekills
 -issue#5356: Improve downed Device detection
 -issue#5360: Plugin missing functions warning should be debounced
+-issue#5364: Cactid, on initial startup reports that the database connection went away which is erroneous
 -feature: Upgrade billboard.js to version 3.7.4
 -feature: Upgrade d3.js to version 7.8.2
 -feature: Upgrade ua-parser.js to version 1.0.35
diff --git a/cactid.php b/cactid.php
index 2c64f48799..4c599e9d1a 100755
--- a/cactid.php
+++ b/cactid.php
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ function sig_handler($signo) {
 $hostname   = gethostname();
 $debug      = false;
 $foreground = false;
+$firstuse   = true;
 
 chdir(__DIR__);
 include_once('./include/cli_check.php');
@@ -147,7 +148,10 @@ function sig_handler($signo) {
 while (true) {
 	wait_for_start($frequency);
 
-	db_check_reconnect();
+	if (!$firstuse) {
+		db_check_reconnect();
+		$firstuse = false;
+	}
 
 	run_poller();