lib/softwear/auth/model.rb in softwear-lib-1.6.1 vs lib/softwear/auth/model.rb in softwear-lib-1.6.2

@@ -185,10 +185,16 @@
           rescue Errno::EPIPE => e
             @default_socket = TCPSocket.open(auth_server_host, auth_server_port)
             @default_socket.puts message
           end
 
-          return default_socket.gets.try(:chomp) || (raise AuthServerError, "Nil socket response?")
+          response = default_socket.gets.try(:chomp)
+          if response.nil?
+            @default_socket.close rescue nil
+            @default_socket = nil
+            return raw_query(message)
+          end
+          response
 
         rescue Errno::ECONNREFUSED => e
           raise AuthServerDown, "Unable to connect to the authentication server."
 
         rescue Errno::ETIMEDOUT => e