add retry logic to comm file writes

attempts to deal with issue where game doesn't start. This is my best guess as to where the issue could come from. Also added logging to help debug the problem in the future

app/domain/DolphinManager.js

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import path from 'path';
 import os from 'os';
 import crypto from 'crypto';
+import retry from 'async-retry';
+import log from 'electron-log';
 
 import { getDolphinPath } from '../utils/settings';
 
@@ -63,7 +65,18 @@ export default class DolphinManager {
       commandId: uniqueId, // Indicates to Dolphin to play new replay
     });
 
-    fs.writeFileSync(this.outputFilePath, jsonString);
+    await retry(() => {
+      log.info(`Writing to Dolphin comm file, playing replay: ${filePath}`);
+      fs.writeFileSync(this.outputFilePath, jsonString);
+    }, {
+      retries: 5,
+      factor: 1,
+      minTimeout: 100,
+      maxTimeout: 300,
+      onRetry: (err) => {
+        log.error("Encountered error trying to write to Dolphin comm file.", err);
+      },
+    });
 
     if (startDolphin) {
       await this.runDolphin(true);

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "slippi-desktop-app",
   "productName": "Slippi Desktop App",
-  "version": "1.4.4",
+  "version": "1.4.5",
   "description": "Slippi Desktop App for browsing and playing replays.",
   "scripts": {
     "build": "concurrently \"yarn build-main\" \"yarn build-renderer\"",
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@fortawesome/fontawesome-free": "^5.5.0",
     "@google-cloud/storage": "^2.4.2",
+    "async-retry": "^1.2.3",
     "classnames": "^2.2.6",
     "devtron": "^1.4.0",
     "electron-debug": "^2.0.0",

yarn.lock

@@ -1753,6 +1753,13 @@ async-limiter@~1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/async-limiter/-/async-limiter-1.0.0.tgz#78faed8c3d074ab81f22b4e985d79e8738f720f8"
   integrity sha512-jp/uFnooOiO+L211eZOoSyzpOITMXx1rBITauYykG3BRYPu8h0UcxsPNB04RR5vo4Tyz3+ay17tR6JVf9qzYWg==
 
+async-retry@^1.2.3:
+  version "1.2.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/async-retry/-/async-retry-1.2.3.tgz#a6521f338358d322b1a0012b79030c6f411d1ce0"
+  integrity sha512-tfDb02Th6CE6pJUF2gjW5ZVjsgwlucVXOEQMvEX9JgSJMs9gAX+Nz3xRuJBKuUYjTSYORqvDBORdAQ3LU59g7Q==
+  dependencies:
+    retry "0.12.0"
+
 [email protected]:
   version "0.2.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/async/-/async-0.2.6.tgz#ad3f373d9249ae324881565582bc90e152abbd68"
@@ -11044,6 +11051,11 @@ retry-request@^4.0.0:
   dependencies:
     through2 "^2.0.0"
 
+[email protected]:
+  version "0.12.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/retry/-/retry-0.12.0.tgz#1b42a6266a21f07421d1b0b54b7dc167b01c013b"
+  integrity sha1-G0KmJmoh8HQh0bC1S33BZ7AcATs=
+
 rgb-regex@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rgb-regex/-/rgb-regex-1.0.1.tgz#c0e0d6882df0e23be254a475e8edd41915feaeb1"