Automatic retry in case of routing server failures

[mikeash47]

I occasionally get transient routing server failures, sometimes several in a row. It eventually works if I keep trying. However, it's frustrating to do this, especially if I've already started moving my car while waiting for routing to complete. It can also be really irritating if I stray from the marked route, prompting a re-route. If that fails, it then cancels navigation until I manually restart it, which means either fiddling with the stuff while driving, or finding a place to pull over.

It would be great if, when routing fails, the app would keep retrying until it succeeds, without my intervention. After all, I still want to go to the same place!

[brian1366]

I've noticed this a lot more in the past week: "Routing server timeouts".

I'd like to see the problem with Waze's routing server fixed, rather than have it retry non-stop. It might get annoying to see the hamster wheel all the time...

[mikeash47]

I agree that fixing the routing server would be preferable. But better would be to do both. There will always be occasional intermittent errors, if nothing else then due to temporary cell data hiccups. Automatic retry would still be useful even with a much more reliable routing server.

[rabbott0]

+1 for auto retry. This would really be nice!

[josh1r]

Has there been any further update on routing server failures? After several months of perfect use, I've had nothing but issues the past week. It has rendered the app totally useless for me and I've resorted to using MapQuest.

I have an iPhone 4 with good signal, connectivity, etc.. Everything was great with Waze for a while and I was using it on long road trip without any issues when suddenly, starting about a week ago, I get routing server failures every single time I start a trip.

[shalafi]

+1 for auto retry (dropping your route upon a timeout is really annoying)

[thenbagis]

I have also been noticing a significant increase in Routing Server Failures in the last week. I used to be able to navigate to work or home, then click routes and get a few options. Now, I navigate, click routes and it thinks for a while then I get routing server time out.

iPhone 4
iOS 5.1.1
Verizon
Philadelphia Metro Area
Waze 3.2.0.0

[brandonnln]

I have been using waze for about a week, and have been getting server timeouts about 75% of the time. Today it turned into 100%. I tried about 10 times and finnally gave up trying half way to work. This is on a major freeway with full reception. routing is completely unavailable as of now. Extremely frustrating. Get your server working and then worry about this feature.

Verizon Droid Incredible 2
Android 2.3
Boston Metro Area

[Extski]

I have also noticed this. Prior to the current iPhone app version I had no failures with the initial route or with "alternate routes". Ever since the app was updated, it fails about 2/3 of the time. Very frustrating.

[cobra]

Same here, a lot of routing server timeouts, mostly this week.