Just lost a game due to a lichess restart.
The unfortunate thing about it, was that I did not get any notification when the restart happened.
Instead I was shown the usual game screen with my opponents time running out. When it reached 0 nothing happened, when I refreshed the page, it was counted as a loss for me without any additional message.
This is obviously rather frustrating, since you wait for several minutes, already annoyed that your opponent "let run out their time" only to figure out that you lost by force.
I think there should be a notification right before a restart(regardless of "zen mode"), to avoid this kind of experience.
The unfortunate thing about it, was that I did not get any notification when the restart happened.
Instead I was shown the usual game screen with my opponents time running out. When it reached 0 nothing happened, when I refreshed the page, it was counted as a loss for me without any additional message.
This is obviously rather frustrating, since you wait for several minutes, already annoyed that your opponent "let run out their time" only to figure out that you lost by force.
I think there should be a notification right before a restart(regardless of "zen mode"), to avoid this kind of experience.