diff --git a/dist/link.js b/dist/link.js
index 4ac3967f589784380501e4cbf3c9dd11a07500d6..2fff09753f579735a52a6115fb89e292b26f03a4 100644
--- a/dist/link.js
+++ b/dist/link.js
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ export class RemoteLink {
     static async new(locator) {
         let websocketEndpoint = this.parseZenohLocator(locator);
         let retries = 0;
-        let retryTimeoutMs = RETRY_TIMEOUT_MS;
         while (retries < MAX_RETRIES) {
+            // Per-attempt timeout (AgenticROS: avoid unbounded growth across outer loop iterations)
+            const retryTimeoutMs = Math.min(RETRY_TIMEOUT_MS + retries * 1500, 15000);
             let ws = new WebSocket(websocketEndpoint);
             ws.binaryType = "arraybuffer";
             ws.onerror = function (event) {
@@ -37,9 +38,13 @@ export class RemoteLink {
             while (ws.readyState != 1) {
                 await sleep(100);
                 wait += 100;
-                if (wait > (retryTimeoutMs)) {
-                    ws.close();
-                    retryTimeoutMs *= 2;
+                if (wait > retryTimeoutMs) {
+                    try {
+                        ws.close();
+                    }
+                    catch {
+                        /* ignore */
+                    }
                     break;
                 }
             }
@@ -47,10 +52,11 @@ export class RemoteLink {
                 console.warn("Connected to", websocketEndpoint);
                 return new RemoteLink(ws);
             }
-            else {
-                ws = new WebSocket(websocketEndpoint);
-                console.warn("Restart connection");
-            }
+            // AgenticROS: upstream never incremented `retries`, causing an infinite connect storm and
+            // zenoh remote-api 1006 / router disconnects. Back off between attempts.
+            retries += 1;
+            console.warn(`Restart connection (${retries}/${MAX_RETRIES})`);
+            await sleep(Math.min(400 + retries * 600, 12000));
         }
         throw new Error(`Failed to connect to locator endpoint: ${locator} after ${MAX_RETRIES}`);
     }
@@ -60,12 +66,12 @@ export class RemoteLink {
         };
     }
     async send(msg) {
-        if (!this.isOk) {
+        if (!this.isOk()) {
             throw new Error("WebSocket is closed");
         }
         while (this.ws.bufferedAmount > MAX_WS_BUFFER_SIZE) {
             await sleep(10);
-            if (!this.isOk) {
+            if (!this.isOk()) {
                 throw new Error("WebSocket is closed");
             }
         }