Keeps disconnecting, I want to know if I am flooding the server

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I have searched extensively on the forum and I think I am following best practices for coding too, but my ESP8266 keeps reconnecting to the server.
Am I sending too many requests to get the connection terminated?
Here is my code


#define BLYNK_PRINT Serial


#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>
#include <BlynkSimpleEsp8266.h>
#include <DHT.h>

// You should get Auth Token in the Blynk App.
// Go to the Project Settings (nut icon).
char auth[] = "XXX";

// Your WiFi credentials.
// Set password to "" for open networks.
char ssid[] = "XXX";
char pass[] = "XXX";

#define DHTPIN 6          // What digital pin we're connected to

// Uncomment whatever type you're using!
//#define DHTTYPE DHT11     // DHT 11
#define DHTTYPE DHT22   // DHT 22, AM2302, AM2321
//#define DHTTYPE DHT21   // DHT 21, AM2301

DHT dht(DHTPIN, DHTTYPE);
BlynkTimer timer , timer1;


// This function sends Arduino's up time every second to Virtual Pin (5).
// In the app, Widget's reading frequency should be set to PUSH. This means
// that you define how often to send data to Blynk App.
void sendSensor()
{
  float h = dht.readHumidity();
  float t = dht.readTemperature(); // or dht.readTemperature(true) for Fahrenheit
  Serial.println(h);
  Serial.println(t);
  
  if (isnan(h) || isnan(t)) {
    Serial.println("Failed to read from DHT sensor!");
    return;
  }
  // You can send any value at any time.
  // Please don't send more that 10 values per second.
  Blynk.virtualWrite(V6, t);
  Blynk.virtualWrite(V8, h);
}

void sendReport()
{
  float h = dht.readHumidity();
  float t = dht.readTemperature(); // or dht.readTemperature(true) for Fahrenheit

  if (isnan(h) || isnan(t)) {
    Serial.println("Failed to read from DHT sensor!");
    return;
  }
  // You can send any value at any time.
  // Please don't send more that 10 values per second.
  String report = "";
  report +="&field1=";
           report += String(t);
           report +="&field2=";
           report += String(h);
  Blynk.virtualWrite(V0, report);
  
}

void setup()
{
  // Debug console
  Serial.begin(9600);

  Blynk.begin(auth, ssid, pass);
  // You can also specify server:
  //Blynk.begin(auth, ssid, pass, "cloud.blynk.cc", 80);
  //Blynk.begin(auth, ssid, pass, IPAddress(192,168,1,100), 8080);

  dht.begin();

  // Setup a function to be called every second
  timer.setInterval(2000L, sendSensor);
  timer1.setInterval(20000L, sendReport);
  
}

void loop()
{
  Blynk.run();
  timer.run();
  timer1.run();
}

here is my serial monitor dump

[20447] Connected to WiFi
[20447] IP: 192.168.2.212
[20447] 
    ___  __          __
   / _ )/ /_ _____  / /__
  / _  / / // / _ \/  '_/
 /____/_/\_, /_//_/_/\_\
        /___/ v0.6.1 on NodeMCU

[20527] Connecting to blynk-cloud.com:80
[21083] Ready (ping: 74ms).
⸮uV⸮⸮⸮-S⸮⸮[65] Connecting to XXX
[2567] Connected to WiFi
[2567] IP: 192.168.2.212
[2567] 
    ___  __          __
   / _ )/ /_ _____  / /__
  / _  / / // / _ \/  '_/
 /____/_/\_, /_//_/_/\_\
        /___/ v0.6.1 on NodeMCU

[2644] Connecting to blynk-cloud.com:80
[2874] Ready (ping: 73ms).
⸮bJ⸮z⸮⸮[61] Connecting to XXX
[562] Connected to WiFi
[562] IP: 192.168.2.212
[563] 
    ___  __          __
   / _ )/ /_ _____  / /__
  / _  / / // / _ \/  '_/
 /____/_/\_, /_//_/_/\_\
        /___/ v0.6.1 on NodeMCU

[636] Connecting to blynk-cloud.com:80
[1207] Ready (ping: 76ms).
⸮;⸮⸮⸮[63] Connecting to XXX
[565] Connected to WiFi
[565] IP: 192.168.2.212
[566] 
    ___  __          __
   / _ )/ /_ _____  / /__
  / _  / / // / _ \/  '_/
 /____/_/\_, /_//_/_/\_\
        /___/ v0.6.1 on NodeMCU

[639] Connecting to blynk-cloud.com:80
[5640] Connecting to blynk-cloud.com:80
[5792] Ready (ping: 72ms).
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This code wont flood the server.
You’re using two timer objects when you only need one - each object can support up to 16 instances, but that’s not causing your problem either.

You’re getting some strange characters like this:

which are probably reset messages from your ESP.
Try changing your serial baud rate to 74880 or possibly 115200 (whatever the default for your ESP is) so that you can see the ESP boot messages and your serial debug messages mixed in together.

Pete.

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Thanks a lot.
I fixed the issue by updating my ESP firmware.
And the baud rate helped me figure that out

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