let the timer count down on its own if within 5 seconds

static_src/timer.js

@@ -151,13 +151,15 @@ $(window).ready(
                 }
 
                 if ("is_running" in data) {
+                    const remainingTime = window.timer.getTimeValues()
+
                     if (data["is_running"]) {
                         // Don't do anything if we have reached an inconsistent state,
                         // where the timer is at 0 but server still reports it playing.
                         // This will be resolved within a few milliseconds.
-                        const remainingTime = window.timer.getTimeValues()
 
-                        if (remainingTime.seconds === 0 && remainingTime.minutes === 0) {
+                        if (remainingTime.minutes === 0 && remainingTime.seconds === 0) {
+                            return
                         }
 
                         window.timer.start()
@@ -166,6 +168,15 @@ $(window).ready(
                         $("#pause_play > .btn__body").html("⏸︎")
                         window.timerIsRunning = true
                     } else {
+                        if (
+                            window.timerIsRunning
+                            && "sync_time" in data
+                            && data["sync_time"]["minutes"] === 0
+                            && data["sync_time"]["seconds"] === 0
+                        ) {
+                            return
+                        }
+
                         window.timer.pause()
 
                         $("#is_counting").prop("checked", false)