diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 162824f97..478fdd509 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -9641,8 +9641,8 @@
       }
     },
     "lib-jitsi-meet": {
-      "version": "github:jitsi/lib-jitsi-meet#e59d8b4efd52e36750379e9cbd08fd50ab40c1ea",
-      "from": "github:jitsi/lib-jitsi-meet#e59d8b4efd52e36750379e9cbd08fd50ab40c1ea",
+      "version": "github:jitsi/lib-jitsi-meet#1bd6ee4b1207e6fd57f5b7c15cc17e0a6087f26d",
+      "from": "github:jitsi/lib-jitsi-meet#1bd6ee4b1207e6fd57f5b7c15cc17e0a6087f26d",
       "requires": {
         "@jitsi/sdp-interop": "0.1.13",
         "@jitsi/sdp-simulcast": "0.2.1",
@@ -13230,9 +13230,9 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-OfWGQTb9vnwRjwtA2QwpG2ICclHC3pgXZO5xt8H2EfgDquO0qVdSb5T88L4qJVAEugbS56pAuV4XZM58UX8ulw=="
     },
     "rtcpeerconnection-shim": {
-      "version": "1.2.11",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rtcpeerconnection-shim/-/rtcpeerconnection-shim-1.2.11.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Vns4aLKXTrLZCjDOlPZL1nymFiSpqs15TeF+wG1TSLO1kXRrCuT5SjL+Zb8RCP7t3JNfnCuTn+qMlCGQu5NvhQ==",
+      "version": "1.2.12",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rtcpeerconnection-shim/-/rtcpeerconnection-shim-1.2.12.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-7v/mpRyCRjVrTr3pqI9ouXzKGtbSg+iJ54fERZCGYc6AwvkTe6WWeKWG4OmG0H3dWkr1NNASyGieE0Q0hMJviQ==",
       "requires": {
         "sdp": "^2.6.0"
       }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0633c4592..c9c94395a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     "jquery-i18next": "1.2.0",
     "js-md5": "0.6.1",
     "jwt-decode": "2.2.0",
-    "lib-jitsi-meet": "github:jitsi/lib-jitsi-meet#e59d8b4efd52e36750379e9cbd08fd50ab40c1ea",
+    "lib-jitsi-meet": "github:jitsi/lib-jitsi-meet#1bd6ee4b1207e6fd57f5b7c15cc17e0a6087f26d",
     "lodash": "4.17.4",
     "moment": "2.19.4",
     "postis": "2.2.0",
diff --git a/react/features/base/conference/actions.js b/react/features/base/conference/actions.js
index 1368c243d..030013b43 100644
--- a/react/features/base/conference/actions.js
+++ b/react/features/base/conference/actions.js
@@ -199,7 +199,8 @@ export function conferenceFailed(conference: Object, error: string) {
         // Make the error resemble an Error instance (to the extent that
         // jitsi-meet needs it).
         error: {
-            name: error
+            name: error,
+            recoverable: undefined
         }
     };
 }
diff --git a/react/features/base/conference/middleware.js b/react/features/base/conference/middleware.js
index 59c3cdcd0..c6006c44f 100644
--- a/react/features/base/conference/middleware.js
+++ b/react/features/base/conference/middleware.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
     createPinnedEvent,
     sendAnalytics
 } from '../../analytics';
-import { CONNECTION_ESTABLISHED } from '../connection';
+import { CONNECTION_ESTABLISHED, CONNECTION_FAILED } from '../connection';
 import { setVideoMuted, VIDEO_MUTISM_AUTHORITY } from '../media';
 import {
     getLocalParticipant,
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import UIEvents from '../../../../service/UI/UIEvents';
 import { TRACK_ADDED, TRACK_REMOVED } from '../tracks';
 
 import {
+    conferenceFailed,
     conferenceLeft,
     createConference,
     setLastN,
@@ -62,6 +63,9 @@ MiddlewareRegistry.register(store => next => action => {
     case CONNECTION_ESTABLISHED:
         return _connectionEstablished(store, next, action);
 
+    case CONNECTION_FAILED:
+        return _connectionFailed(store, next, action);
+
     case DATA_CHANNEL_OPENED:
         return _syncReceiveVideoQuality(store, next, action);
 
@@ -168,6 +172,62 @@ function _connectionEstablished({ dispatch }, next, action) {
     return result;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Notifies the feature base/conference that the action
+ * {@code CONNECTION_FAILED} is being dispatched within a specific redux
+ * store.
+ *
+ * @param {Store} store - The redux store in which the specified {@code action}
+ * is being dispatched.
+ * @param {Dispatch} next - The redux {@code dispatch} function to dispatch the
+ * specified {@code action} to the specified {@code store}.
+ * @param {Action} action - The redux action {@code CONNECTION_FAILED} which is
+ * being dispatched in the specified {@code store}.
+ * @private
+ * @returns {Object} The value returned by {@code next(action)}.
+ */
+function _connectionFailed({ dispatch, getState }, next, action) {
+    const result = next(action);
+
+    // FIXME: Workaround for the web version. Currently, the creation of the
+    // conference is handled by /conference.js and appropriate failure handlers
+    // are set there.
+    if (typeof APP === 'undefined') {
+        const { connection } = action;
+        const { error } = action;
+
+        forEachConference(getState, conference => {
+            // It feels that it would make things easier if JitsiConference
+            // in lib-jitsi-meet would monitor it's connection and emit
+            // CONFERENCE_FAILED when it's dropped. It has more knowledge on
+            // whether it can recover or not. But because the reload screen
+            // and the retry logic is implemented in the app maybe it can be
+            // left this way for now.
+            if (conference.getConnection() === connection) {
+                // XXX Note that on mobile the error type passed to
+                // connectionFailed is always an object with .name property.
+                // This fact needs to be checked prior to enabling this logic on
+                // web.
+                const conferenceAction
+                    = conferenceFailed(conference, error.name);
+
+                // Copy the recoverable flag if set on the CONNECTION_FAILED
+                // action to not emit recoverable action caused by
+                // a non-recoverable one.
+                if (typeof error.recoverable !== 'undefined') {
+                    conferenceAction.error.recoverable = error.recoverable;
+                }
+
+                dispatch(conferenceAction);
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        });
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
+
 /**
  * Notifies the feature base/conference that the action {@code PIN_PARTICIPANT}
  * is being dispatched within a specific redux store. Pins the specified remote
diff --git a/react/features/base/connection/reducer.js b/react/features/base/connection/reducer.js
index fd50bd033..3d08176b2 100644
--- a/react/features/base/connection/reducer.js
+++ b/react/features/base/connection/reducer.js
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ ReducerRegistry.register(
 function _connectionDisconnected(
         state: Object,
         { connection }: { connection: Object }) {
-    if (state.connection !== connection) {
+    const connection_ = _getCurrentConnection(state);
+
+    if (connection_ !== connection) {
         return state;
     }
 
@@ -104,11 +106,7 @@ function _connectionFailed(
             connection: Object,
             error: ConnectionFailedError
         }) {
-
-    // The current (similar to getCurrentConference in
-    // base/conference/functions.js) connection which is connecting or
-    // connected:
-    const connection_ = state.connection || state.connecting;
+    const connection_ = _getCurrentConnection(state);
 
     if (connection_ && connection_ !== connection) {
         return state;
@@ -139,6 +137,11 @@ function _connectionWillConnect(
         { connection }: { connection: Object }) {
     return assign(state, {
         connecting: connection,
+
+        // We don't care if the previous connection has been closed already,
+        // because it's an async process and there's no guarantee if it'll be
+        // done before the new one is established.
+        connection: undefined,
         error: undefined,
         passwordRequired: undefined
     });
@@ -188,6 +191,19 @@ function _constructOptions(locationURL: URL) {
     };
 }
 
+/**
+ * The current (similar to getCurrentConference in base/conference/functions.js)
+ * connection which is {@code connection} or {@code connecting}.
+ *
+ * @param {Object} baseConnectionState - The current state of the
+ * {@code 'base/connection'} feature.
+ * @returns {JitsiConnection} - The current {@code JitsiConnection} if any.
+ * @private
+ */
+function _getCurrentConnection(baseConnectionState: Object): ?Object {
+    return baseConnectionState.connection || baseConnectionState.connecting;
+}
+
 /**
  * Reduces a specific redux action {@link SET_LOCATION_URL} of the feature
  * base/connection.
diff --git a/react/features/mobile/external-api/middleware.js b/react/features/mobile/external-api/middleware.js
index 64ae1c241..6c0eda69e 100644
--- a/react/features/mobile/external-api/middleware.js
+++ b/react/features/mobile/external-api/middleware.js
@@ -189,9 +189,9 @@ function _sendConferenceEvent(
 
 /**
  * Sends {@link CONFERENCE_FAILED} event when the {@link CONNECTION_FAILED}
- * occurs. Otherwise the external API will not emit such event, because at this
- * point conference has not been created yet and the base/conference feature
- * will not emit it.
+ * occurs. It should be done only if the connection fails before the conference
+ * instance is created. Otherwise the eventual failure event is supposed to be
+ * emitted by the base/conference feature.
  *
  * @param {Store} store - The redux store.
  * @param {Action} action - The redux action.
@@ -199,8 +199,16 @@ function _sendConferenceEvent(
  */
 function _sendConferenceFailedOnConnectionError(store, action) {
     const { locationURL } = store.getState()['features/base/connection'];
+    const { connection } = action;
 
-    locationURL && _sendEvent(
+    locationURL
+        && forEachConference(
+            store,
+
+            // If there's any conference in the  base/conference state then the
+            // base/conference feature is supposed to emit a failure.
+            conference => conference.getConnection() !== connection)
+        && _sendEvent(
         store,
         _getSymbolDescription(CONFERENCE_FAILED),
         /* data */ {