Observable with rx broken after error

When an error is caught, the observable returned by catch is used to continue the chain. And the returned observable completes, which completes the effect and sees ngrx unsubscribe from the effect.

Move the map and catch into the switchMap:

@Effect() login = this.actions
.ofType(LoginActions.ATTEMPT_LOGIN)
.map(toPayload)
.switchMap(payload => this.loginService.attemptLogin(payload)
  .map(response => new LoginActions.LoginSuccess(response))
  .catch(error => of(new LoginActions.LoginFailed(error)))
);

Catching inside the switchMap won't complete the effect.