DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL, BUT PLEASE POST YOUR BUG RELATED COMMENTS THROUGH THE WEB INTERFACE AVAILABLE AT <http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25372>. ANY REPLY MADE TO THIS MESSAGE WILL NOT BE COLLECTED AND INSERTED IN THE BUG DATABASE.
http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25372 auto close idle connections Summary: auto close idle connections Product: Commons Version: 2.0 Milestone 2 Platform: All OS/Version: All Status: NEW Severity: Enhancement Priority: Other Component: HttpClient AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This has been mentioned several times on the mailing list (most recently here: http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/[EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgNo=5191 ) It is desirable for the http client to close it's connection after some configurable idle time. Failing to do so causes the server (and every TCP resource in between) to keep the socket open and possibly run out of resources under load. The HTTP 1.1 RFC has this to say under section 8.1.4: Servers will usually have some time-out value beyond which they will no longer maintain an inactive connection. Proxy servers might make this a higher value since it is likely that the client will be making more connections through the same server. The use of persistent connections places no requirements on the length (or existence) of this time-out for either the client or the server. When a client or server wishes to time-out it SHOULD issue a graceful close on the transport connection. Clients and servers SHOULD both constantly watch for the other side of the transport close, and respond to it as appropriate. If a client or server does not detect the other side's close promptly it could cause unnecessary resource drain on the network. The first sentence of the 2nd paragraph is interesting: how is the client supposed to do a "graceful close"? Does it simply mean closing the socket? One possiblity may be to issue a HTTP/OPTIONS * request with a Connection:close header. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]