> Does mod_python time out after a minute ? No, but the browser may timeout. Sending a periodic bit-o-data on a long running page is a good idea anyway (so the user knows it is still working).
>If I leave an HTTP connection open so that the content keeps loading inside >the >browser window indefinately, and if I close the browser window, the >mod_python process is terminated, right? In general this is not an issue. However it depends to some degree on what your mod_python program is doing. Here is a really, REALLY feeble example w/publisher: def ping(req, target_ip): import commands output = commands.getoutput('ping -c 10000 %s' % target_ip) return output Even if the user closes the window or hits 'stop' the process stays until the ping finishes. In this example this is merely annoying (10k pings takes almost 3 hours) but if it had been 'fping -el %s' instead you would be in real trouble (since it would never exit). Restarting apache clears such zombie processes. btw, 'ping' as written above is horrible. If a code review turned _that_ up on production someone would be fired, along with whoever hired them, whoever ate lunch with them and anyone that waves goodbye. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list