I think the table is incorrect.

Looking back at https://github.com/quicwg/base-drafts/issues/3097, it seems
we discussed the issue in 2019 in Cupertino, and agreed that
CONNECTION_CLOSE frames are neither ack-eliciting nor governed by CC. We
merged changes accordingly to the drafts in
https://github.com/quicwg/base-drafts/issues/3097.

Note, at that point, we did not have the Spec column.

In 2020, we added the Spec column to the frame table in
https://github.com/quicwg/base-drafts/pull/3776. That's when the
inconsistency was introduced.

#3776 was meant to be editorial (it is labeled as such).

Therefore, my belief that our consensus has been to exclude
CONNECTION_CLOSE frames from CC, text is correct, and that this is an error
in the table.


2025年1月7日(火) 22:19 Mirja Kuehlewind <mirja.kuehlewind=
[email protected]>:

> Hi Christian,
>
> it is correct that it doesn't matter if the close frame is counted as
> bytes in flight or not after is was sent because the connection is closed
> anyway, however, the thing that matter is that you need to be able to
> always send a close frame even if the congestion window currently does not
> allow you to send anything. As such the close frame should not be counted
> as bytes in flight because that means you can always sent it immediately.
>
> I agree with Ian that this as an oversight. It doesn't matter for
> congestion control itself, but it must be clear that you can always sent
> the close frame and are not limited by the congestion window. Also both
> specs should be aligned and therefore marking the close frame also in
> RFC9000 with C seems correct to me.
>
> Mirja
>
>
>
> On 07.01.25, 00:46, "Christian Huitema" <[email protected] <mailto:
> [email protected]>> wrote:
>
>
> I disagree. There is no point performing any congestion control
> whatsoever when the transmission is closing. The sender of the
> connection close is committing to not sending any more data, so it does
> not matter whether the bytes in the congestion control packets are
> counted or not as bytes in flight or compared to the congestion control
> window. I believe the text is just fine.
>
>
> -- Christian Huitema
>
>
> On 1/5/2025 12:52 AM, Jaikiran Pai wrote:
> > Thank you Ian.
> >
> > If no one disagrees, then I'll go ahead and open an errata in the next
> > couple of days.
> >
> > -Jaikiran
> >
> > On 31/12/24 12:09 am, Ian Swett wrote:
> >> I believe that's an oversight, and I don't see an errata for it yet:
> >> https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/rfc9000 <
> https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/rfc9000>
> >>
> >> I'm curious if others agree?
> >>
> >> Thanks, Ian
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 8:44 PM Jaikiran Pai
> >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello everyone,
> >>
> >> I was looking at the QUIC congestion control RFC 9002
> >> (https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9002 <
> https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9002>) section 3 and it states:
> >>
> >> "The types of frames contained in a packet affect recovery and
> >> congestion control logic:
> >> ...
> >> Packets containing frames besides ACK or CONNECTION_CLOSE frames
> >> count
> >> toward congestion control limits and are considered to be in
> >> flight."
> >>
> >> So as per RFC-9002, it means that ACK and CONNECTION_CLOSE frames
> >> do not
> >> contribute to congestion control limits.
> >>
> >> On the other hand, RFC-9000, section 12.4 has a Table 3
> >> (https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9000#frame-types <
> https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9000#frame-types>) which states:
> >>
> >> "The "Spec" column in Table 3 summarizes any special rules
> >> governing the
> >> processing or generation of the frame type, as indicated by the
> >> following characters:
> >> ...
> >> C: Packets containing only frames with this marking do not count
> >> toward
> >> bytes in flight for congestion control purposes; see
> >> [QUIC-RECOVERY]."
> >>
> >> However, in that table, the CONNECTION_CLOSE frame isn't marked
> >> with the
> >> "C" character and only the ACK frame is. Is this an oversight in
> >> this table?
> >>
> >> -Jaikiran
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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Kazuho Oku

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