Re: WINDOW_UPDATE Clarification

Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com> Tue, 09 July 2013 19:39 UTC

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From: Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com>
To: Gábor Molnár <gabor.molnar@sch.bme.hu>
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On 9 July 2013 10:51, Gábor Molnár <gabor.molnar@sch.bme.hu> wrote:
> PROTOCOL_ERROR. See this ticket:
> https://github.com/http2/http2-spec/issues/165

That was my understanding.  It would be bad if senders were obligated
to maintain state for streams that aren't in use.  This keeps the
total state commitment semi-bounded, though push promise does offer a
limited avenue for abuse.