Re: RST_STREAM and FINAL flag

Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com> Thu, 25 April 2013 19:32 UTC

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James wrote:
>> +1 ... for completeness, the definition of the RST_STREAM and GOAWAY
>> frames can say that the FINAL flag is to be ignored in all cases
>> because the frames themselves are terminal in nature.

Agreed, clarification == good.

On 25 April 2013 12:21, Jeff Pinner <jpinner@twitter.com> wrote:
> GOAWAY and RST_STREAM have different semantics -- but I would note that
> RST_STREAM is different than FINAL because it puts the stream in a closed
> state and not half-closed and thus behaves differently when the initiator of
> the stream sends it (RST_STREAM w/ CANCEL for example)

Absolutely.  The initiator can abandon a stream, and RST_STREAM
signals three things: I wont send any more, what I sent isn't
complete, and don't send me any more.  FINAL covers only the first
part of that.

But I don't see how those differences are relevant to this case.  Can
you expand?