Re: Editorial Issue: Persisted Settings... when does the client need to return them?

Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com> Sat, 27 April 2013 03:08 UTC

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Given that persisted settings are at risk, I think that we can defer
addressing this one.

(I'd say that once is enough and that persisted settings need only be
returned at connection establishment time, but that's not the only
thing we need to address with persistent settings, I think.)

On 26 April 2013 14:28, James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> wrote:
> One bit that's not clear in the current draft...
>
> When the server asks the client to persist a setting, is the client
> required to return that setting in EVERY subsequent SETTINGS frame it
> sends to the server until the setting is cleared or is it only
> required to send the persisted settings once when a new session is
> established (i.e. in the client session header?)
>