Re: [hybi] [EXTERNAL] Re: WebSocket Close Code: Timeout

Adam,

Ah, thank you for the heads-up. Looks like Dr. Alexey Melnikov is the point of contact for close codes despite a lot of those discussions taking place on the hybi list.

I assume these emails were not making their way to him so I’ve forwarded him the thread.

Thanks,
Morgan Jones
Advanced Network Systems
Applications Lead // Viasat Secure Mobile

From: Adam Rice <ricea@google.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2024 11:36 PM
To: Jones, Morgan <Morgan.Jones@viasat.com>
Cc: hybi@ietf.org
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [hybi] WebSocket Close Code: Timeout

The hybi working group no longer exists, so there's no-one to do the work. I don't know whether it would be possible to just go ahead and register the code with IANA yourself. I don't know by what process code 3003 got added. RFC6455

The hybi working group no longer exists, so there's no-one to do the work.

I don't know whether it would be possible to just go ahead and register the code with IANA yourself. I don't know by what process code 3003 got added.

RFC6455 says that codes 1000-2999 have to be set in a "permanent and readily available public specification" which is maybe why it's easier to add a code in the 3000 range.

Thanks,
Adam

On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 at 11:22, Jones, Morgan <Morgan.Jones@viasat.com<mailto:Morgan.Jones@viasat.com>> wrote:
Hi there,

We are still in need of this status code.

Thanks,
Morgan Jones
Software Engineer | Viasat Secure Mobile

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From: Jones, Morgan
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2023 4:40 PM
To: 'hybi@ietf.org<mailto:hybi@ietf.org>' <hybi@ietf.org<mailto:hybi@ietf.org>>
Subject: WebSocket Close Code: Timeout

Hello,

I would like to reserve a status code similar to HTTP 408 Request Timeout, simply meaning "Timeout".

The description is similar to 408: The server has decided to shut down the connection. This is useful for WebSocket connections that should have an upper limit on their time spent open.

I can see how this would be common enough to take the next code in the list, 1016, but it also seems that 3003 is being used for Forbidden in a similar manner to 403 (despite 3001 mismatching), so I would like to propose 3008 as an alternative.

Let me know what you think. Our usecase is that we'd like to time out certain WebSocket connections after an upper limit.

Thanks,
Morgan Jones
Viasat Secure Mobile

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