Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Clearer text for application errors (#3226)

[Lucas Pardue <[e-mail]>]

LPardue commented on this pull request.



>  cause a stream to be terminated.  A local instance of the application protocol
 uses a direct API call and a remote instance uses the STOP_SENDING frame, which
 triggers an automatic RESET_STREAM.
 
-Resetting a stream without knowledge of the application protocol could cause the
-protocol to enter an unrecoverable state.  Application protocols might require
-certain streams to be reliably delivered in order to guarantee consistent state
-between endpoints.  Application protocols SHOULD define rules for handling
-streams that are prematurely cancelled by either endpoint.
+Resetting a stream without the involvement of the application protocol could
+cause the application protocol to enter an unrecoverable state.  Application
+protocols might require certain streams to be reliably delivered in order to

to split hairs what does "might require certain streams to be reliably delivered" really mean here? Streams produce reliable byte streams. Is the intent more to say something like "applications expect streams to run to completion" and that premature exit causes that assumption to break?

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