Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Idle timeout needs more description and a recommendation (#2602)

MikkelFJ <notifications@github.com> Wed, 10 April 2019 21:09 UTC

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Conflating keep-alive with timeout is problematic due to hysteresis. You need to send keep alive at perhaps half the timeout interval, and if you do, the connection will not timeout, which is against the idea of a timeout.

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