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Re: Any way to set connect-timeout per-IP, not global?

From: Dan Fandrich via curl-users <curl-users_at_lists.haxx.se>
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 11:50:55 -0700

On Fri, Oct 11, 2024 at 06:47:09PM +0300, ValdikSS via curl-users wrote:
> Currently curl, when used with --connect-timeout option, uses it as a global timeout for the whole
> connection set, decreasing the timeout for each IP address in half every connection attempt.
>
> If several IP addresses from the top of DNS resolution are not working, the others (potentially
> working ones) just won't get enough timeout to establish the connection.

Why set a --connect-timeout shorter than what you're willing to accept? If you
don't mind if the connect takes longer because it has to check more addresses,
just set a longer connect timeout.

Dan
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Received on 2024-10-11