Reset and graceful shutdown
05A broken stream and a broken connection require different signals.
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RFC 9113 · § 5.4EXAMPLE
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Send GOAWAY
The last-stream identifier bounds which requests may have been processed.
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RST_STREAM terminates the named stream without closing every other stream.
- RST_STREAM terminates the named stream without closing every other stream.
- GOAWAY communicates connection shutdown and a last-stream identifier.
- Do not blindly retry non-idempotent work whose outcome is uncertain.
Examples are illustrative. Consult the linked RFC and its errata for implementation details.
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