HTTP Graceful Shutdown TL;DR

Ever needed to close a backend connection without dropping in-flight requests? Hussein walks you through why graceful shutdowns matter (think freeing resources, dodging bad actors) and how to do it in HTTP/1.1 using the Connection header versus HTTP/2’s GOAWAY frame—complete with performance trade-offs and a peek at Chromium’s implementation.

Chapters to hit:

• 0:00 Intro

• 4:58 Why shut down?

• 6:46 HTTP/1.1 graceful close

• 12:26 HTTP/2 overhead

• 17:40 GOAWAY frame deep-dive

• 23:40 Wrap-up

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