In this episode of The Backend Engineering Show, Hussein dives into why and how you’d want to gracefully shut down HTTP connections—whether it’s to clean up resources, fend off bad actors, or simply wrap up pending requests. He breaks down the mechanics in HTTP/1.1 using the Connection header and in HTTP/2 with the GOAWAY frame, and even covers the performance trade-offs involved.
With handy timestamps and links to Chromium source code, GitHub issues, YouTube walkthroughs, and a slew of related courses (from Node.js internals to database and networking deep dives), it’s a one-stop shop for backend engineers eager to level up their shutdown game.
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