HTTP Graceful Shutdown | The Backend Engineering Show

On this episode of The Backend Engineering Show, Hussein Nasser dives into the art of HTTP graceful shutdown—why you’d want to close connections cleanly to stop bad actors, avoid resource leaks, and wrap up pending requests. He walks through HTTP/1.1’s Connection header and the HTTP/2 GOAWAY frame, comparing costs and trade-offs along the way.

Alongside code pointers and Chromium issue links, you’ll also find shortcuts to Hussein’s suite of backend courses—covering OS fundamentals, Node.js, networking, databases, NGINX, Python, and more—plus his podcasts, member content, and even his gear and design tools. Enjoy the show and stay awesome!

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