Bug 70112 - REGRESSION (r94242): EventSource should not try to reconnect if connection establishment fails
Summary: REGRESSION (r94242): EventSource should not try to reconnect if connection es...
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: WebKit
Classification: Unclassified
Component: WebCore Misc. (show other bugs)
Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
Hardware: All All
: P2 Normal
Assignee: Nobody
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Depends on: 61862
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Reported: 2011-10-14 09:33 PDT by Per-Erik Brodin
Modified: 2012-12-18 14:24 PST (History)
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Description Per-Erik Brodin 2011-10-14 09:33:42 PDT 
According to the specification, EventSource should not try to reconnect if it fails to establish the connection in the first place.
"any network error that prevents the HTTP connection from being established in the first place (e.g. DNS errors), must cause the user agent to fail the connection"
Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2011-10-14 12:15:57 PDT 
(The idea being to avoid hammering an already suffering network.)
Comment 2 Per-Erik Brodin 2011-10-17 12:24:22 PDT 
More easily tested with CORS support.
Comment 3 Per-Erik Brodin 2012-12-18 14:04:32 PST 
Since the spec changed, this regression is now compliant!
Comment 4 Alexey Proskuryakov 2012-12-18 14:24:43 PST 
I'm confused. Is it now OK to keep hitting the server indefinitely, wasting bandwidth? This seems like horrible behavior if so.