Network.http.keep-alive.timeout
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Background
HTTP is the application-layer protocol that most web pages are transferred with. HTTP keep-alive connections can be re-used for multiple requests, as opposed to non-keep-alive connections, which are limited to one request. Using keep-alive connections improves performance. This preference determines how long keep-alive connections are kept alive.
Possible values and their effects
Amount of time in seconds to keep keep-alive connections alive. Default: 300 seconds.
Caveats
- This preference still has an effect if network.http.keep-alive is true - that preference only handles keep-alive connections in HTTP 1.0.
First checked in
Has an effect in
- Netscape (all versions since 6.1)
- Mozilla Suite (all versions since 0.9)
- Mozilla Phoenix (all versions)
- Mozilla Firebird (all versions)
- Mozilla Firefox (all versions)
- SeaMonkey (all versions)
- Camino (all versions)
- Minimo (all versions)
