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"During peak, we have about 500,000 concurrent websocket connections open. That’s a lot of browsers. Fun fact: some of those browsers have been open for over 18
by caleblloyd 11y ago
"During peak, we have about 500,000 concurrent websocket connections open. That’s a lot of browsers. Fun fact: some of those browsers have been open for over 18 months. We’re not sure why. Someone should go check if those developers are still alive."
It's impressive that SO held the connection open for 18 months! That's some seriously good uptime for a process that manages a TCP connection.