RESOLVED WONTFIX 70112
REGRESSION (r94242): EventSource should not try to reconnect if connection establishment fails 
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70112
Summary REGRESSION (r94242): EventSource should not try to reconnect if connection es...
Per-Erik Brodin
Reported 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"
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Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
Comment 1 2011-10-14 12:15:57 PDT
(The idea being to avoid hammering an already suffering network.)
Per-Erik Brodin
Comment 2 2011-10-17 12:24:22 PDT
More easily tested with CORS support.
Per-Erik Brodin
Comment 3 2012-12-18 14:04:32 PST
Since the spec changed, this regression is now compliant!
Alexey Proskuryakov
Comment 4 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.
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