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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLMOPT_MAX_HOST_CONNECTIONS.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLMOPT_MAX_HOST_CONNECTIONS.3 index d825dc8d..0974c5d5 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLMOPT_MAX_HOST_CONNECTIONS.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLMOPT_MAX_HOST_CONNECTIONS.3 @@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ .\" * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___ .\" * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____| .\" * -.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2017, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. +.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2021, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. .\" * .\" * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which .\" * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms -.\" * are also available at https://curl.haxx.se/docs/copyright.html. +.\" * are also available at https://curl.se/docs/copyright.html. .\" * .\" * You may opt to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute and/or sell .\" * copies of the Software, and permit persons to whom the Software is @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ .\" * .\" ************************************************************************** .\" -.TH CURLMOPT_MAX_HOST_CONNECTIONS 3 "May 27, 2017" "libcurl 7.73.0" "curl_multi_setopt options" +.TH CURLMOPT_MAX_HOST_CONNECTIONS 3 "March 17, 2021" "libcurl 7.78.0" "curl_multi_setopt options" .SH NAME CURLMOPT_MAX_HOST_CONNECTIONS \- set max number of connections to a single host @@ -45,6 +45,15 @@ pipeline on it. This set limit is also used for proxy connections, and then the proxy is considered to be the host for which this limit counts. + +When more transfers are added to the multi handle than what can be performed +due to the set limit, they will be queued up waiting for their chance. When +that happens, the \fICURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS(3)\fP timeout will be counted +inclusive of the waiting time, meaning that if you set a too narrow timeout in +such a case the transfer might never even start before it times out. + +Even in the queued up situation, the \fICURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT_MS(3)\fP +timeout is however treated as a per-connect timeout. .SH DEFAULT 0 .SH PROTOCOLS |