Re: push_promise sent after frames that reference promised resources from Martin Thomson on 2013-11-03 (ietf-http-wg@w3.org from October to December 2013)

From: Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2013 09:34:58 -0800
To: Peter Lepeska <bizzbyster@gmail.com>
Cc: HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
Message-ID: <CABkgnnU4c16OtDYLV9sLvFefeXTQ7FEdh0cp_=SGT8Li9YDamA@mail.gmail.com>

On 3 November 2013 09:29, Peter Lepeska <bizzbyster@gmail.com> wrote:
> Question: if the browser issues a normal HEADERS frame GET for an object
> that subsequently arrives via a PUSH_PROMISE stream, will it use the pushed
> copy if that pushed copy arrives before any data frames arrive on the stream
> the browser initiated?

That's the browser's business.  If it were me, I'd try to reduce the
possibility the number of bytes wasted, so I'd probably send
RST_STREAM on one or other stream, probably the one I initiated since
that is likely to be the later one.

Received on Sunday, 3 November 2013 17:35:26 UTC