The WebSocket Reconnection Loop Trap: Thread and File Descriptor Exhaustion Under Network Jitter
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The WebSocket Reconnection Loop Trap: Thread and File Descriptor Exhaustion Under Network Jitter The Core Problem: Why Threads and Descriptors Get Exhausted The failure trigger is deceptively simple. When a client drops a WebSocket connection due to timeouts, network jitter, or abrupt disconnects,…
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- 2026-10-30 14:19 · DEV Community — AI
The WebSocket Reconnection Loop Trap: Thread and File Descriptor Exhaustion Under Network Jitter