Your Keep-Alive Is Lying to You: Six Connection Myths I Measured on a Free Model Server
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Every code review has the same advice. "Add a retry." "Set a timeout." "Use keep-alive." Nobody measures first. I got tired of guessing. So I built a probe. Connection advice is everywhere. Evidence is rare. This post is the evidence. I ran it against a free model endpoint. Disclosure: This article…
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- 2026-08-27 22:34 · DEV Community — AI
Your Keep-Alive Is Lying to You: Six Connection Myths I Measured on a Free Model Server