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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 a655c4695..bd75fa592 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLMOPT_MAX_HOST_CONNECTIONS.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLMOPT_MAX_HOST_CONNECTIONS.3 @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ .\" * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___ .\" * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____| .\" * -.\" * 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 @@ -44,6 +44,15 @@ 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 |