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| author |  Sree Kuchibhotla <sreek@google.com> | 2016-05-03 09:33:13 -0700 |
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| committer | Sree Kuchibhotla <sreek@google.com> | 2016-05-03 09:33:13 -0700 |
| commit | b69251c2f6868c4d839dfae05293e10cbb90060e (patch) | |
| tree | 6ef55ad71ccf3d7c882276de17b49bba9806f559 /doc | |
| parent | a2b549578f94de1bf4735a26c9fc4516b96bbdaa (diff) | |
| parent | 6bac7d3467c99dccc30e8447bc84237bb54b99fe (diff) | |
Merge branch 'master' into server_channel_affinity
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diff --git a/doc/fail_fast.md b/doc/fail_fast.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..3ed4297194 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/fail_fast.md @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +gRPC Fail Fast Semantics +======================== + +Fail fast requests allow terminating requests (with status UNAVAILABLE) prior +to the deadline of the request being met. + +gRPC implementations of fail fast can terminate requests whenever a channel is +in the TRANSIENT_FAILURE or SHUTDOWN states. If the channel is in any other +state (CONNECTING, READY, or IDLE) the request should not be terminated. + +Fail fast SHOULD be the default for gRPC implementations, with an option to +switch to non fail fast. + +The opposite of fail fast is 'ignore connectivity'. + |