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diff --git a/doc/health-checking.md b/doc/health-checking.md index fb6566577c..0b3f9c6a03 100644 --- a/doc/health-checking.md +++ b/doc/health-checking.md @@ -58,11 +58,12 @@ a response must be sent back with an `OK` status and the status field should be set to `SERVING` or `NOT_SERVING` accordingly. If the service name is not registered, the server returns a `NOT_FOUND` GRPC status. -It is recommended that the server use an empty string as the key for server’s -health status as a whole. The server can just do exact matching of the -service name support any kind of wildcard matching. However, the service owner -has the freedom to implement more complicated matching semantics that both the -client and server agree upon. +The server should use an empty string as the key for server’s +overall health status, so that a client not interested in a specific service can +query the server's status with an empty request. The server can just do exact +matching of the service name without support of any kind of wildcard matching. +However, the service owner has the freedom to implement more complicated +matching semantics that both the client and server agree upon. A client can declare the server as unhealthy if the rpc is not finished after some amount of time. The client should be able to handle the case where server |