Force nginx to close connection instantly

Question

How do I let nginx close the tcp connection instantly after the request is fulfilled?

By the looks of it in some configs nginx does not close connection but sends response header back with Connection: close as it received it — user377178, May 22 '18 at 13:33

score 22 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 09 '13 at 14:34

22

I just found the solution:

location /ip/ {
    keepalive_timeout 0;
}

answered Jun 09 '13 at 14:34

fnkr

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 13 '23 at 04:31

1

The connection is maintained between the server and the browser thanks to the Keep Alive requests exchanged between them.

You can disable the Keep Alive behavior for a particular user agent: see the nginx manual

keepalive_disable ua

You can probably trick your browser to have a given user agent, having the keep alive cut only for your particular needs.

edited Jul 13 '23 at 04:31

AntonioK

answered Jun 09 '13 at 14:08

Déjà vu

It looks like its not possible to change the user agent with an `XMLHTTPRequest`. http://stackoverflow.com/a/5862744/1485952 – fnkr Jun 09 '13 at 14:20
3

This is not a neat solution because you cannot use arbitrary user-agent strings for this trick. – rjha94 Aug 28 '14 at 17:23

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