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CURLOPT_TIMEOUT.3: Clarify transfer timeout time includes queue time

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Prior to this change some users did not understand that the "request"
starts when the handle is added to the multi handle, or probably they
did not understand that some of those transfers may be queued and that
time is included in timeout.

Reported-by: Jeroen Ooms

Fixes https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/4486
Closes https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/4489
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Jay Satiro 2019-10-15 15:12:31 -04:00
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@ -40,11 +40,12 @@ In unix-like systems, this might cause signals to be used unless
If both \fICURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3)\fP and \fICURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS(3)\fP are set, the
value set last will be used.
Since this puts a hard limit for how long time a request is allowed to take,
it has limited use in dynamic use cases with varying transfer times. You are
then advised to explore \fICURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT(3)\fP,
\fICURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME(3)\fP or using \fICURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION(3)\fP to
implement your own timeout logic.
Since this option puts a hard limit on how long time a request is allowed to
take, it has limited use in dynamic use cases with varying transfer times. That
is especially apparent when using the multi interface, which may queue the
transfer, and that time is included. You are advised to explore
\fICURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT(3)\fP, \fICURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME(3)\fP or using
\fICURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION(3)\fP to implement your own timeout logic.
.SH DEFAULT
Default timeout is 0 (zero) which means it never times out during transfer.
.SH PROTOCOLS