https://reading-list.oddship.net A curated linklog of essays, posts, papers, and notes. Thu, 15 Oct 2026 10:08:00 +0530 https://reading-list.oddship.net/notes/2026-10-15-go-http-connection-reuse/ https://reading-list.oddship.net/notes/2026-10-15-go-http-connection-reuse/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 10:08:00 +0530 Logged at IST: 2026-10-15 10:08 IST What it is: A Go blog article by Nicholas Husin and Damien Neil describing improved HTTP/1 connection reuse in Go 1.27. Gist: In earlier Go versions, an HTTP/1 connection could be discarded when a caller closed a response body with unread bytes. Go 1.27's net/http.Transport asynchronously drains a limited amount, up to 256 KB or 50 ms, to salvage reuse. The article reports roughly a 5× improvement in its repeated-request benchmark. Callers can keep closing response bodies as usual; HTTP/2 was not affected by this particular issue. Why it matters: A useful pe…