Maxim,

Does it seem reasonable that the 499 status codes are responsible for double requests? I.E. do you think the client is resending the request after the 499 status?

Maxim Dounin Wrote:
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> Hello!
>
> On Sat, Jun 01, 2013 at 09:09:55PM -0400, justin wrote:
>
> > Hello, I have long running requests upwards of five minutes that are
> called
> > via ajax (jQuery) (XHR), and hitting a backend PHP script.
> >
> > I am seeing very strange behavior, intermittently calling the script
> twice,
> > even though in Chrome developers tools I only see a single XHR
> request in
> > the network pane. I know that it is running twice because in my
> backend PHP
> > script I write a log to a MySQL database, and I am seeing two
> entries.
> >
> > I took a look at the nginx access log, and seeing HTTP status code
> 499,
> > which seems to be: client closed connection before nginx
> > was able to send anything to client.
> >
> > What is the best way to fix this? Is there a config setting in nginx
> to keep
> > the connection open? Or is the client terminating the request, and
> then
> > reissuing the request, thus way I am seeing two entries?
>
> The 499 code means that _client_ closed connection, and there is
> more or less nothing you can do from nginx side. You have to
> either find a way to ask client to wait longer before it gives up,
> or return something before it gives up.
>
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