Ruby: Net::HTTP idle timeout?

Question

I am using the Ruby standard library to create persistent connect:

Net::HTTP.new(host, port)

Does ruby close the connection itself after idle for some times?

Answer 1

Yes. The default for MRI Ruby is 60 seconds.

http = Net::HTTP.new(host, port)
http.read_timeout # -> 60

If you want a connection does not timeout you can set read_timeout to nil

http.read_timeout = nil