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.TH CURLOPT_MAXAGE_CONN 3 "January 02, 2023" "libcurl 7.88.1" "curl_easy_setopt options"

.SH NAME
CURLOPT_MAXAGE_CONN \- max idle time allowed for reusing a connection
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_MAXAGE_CONN, long age);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Pass a long as parameter containing \fIage\fP - the maximum time in seconds
that you allow an existing connection to have been idle to be considered for
reuse for this request.

The "connection cache" that holds previously used connections. When a new
request is to be done, it will consider any connection that matches for
reuse. The \fICURLOPT_MAXAGE_CONN(3)\fP limit prevents libcurl from trying too
old connections for reuse, since old connections have a high risk of not
working and thus trying them is a performance loss and sometimes service loss
due to the difficulties to figure out the situation. If a connection is found
in the cache that is older than this set \fIage\fP, it will instead be closed.
.SH DEFAULT
Default maximum age is set to 118 seconds.
.SH PROTOCOLS
All
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");

  /* only allow 30 seconds idle time */
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAXAGE_CONN, 30L);

  curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.65.0
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR CURLOPT_TIMEOUT "(3), " CURLOPT_FORBID_REUSE "(3), "
.BR CURLOPT_FRESH_CONNECT "(3), " CURLOPT_MAXLIFETIME_CONN "(3), "