Hello Katie, Check the "retry_on_error" in squid.conf file. If set to on Squid will automatically retry requests when receiving an error response. This is mainly useful if you are in a complex cache hierarchy to work around access control errors. Thanks, Visolve Squid Team, http://squid.visolve.com On Tue, 2006-05-23 at 17:32 -0400, Katie Wang wrote: > Hi, > > I am using Squid of Version 2.5.STABLE5, and I have a few questions > regarding the squid read_timeout behavior. I did some tests and I would > first summarize my observation as following: > > ---- Summary Start ----- > > When squid conf is "read_timeout 1 minutes", if nothing at all has been > received yet in 1 minutes, the request will be automatically retried. The > number of times of re-try is 3. So the squid returns timeout error (504) in > 3 minutes. > > When squid conf is "read_timeout N minutes", where N=2 or 3, if nothing at > all has been received yet in N minutes, the request will be automatically > retried. The number of times of re-try is 2. So the squid returns timeout > error (504) in 2*N minutes. > > When squid conf is "read_timeout M minutes", where M>=4, if nothing at all > has been received in M minutes, the request will NOT be retried, and the > squid returns timeout error (504). > > --- End ------ > > > My questions are: > > 1, Are the about behavior expected? If it is expected, can you provide more > detailed explanation about the rule of re-trying. > 2, Is there a way to configure the re-try behavior? e.g. the number of times > to retry, or to disable retry. > > Thanks a lot, > > Katie Wang > Software Development > VoiceGenie Technologies Inc > > >
