Websockets - chrome and firefox differences?

Question

On my site I am using wss:// protocol for chat etc.

When I connect to my site through Chrome, everything works just fine. But if I use Firefox, it disconnects after few minutes. Client code for both browsers is the same, so why is Firefox behaving that way?

Answer 1

The Firefox defaults are:

• network.websocket.max-connections: 200
• network.websocket.timeout.close: 20
• network.websocket.timeout.open: 20
• network.websocket.timeout.ping.request: 10
• network.websocket.timeout.ping.response: 10

The Chromium defaults are listed in the following Chrome URL:

chrome://net-internals/#sockets

References

• about:config Entries

• Network Stack Objectives

• Chromium Source: URL Constants

• Webkit 2 Source: FeatureDefines.xcconfig

• Chromium Source: Content Switches