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I found that TCP Fast Open was removed in Firefox, while Chrome continues to have it. Does anyone have more info on why the devs decided to axe it ?

The ticket that removed the feature didn't have any explanation: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1689604

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[–] davidjennes@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Apparently because of compatibility issues. Found this via the Wikipedia page about this feature.

[–] BitPirate@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Protocol ossification is a huge problem. That's one of the reasons why the IETF went with the UDP based QUIC for HTTP/3.

[–] max@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

Interesting read, thanks for sharing!

[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -5 points 1 year ago

This article is so vague that if you aren't actually familiar with the problem they are describing, you will read the entire thing and leave yourself no more knowledgeable then when you began. But yea, I agree, the phenomenon they are describing is a huge problem.