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| author | Fabian Jahr <fjahr@protonmail.com> | 2020-05-22 16:10:46 +0200 |
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| committer | Fabian Jahr <fjahr@protonmail.com> | 2020-06-01 00:54:18 +0200 |
| commit | 5c3eaf9983043db1b61a98c95d692a6958670b86 (patch) | |
| tree | 7ba7d4aa9cb1e12e7fb3904af76fb47f74c8e501 /doc/JSON-RPC-interface.md | |
| parent | dc5333d31f280e09bb1e8cdacfbe842f4ab9e69b (diff) | |
| download | bitcoin-5c3eaf9983043db1b61a98c95d692a6958670b86.tar.xz | |
doc: Add warnings for http interfaces limitations
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diff --git a/doc/JSON-RPC-interface.md b/doc/JSON-RPC-interface.md index a0cfe84a3e..d7a41e031c 100644 --- a/doc/JSON-RPC-interface.md +++ b/doc/JSON-RPC-interface.md @@ -127,3 +127,14 @@ However, the wallet may not be up-to-date with the current state of the mempool or the state of the mempool by an RPC that returned before this RPC. For example, a wallet transaction that was BIP-125-replaced in the mempool prior to this RPC may not yet be reflected as such in this RPC response. + +## Limitations + +There is a known issue in the JSON-RPC interface that can cause a node to crash if +too many http connections are being opened at the same time because the system runs +out of available file descriptors. To prevent this from happening you might +want to increase the number of maximum allowed file descriptors in your system +and try to prevent opening too many connections to your JSON-RPC interface at the +same time if this is under your control. It is hard to give general advice +since this depends on your system but if you make several hundred requests at +once you are definitely at risk of encountering this issue. |