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diff --git a/doc/REST-interface.md b/doc/REST-interface.md index 11e9c90f49..a34832082a 100644 --- a/doc/REST-interface.md +++ b/doc/REST-interface.md @@ -12,6 +12,18 @@ REST Interface consistency guarantees The [same guarantees as for the RPC Interface](/doc/JSON-RPC-interface.md#rpc-consistency-guarantees) apply. +Limitations +----------- + +There is a known issue in the REST 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 rest 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. + Supported API ------------- |