Networking · interview question
How would you explain a potential risk of not setting a timeout in network requests in an interview?
Multiple choiceHardchapter-11-curatedpremiumnetworkinghttpclient-basics
Answer and explanation
Correct answer
A. Requests might hang indefinitely
Why
Without a timeout, network requests may hang indefinitely if the server fails to respond, leading to resource exhaustion and potential application unresponsiveness.
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