RFR: 8371950: The jdk.httpclient.keepalive.timeout system networking property does not specify the behaviour for values <= 0 [v2]

[Jaikiran Pai]

On Mon, 9 Feb 2026 21:59:59 GMT, Daniel Fuchs <dfuchs at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This change adds a sentence to the the description of the three keepalive properties to describe the effect of setting a value <= 0:
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>>> If the provided value is negative, the default value is used. A value of 0 causes the timeout to fire immediately. 
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>> I also took this opportunity to add a link from `module-info.java` to the `java.net.http` package description, and an `@see` link from the `java.net.http` package description to the `module-info`.
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>> This is a doc change only - there is no code or behaviour change. Since it only affects jdk specific properties and is just a clarification of pre-existing behavior I believe no CSR is required. Please comment if you believe writing a CSR would be better.
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> Daniel Fuchs has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   Improve the wording

Hello Daniel, the changes look good to me.

> Please comment if you believe writing a CSR would be better.

In the past any assertable behavioural specification has been backed by a CSR, so I think it would be good to create one for this change.

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Marked as reviewed by jpai (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29587#pullrequestreview-3778207930