Motivation

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• New ProtocolBitmaskFeature will be added to maintain protocol compatibility.
• When client-side heartbeats are enabled (not by default), server will no longer disconnect an otherwise idle client. This should be carefully documented and cross-linked.

Discussion Links

• Dev list
• IGNITE-16462 .NET: Thin client: add heartbeats · Pull Request #9817

Reference Links

• Wikipedia: TCP Half-open
• RFC 6520 TLS Heartbeat
• Detection of Half-Open (Dropped) Connections

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