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answered 2022-05-30 11:27:27 +0000

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Wikipedia has a nice writeup about this.

TLDR:

  • HTTP/1.0 has an unofficial extension (to the protocol) to signal support for persistent connections.
  • For HTTP/1.1 all connections are considered persistent unless declared otherwise.