curl/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_MAXLIFETIME_CONN.md
Daniel Stenberg 54ded66618
docs/libcurl: improve easy setopt examples
- always assign the curl_easy_perform() return code (and declare
  the necessary 'result' variable for it)

- always call curl_easy_cleanup() on the created easy handles

Closes #21364
2026-04-18 23:34:39 +02:00

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---
c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Title: CURLOPT_MAXLIFETIME_CONN
Section: 3
Source: libcurl
See-also:
- CURLOPT_FORBID_REUSE (3)
- CURLOPT_FRESH_CONNECT (3)
- CURLOPT_MAXAGE_CONN (3)
- CURLOPT_TIMEOUT (3)
Protocol:
- All
Added-in: 7.80.0
---
# NAME
CURLOPT_MAXLIFETIME_CONN - max lifetime (since creation) allowed for reusing a connection
# SYNOPSIS
~~~c
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_MAXLIFETIME_CONN,
long maxlifetime);
~~~
# DESCRIPTION
Pass a long as parameter containing *maxlifetime* - the maximum time in
seconds, since the creation of the connection, that you allow an existing
connection to have to be considered for reuse for this request.
libcurl features a connection cache that holds previously used connections.
When a new request is to be done, libcurl considers any connection that
matches for reuse. The CURLOPT_MAXLIFETIME_CONN(3) limit prevents libcurl from
trying too old connections for reuse. This can be used for client-side load
balancing. If a connection is found in the cache that is older than this set
*maxlifetime*, it is instead marked for closure.
If set to 0, this behavior is disabled: all connections are eligible for
reuse.
# DEFAULT
24 hours (since 8.17.0). Before that, the default was 0 seconds (i.e.,
disabled)
# %PROTOCOLS%
# EXAMPLE
~~~c
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode result;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
/* only allow each connection to be reused for 30 seconds */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAXLIFETIME_CONN, 30L);
result = curl_easy_perform(curl);
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
}
~~~
# %AVAILABILITY%
# RETURN VALUE
curl_easy_setopt(3) returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.
CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error occurred, see
libcurl-errors(3).