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should deadlines apply to streaming rpcs? #482
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@alexander-fenster Any updates?
@callmehiphop This was lost in the list of issues for a long time :)
For proper triaging: do you have any ongoing problems with the deadlines being applied to streaming methods in any of the libraries you support?
@alexander-fenster currently no, however we could definitely simplify code in the PubSub client if this were behaving as expected.
Closing for now, please reopen if this functionality is needed by someone.
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on Nov 25, 2025
I'm not sure if this is intended or not (it very well might be) but when a deadline is set for a streaming rpc the stream shuts down with a Deadline Exceeded error regardless of whether or not a connection is made once the deadline is hit.
I think this might be leading to strange behavior where the deadline must be increased by a great margin in order to allow the stream to stay open for longer. However this can be a problem in the event of an actual timeout, potentially causing client code to hang longer than necessary.
I think this is a gax issue because it applies default deadlines for streaming rpcs with no way to opt out, however this might also be a grpc issue? I'm not really sure, but I figured I'd start here!