On Thu, 19 Feb 2026 at 16:42, Robert Relyea <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > The code is also churning through a lot of temp symkeys, I wonder if
> > it hits the 800 limit.
>
> The 800 is how many keys stay on the free list before NSS starts freeing
> the keys. It would take quite a feat to hit that limit. You need to
> create over 800 symkeys and then free them all to hit the limit. Doing
> 800 cycles is unlikely to hit the limit if you are just creating a
> freeing the keys as you go, you just keep reusing that key structure.

Um, yes.  I realised after posting; I had it 180 out.
A growing backlog of incomplete DH negotiations (waiting on peer)
would keep the free list empty, causing new keys to be allocated.  I
don't expect this to be the problem, but with max=0, I'll soon find
out.

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