Hi, with github issue #627 we've had at least one report of someone using retry-on with mode tcp. Olivier fixed the crash, and I propose the attached patch to better document that retry-on is only valid when used with mode http and ignored otherwise.
Jérôme
>From e030ea97758cc8b6af5f655637137230e9a1791f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jerome Magnin <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 20:09:57 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] DOC: retry-on can only be used with mode http The documentation for retry-on hints at it being meant to be used in conjuction with mode http, but since we've a had bug report involving mode tcp and retry-on, lets make it explicit in the documentation that it only works with mode http and will be ignored otherwise. --- doc/configuration.txt | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/configuration.txt b/doc/configuration.txt index 7594992b4..3071c655d 100644 --- a/doc/configuration.txt +++ b/doc/configuration.txt @@ -8749,7 +8749,9 @@ retries <value> retry-on [list of keywords] - Specify when to attempt to automatically retry a failed request + Specify when to attempt to automatically retry a failed request. + This setting is only valid when "mode" is set to http and is silently ignored + otherwise. May be used in sections: defaults | frontend | listen | backend yes | no | yes | yes Arguments : -- 2.26.2
