jdev - 2020-02-16

Is there a recommended (or even standard, that I'm missing) way for clients to "expire" sent/tracked IQs with no responses?

no defanor

in your client you expire them by ignoring the result

but you cant tell the server, dont send the result

even if there would be a way, servers process stanzas in the order they come in

you when they get to your "expire" or cancel iq thingy, its already to late and they sent their result

Yes, I meant the rules for "expire them by ignoring the result": e.g., how long a client should/expected to wait, or how many IQs it should remember.

you should remember all IQs until you decide to not remember them anymore

there are no rules

if you request a blocking list via IQ, because the user opened a UI to show the blocking list, and he closes the window after 1 second, it makes no sense anymore to wait for the IQ

if a user deletes a user from the roster via IQ, it probably makes sense to wait as long as the application is running for the result

it all depends on what you are doing

I see, thanks.

as IQ flow is GET -> RESULT, the party that sends you the result does not care a bit if you ignore it or not