From 51eef4a03ee8151c1c63b902cb3254116a2a2173 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Larry Ruane Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 10:14:13 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Add release notes for #18335 (rpc work queue exceeded error) --- doc/release-notes.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index 0f248494c77..a0ab9b82b50 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ Low-level changes RPC --- +- The RPC server can process a limited number of simultaneous RPC requests. + Previously, if this limit was exceeded, `bitcoind` would respond with + [status code 500 (`HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR`)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes#5xx_server_errors). + Now it returns status code 503 (`HTTP_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE`). (#18335) Tests -----