@msimoni: Re gRPC deadlines: what if the client says "I'm willing to wait 100ms" but the request takes 50ms on the network to rea…

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A tweet raises a question about gRPC deadline propagation: if a client specifies a 100ms deadline but network latency consumes 50ms, does the server still have the full 100ms?

Re gRPC deadlines: what if the client says "I'm willing to wait 100ms" but the request takes 50ms on the network to reach the server... Does the server still think it has the full 100ms available?
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