AWS CloudFront adds WebSocket support for long-lived connections
Amazon CloudFront now supports WebSocket, a TCP-based protocol facilitating long-lived bidirectional connections between clients and servers. This enhancement is detailed in AWS documentation for CloudFront distributions.
Key Takeaways
- Amazon CloudFront now supports WebSocket connections in its distribution service.
- WebSocket is described as a TCP-based protocol for long-lived bidirectional connections.
- AWS documented the feature in the CloudFront Developer Guide.
- The update applies to client-server use cases that need persistent two-way communication.
Why It Matters
CloudFront can now handle WebSocket traffic directly, which matters for streaming applications and other services that depend on long-lived bidirectional connections. That adds a specific protocol option inside AWS’s CDN stack rather than forcing teams to route this traffic elsewhere. For streaming operators, the key signal is the documented CloudFront WebSocket support in AWS’s developer guide, which is the concrete evidence that the feature is available for distribution configurations.
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