#3768 closed task (duplicate)

Cancel secrets for leases might be unnecessary

Reported by: itamarst Owned by: exarkun
Priority: normal Milestone: HTTP Storage Protocol
Component: unknown Version: n/a
Keywords: Cc:
Launchpad Bug:

Description

Creating a lease requires a cancellation secret, but there is no endpoint that cancels leases. This matches Foolscap behavior, but might just be unnecessary complexity.

Options:

  1. Match Foolscap, revisit when Foolscap is gone.
  2. Don't require cancellation secrets.
  3. Add cancellation endpoint to the HTTP API spec.
  4. ...

Change History (2)

comment:1 Changed at 2021-08-16T20:37:16Z by itamarst

Jean-Paul points out that "storage costs money" and so cancellation is useful for that.

comment:2 Changed at 2021-08-18T15:58:59Z by itamarst

  • Resolution set to duplicate
  • Status changed from new to closed

Going to address this via #3773.

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