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Asked: 2026-05-15T04:18:35+00:00

How can I detect that the client side of a tomcat servlet request has

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How can I detect that the client side of a tomcat servlet request has disconnected? I’ve read that I should do a response.getOutputStream().print(), then a response.getOutputStream().flush() and catch an IOException, but is there a way I can detect this without writing any data?

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The servlet sends out a data stream that doesn’t necessarily end, but doesn’t necessarily have any data flowing through it (it’s a stream of real time events). I need to actually detect when the client disconnects because I have some cleanup I have to do at that point (resources to release, etcetera). If I have the HttpServletRequest available, will trying to read from that throw an IOException if the client disconnects?

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    is there a way I can detect this
    without writing any data?

    No because there isn’t a way in TCP/IP to detect it without writing any data.

    Don’t worry about it. Just complete the request actions and write the response. If the client has disappeared, that will cause an IOException: connection reset, which will be thrown into the servlet container. Nothing you have to do about that.

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