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How to solve Chrome's 6 connection limit when using xhr polling


Use a real webSocket, rather than XHR Polling. webSocket connections do not count toward the http connection limit to the same origin.

There is a separate global limit to how many webSocket connections can be created, but it is a high number (200 in Firefox - not sure what it is exactly in Chrome).

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