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HttpWebRequest.ReadWriteTimeout works differently on .NET Core

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
68/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
csharp
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start with the HttpWebRequest.ReadWriteTimeout API reference page and read the linked corefx issue 34550 to understand the .NET Core behavior difference. Update the page with clarifying information supported by that issue, then verify that the documented behavior is precise and complete.

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area-System.Net Pri3 untriaged

See: https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/34550

Need to add clarifying info to HttpWebRequest.ReadWriteTimeout regarding different behavior on .NET Core.

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