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Rename option heartbeat_delay to server_heartbeat_interval

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript, nodejs
Domain
backend

Research direction

Search the sockjs-node repository for all references to heartbeat_delay and review the surrounding option handling and tests. Rename the option to server_heartbeat_interval consistently, then verify that the old name is no longer used and existing behavior remains covered.

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Description

To fulfill sockjs/sockjs-client#67 we need to rename option heartbeat_delay to server_heartbeat_interval.

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