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@tim@cloudisland.nz

Post #1475342

2026-03-06 03:21 UTC

TIL Mac OS allows multiple processes to simultaneously bind to (listen on) the same local port! So much potential for confusion. #modelsurprise

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  • @ewenmcneill@cloudisland.nz 2026-03-06 06:15

    @tim@cloudisland.nz a bunch of OSes will allow that these days providing every process opts in to sharing the port. It’s intended for graceful replacement of a process without dropping incoming requests. (Or multiple cooperating processes, but usually that can be fork or fork/exec.)

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