Why use the uWSGI max-requests option?

Question

I see that many of the uWSGI configurations hosted here, and those that I came across for existing applications at work, also have max requests filled with values ​​from 100 to 1000.

What is the purpose of reusing your processes after a certain number of requests? Are you trying to avoid memory leaks by forcing the application to handle flushing gracefully?

Answer 1

Yes, avoiding memory leaks is one of the main reasons for setting the maximum request. There is another harakiri parameter that helps the server get rid of a bad application by blocking resources.