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Up to two full-sized datagrams, not packets
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Now that the PTO retransmits Initial and Handshake data, it's possible and likely desirable to bundle multiple QUIC packets in a single datagram.  This change makes it clear that is allowed.
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ianswett committed Jul 21, 2019
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## Probe Timeout {#pto}

A Probe Timeout (PTO) triggers sending one or two probe packets when
A Probe Timeout (PTO) triggers sending one or two probe datagrams when
ack-eliciting packets are not acknowledged within the expected period of
time or the handshake has not been completed. A PTO enables a connection to
recover from loss of tail packets or acks. The PTO algorithm used in QUIC
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When a PTO timer expires, a sender MUST send at least one ack-eliciting packet
as a probe, unless there is no data available to send. An endpoint MAY send up
to two ack-eliciting packets, to avoid an expensive consecutive PTO expiration
due to a single packet loss.
to two full sized datagrams containing ack-eliciting packets, to avoid an
expensive consecutive PTO expiration due to a single lost datagram.

It is possible that the sender has no new or previously-sent data to send. As
an example, consider the following sequence of events: new application data is
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