# Backend Pooled Connection Lifetime

**URL:** <https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/backend-pooled-connection-lifetime/6007>\
**Category:** Help!\
**Created:** [December 8, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/backend-pooled-connection-lifetime/6007 "2020-12-08T22:53:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/backend-pooled-connection-lifetime/6007/1 "2020-12-08T22:53:33Z")

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I’m not able to find a configuration that closes or abandons backend connections after a specific period of time.

I’m seeking a configuration that aggressively reuses backend connections but only keep idle connections for a period, say 30 seconds, before closing and discarding them.

I’m using `http-reuse` for the former. I haven’t arrived at a suitable config for the latter.

I’m using HAProxy version `2.3.2`.