Comprehensive Overview of HTTP/2: Connection Setup, Frames & Streams, HPACK Compression, Server Push, Flow Control, and Open Issues
The article thoroughly explains HTTP/2, detailing its optional clear‑text or TLS connection setup, multiplexed frames and streams, HPACK header compression, server‑push mechanism, application‑layer flow control, and the protocol’s lingering challenges such as TLS handshake latency and TCP head‑of‑line blocking that HTTP/3 seeks to resolve.