Server Threads

By default Pode deals with incoming requests synchronously in a single thread (or runspace). You can increase the number of threads/runspaces that Pode uses to handle requests by using the -Threads parameter on Start-PodeServer:

Start-PodeServer -Threads 2 {
    # logic
}

The number of threads supplied only applies to Web, SMTP, and TCP servers. If -Threads is not supplied, or is <=0 then the number of threads is forced to the default of 1.

Behavior of excess requests

If all threads are currently processing a request, and new requests hit the server, then they will be blocked/queued until a thread is available to process the request. If the request is blocked for >30s (customisable via request Timeout in the server.psd1 file) then the server will timeout/terminate the request and respond with an HTTP 408 status code.