we found it to be impractical to move from ubuntu's released nginx version
in order to avoid that the perl module crashed on _every_ reload.
i was unaware, that the presence of the nchan module could cause an issue if
one did not use it, but will disable it an see if that helps.
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we observe that after several days in service, where the server is reloaded
several hundred times a day, it eventually stops responding.
a reload completes, but still all connections time out.
a restart corrects the issue.
is there a limit to the number of times a server permits a reload before i