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title: 'API docs: http-server.basehttpoptions.graceperiodforclose'
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## BaseHttpOptions.gracePeriodForClose property
The `gracePeriodForClose` property controls how to stop the server gracefully. Its value is the number of milliseconds to wait before in-flight requests finish when the server is being stopped. With this setting, we also reject new requests from existing keep-alive connections in addition to stopping accepting new connections.
Defaults to Infinity (don't force-close). If you want to immediately destroy all sockets set its value to `0`<!-- -->.
See [stoppable](https://www.npmjs.com/package/stoppable)
<b>Signature:</b>
```typescript
gracePeriodForClose?: number;
```