doesn’t HTTP keep connections open?
It's up to the client to do that. I'm merely explaining why someone would see a latency improvement switching from HTTPS to websockets. If there's no latency improvement then yes, the client is keeping the connection alive between requests.
It's up to the client to do that. I'm merely explaining why someone would see a latency improvement switching from HTTPS to websockets. If there's no latency improvement then yes, the client is keeping the connection alive between requests.